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Watch Dr. Pitts Perform a Disc Treatment Using Stem Cells
Today, we invite you into one of our interventional orthopedics procedure suites. Dr. Pitts will be performing an advanced image-guided stem cell injection into an L4–5 disc to treat a patient with an annular tear and low back pain. Watch the video below, and you can also review terminology and…
Cervical Fusion for Left Occipital Pain? No Joke
Some proposed surgeries are extreme and make little sense. For example, cervical fusion from the base of the skull to the lower cervical vertebrae. Patients lives are forever changed with devastating and oftentimes tragic consequences. This week in clinic, I was completely taken off guard and stunned by a proposed…
Athlete Opts for Stem Cell Procedure to Avoid ACL Surgery
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are devastating injuries impacting one’s function, level of activity, and confidence. ACL surgery, to address those tears, is fraught with multiple issues, including the following: There is an increased incidence of knee arthritis in teens by the time they are in their thirties. The native…
Tony’s ProActive Story: The Secret to Highly Active Aging
Tony is perhaps one of our most inspiring ongoing treatment success stories. Tony first came to us a few years ago with a shoulder injury he got “on the rings” (we’ll explain in a moment). Tony has continued to come to us regularly with minor issues he wants us to…
Let’s Talk About Candidacy Grading for Stem Cell Treatment
There are so many differences between real interventional orthopedic clinics offering stem cell treatments and those other clinics, such as the chiropractic clinics, that push amniotic stem cells, which we know are just scams. One of those major differences is candidacy grading for stem cell treatment, which we’re going to…