Steroids: Patients Beware
Steroids are commonly used to treat pain. Common examples include cortisone injections into knees, elbows, hips and lumbar spine. There is increasing concern by many authors about the side-effects of steroid injections. Hossain demonstrated that steroids were capable...
The Importance of Blood Supply
Blood supply to a given structure provides essential nutrients for growth, maintenance and repair. Some structures such as the heart have a rich blood supply with multiple arteries. Other structures have a very limited, tenuous blood supply which places them at risk...Platelet Rich Plasma
What do Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu have in common? They have both used their own blood to treat ligament and tendon injuries. The therapy is called platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and involves the injection of concentrated platelets and...
Lateral Epicondylitis
Lateral epicondylitis otherwise known as tennis elbow is a overuse injury involving the extensor muscles that originate on the bony prominence (epicondyle) on the outside (lateral) aspect of the elbow. It is more properly termed a tendinosis that specifically...
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