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Myth #8: “If My Insurance Doesn’t Cover It, It Must Be Fringe Medicine.”
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Hidden Bias Behind “Covered Care” There’s a deeply ingrained belief among both patients and physicians that if an insurance company doesn’t cover a treatment, it must be unproven or worse, “fringe.” Even excellent, forward-thinking physicians fall into this mindset. We’re trained from day one to consider cost and coverage because we genuinely care about our patients. We want to ease their suffering without creating
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Oct 26, 20252 min read
Orthobiologic Myth #2: “PRP Works Instantly." It’s Biology, not Botox.
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano “PRP Works Instantly " Is Expecting Instant Gratification From Biology In a...
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Oct 10, 20253 min read
Joint Replacements Shouldn’t Be a Rite of Passage
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Problem: We’ve Normalized Joint Replacement as “Inevitable” For decades,...
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Oct 5, 20253 min read
Show Me the Evidence for PRP and BMA
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano In the doctor’s lounge last week, a knee-replacement surgeon claimed that...
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Sep 29, 20254 min read
Back Pain Treatment Without Surgery: Why I Moved Beyond Routine Nerve Burning
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano If you've been told that nerve burning—also known as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or rhizotomy is your next step for chronic back pain, you may wonder whether it is your only option. For many years, I performed these procedures myself. Today, I do not. That decision was not based on a single study or a single patient. It came from years of experience, an evolving understanding of spinal biomechanics, and a gr
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Avoiding Surgery in Dallas: Are You Looking for Pain Relief or a Structural Solution?
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano Many patients come to my office after months—or years—of pursuing treatments designed primarily to reduce pain. Pain relief matters. But if your goal is to avoid surgery, preserve function, and maintain an active lifestyle, an important question must be asked: Are we treating pain, or are we identifying the structures responsible for the pain? For many patients, those are not the same thing. About Dr. Westerga
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What If We Have Been Treating the Wrong Part of Knee Arthritis?
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano What If We Have Been Treating the Wrong Part of Knee Arthritis? The Traditional Arthritis Conversation If you've been told you have "bone-on-bone" arthritis, you've probably heard the same treatment options repeatedly: - Anti-inflammatory medications - Cortisone injections - Physical therapy - Activity modification - Eventually, knee replacement surgery For many patients, these options can be helpful. But what
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