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NSAIDs, Steroid Injections, and Turmeric: What Really Protects Your Joints?
NSAIDs, Steroid Injections, and Turmeric are Often Options Joint pain flares push many people toward two common options: Oral NSAIDs Intra-articular corticosteroid injections Both have been widely used for decades. Both temporarily reduce pain. And both have well-documented downsides for cartilage biology. Oral NSAIDs inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 and can impair: Cartilage cell metabolism Proteoglycan synthesis Collagen turnover Long-term cartilage recovery Repeated intra-articular
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Nov 27, 20253 min read
Does PRP Help Cartilage Grow Back? What New Imaging Studies Reveal
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Living with knee osteoarthritis means living with pain, stiffness, and the fear...
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Aug 22, 20252 min read
Why Comprehensive Imaging Is Key to Effectively Treating Tennis Elbow: Why a Blind Injection into the Tendon May Not Be Enough
By Deborah Westergaard, MD Pain Experts The Problem: Incomplete Diagnosis and Treatment of Tennis Elbow Tennis elbow, or lateral...
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Nov 24, 20244 min read
AI in Regenerative Medicine: Can Technology Help Preserve Your Joints?
Artificial intelligence may be learning to design new proteins. But it still cannot look at your knee, understand the life you want to protect, and decide which structure may actually be driving your pain. By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano Can Technology Help Preserve Your Joints? Lately, I have noticed something interesting. My patients are asking me about artificial intelligence—not with fear, but with genuine curiosity. Recently, a patient
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Regenerative Spine Treatment Dallas: Why Imaging Guidance Matters as Much as the Biologic
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano Regenerative Spine Treatment Dallas: Why Imaging Guidance Matters as Much as the Biologic Regenerative spine treatment uses biologic preparations such as platelet-rich plasma or bone marrow concentrate instead of steroid to address selected spinal structures. But the biologic is only half the procedure. Professional society safety practices and current reviews continue to identify fluoroscopy as the recommen
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Hydrodissection for Chronic Knee Pain: Why Treating the Nerve May Not Be Enough
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano If the Nerve Carries the Pain, Should We Treat the Nerve with Hydrodissection for Knee Pain —or Find Out Why It Is Hurting? Hydrodissection has become an increasingly discussed treatment for chronic knee pain. Using ultrasound guidance, a physician carefully places fluid around a nerve to separate it from surrounding tissue. When a nerve is irritated, entrapped, or restricted by scar tissue, hydrodissection ma
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