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Myth #9: Going Along to Get Along — Why Steroid Shots and Surgery Can Cost You Your Joints
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Myth #11: Going Along to Get Along — Why Playing It Safe with Steroid Shots and Surgery Can Cost You Your Joints There’s an old Southern phrase, "Go along to get along.”I t means you keep doing what everyone else does… not because it’s working, but because that’s what’s familiar. But when it comes to your health and mobility, “going along to get along” can cost you something you can’t get back: your joints. For decades
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Nov 2, 20252 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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