By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Recently, a patient shared that during his MRI, a radiology technologist told him, “PRP really doesn’t work for most people.” The statement wasn’t malicious but it was incomplete. And for patients trying to make informed decisions, incomplete information is often the most damaging kind. “PRP Doesn’t Work” A Misinterpretation of Technique, Not Science When you hear that PRP is unreliable, the issue is almost never the

By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Conversation That Sparked This Blog Recently, in the orthopedic hospital lounge, I was speaking with a respected knee replacement surgeon when he stopped me mid-sentence and asked: “What do YOU know about ligaments?” I was surprised. As physicians, we all work with connective tissue every day. The idea that a fellow doctor would question another doctor’s understanding of ligaments was… telling. As a female physician

You Replaced One Joint… But Now the Other One Hurts Maybe you had a knee or hip replaced—and it helped. The pain eased, the joint stabilized, and you got back to moving again. But something feels different now. The other side—the joint you’ve been relying on to “carry the load”—is starting to ache, feel unstable, or simply not perform like it used to. This isn’t your imagination. Joint replacements change how your body moves. When one part is replaced, it alters force distrib