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

By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Bone Spurs, Bursitis, and Joint Pain: What’s the Real Cause—and What Can You Do About It? Most Joint Pain Treatments Miss the Mark Orthopedic pain management has long been guided by surface-level assumptions: “There’s a bone spur—let’s shave it down.” “There’s a swollen bursa—let’s cut it out.” But what if these findings aren’t the problem, but the body’s response to one? Bone spurs (osteophytes), bursitis, and joint

Deborah Westergaard, MD Board-Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology Regenexx-Affiliate Pain Experts Dallas–Plano Why High Performers Rush to the OR When pain strikes suddenly and severely, something primal happens—even to the most composed and capable among us Your nervous system goes on high alert. Your heart races. Your thoughts narrow. The brain’s survival systems take over. You’re not being irrational; you’re being human. This acute response is driven by the sympa