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Medical Breakthroughs Don't Wait for Insurance: Why Today's Orthobiologic Research May Change the Future of Joint Preservation
By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano If I Could Go Back to 2008... If I could travel back to 2008, I would ask my younger self one simple question. "Should I have one more conversation before having hip surgery?" At that time, the procedures I perform today simply weren't available. The landmark intraosseous bone marrow concentrate research hadn't yet been published. Physicians weren't discussing subchondral bone as an important contributor to os
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Still Pushing Through Pain?
Long hours. High expectations. Active weekends.Joint pain, stiffness, or old injuries shouldn’t be the reason you slow down—or the reason...
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Apr 14, 20251 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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