By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano Treating Knee Arthritis in Dallas For decades, the conventional explanation for knee osteoarthritis was simple: the cartilage wears away, the bones rub together, and eventually you need a knee replacement. I believe that explanation is incomplete. In many patients, the cartilage is not the primary problem—it is the victim. Modern research increasingly recognizes osteoarthritis as a disease of the entire osteoc

By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano If you've been told that nerve burning—also known as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or rhizotomy is your next step for chronic back pain, you may wonder whether it is your only option. For many years, I performed these procedures myself. Today, I do not. That decision was not based on a single study or a single patient. It came from years of experience, an evolving understanding of spinal biomechanics, and a gr

By Deborah Westergaard, M.D. Dallas | Regen Experts Dallas & Plano Many patients come to my office after months—or years—of pursuing treatments designed primarily to reduce pain. Pain relief matters. But if your goal is to avoid surgery, preserve function, and maintain an active lifestyle, an important question must be asked: Are we treating pain, or are we identifying the structures responsible for the pain? For many patients, those are not the same thing. About Dr. Westerga