By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Regen Experts powered by Pain Experts Deborah Westergaard, MD is a double board-certified physician with over two decades of advanced experience in minimally invasive, image-guided spine and musculoskeletal procedures. She specializes in precision-guided orthobiologic and regenerative medicine approaches designed to help selected patients pursue non-operative options for joint and spine conditions. Orthobiologic Joint Maintenance There is a momen

By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Regen Experts powered by Pain Experts Why “Basic Orthobiologics” Often Falls Short in the Pursuit of Nonsurgical Knee Care Precision Versus Performance Decline Most people do not realize they are making a strategic decision about their future mobility until it is almost too late. At first, it is subtle. The golf swing changes. The stairs become irritating. Travel becomes less enjoyable. Recovery after exercise becomes longer. Many high-performing

By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Regen Experts powered by Pain Experts For much of my medical career, my mission was straightforward: Find the pain signal. Calm the pain signal. Help the patient suffer less. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Interventional pain management can be life-changing for people in severe pain. Nerve blocks, epidural procedures, spinal cord stimulation, and radiofrequency treatments have helped many patients regain function, sleep, mobility