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The Doctor's Lounge, Bone Marrow and PRP for Knees in Dallas: What Doctors Should Know About Ligaments
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Conversation That Sparked This Blog Recently, in the orthopedic hospital...
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Sep 252 min read


Why Bone Marrow Concentrate May Work Better Than PRP for Advanced Arthritis
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano PRP Alone Often Isn’t Enough for More Advanced Cases. If you’ve been told you...
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Sep 152 min read


Muscle Mass Longevity in Dallas & Plano, Texas
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Muscle Mass Longevity is Important and Why Muscle Mass Declines With Age In...
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Sep 123 min read


PRP and Bone Marrow Concentrate vs Birth Products: Why I Trust My Own Cells
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Sales Hype vs. Safety Reality with PRP vs Birth Products In regenerative...
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Sep 92 min read


Nerve burning risk.What insurance doesn't tell you
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Nerve Burning Risk | Balanced Alternatives to Radiofrequency Ablation in Dallas...
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Sep 73 min read


New Drugs for Chronic Pain: Why We Need More Than Just Numbing
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Problem with New Drugs for Chronic Pain Pharmaceutical companies continue to...
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Sep 12 min read


From Florence Nightingale to Modern Regenerative Medicine: Why True Healing Goes Beyond Titles
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Surgery and Medications Aren’t the Only Answer Too many people are told their...
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Aug 252 min read


Regenerative Medicine Protocols in Dallas & Plano: The Hidden Difference Between an Injection and a Transformation
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Regenerative Medicine Protocols in Dallas & Plano: Why Quick Joint Injections...
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Aug 252 min read


Feminine Beauty, Function, and Aging: Why Strong Glutes Matter More Than You Think. Gluteal Atrophy can be Fixable
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano The Ideals of Feminine Aging and Gluteal Atrophy Aging gracefully doesn’t mean...
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Aug 232 min read


Does PRP Help Cartilage Grow Back? What New Imaging Studies Reveal
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Living with knee osteoarthritis means living with pain, stiffness, and the fear...
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Aug 222 min read


Bone Spurs, Bursitis, and Joint Pain: Which Came first, the Chicken or the Egg?
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Bone Spurs, Bursitis, and Joint Pain: What’s the Real Cause—and What Can You Do...
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Aug 173 min read


The Leadership Health Shift That Inspires Lasting Gains
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Many high achievers approach both leadership and health with the same mindset:...
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Aug 122 min read


What Pain Is Trying to Tell You | Back and Joint Pain Relief Dallas
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Listening to the Body: What Pain Is Trying to Tell You About Joint and Back...
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Aug 22 min read


The Clinical Singularity: Designing Cures with AI
Introduction to AI in Medicine and Designing Cures with AI Imagine a world where your treatment plan is already in motion—before your body even knows it’s under threat. This is no longer fiction. In today’s episode of The Clinical Singularity , I explore how AI systems like AlphaFold 3 are helping scientists and clinicians design hyper-targeted therapies. These therapies can intervene at the molecular level—long before symptoms appear. From cancer breakthroughs to the future
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Jul 232 min read


Back Pain That Won’t Go Away with Rest or Stretching? Here’s What It’s Really Telling You
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Why Your Back Pain That Won’t Go Away—Even with Rest and Stretching You’ve tried...
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Jul 222 min read


When Should I Worry About Back Pain?
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano When Should I Worry About Back Pain—And Is Surgery the Only Answer? Back pain is...
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Jul 222 min read


Are Epidural Steroid Injections Harmful?
What You Need to Know Before Repeating Another Shot By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano When Relief Comes at a Cost...
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Jul 213 min read


Lower Back Pain After Golf or Tennis: A Regenerative Solution for High-Performers
By Deborah Westergaard, MD Board Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology Pain Experts in Dallas–Plano Lower Back Pain After Golf or...
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Jul 202 min read
Best Regenerative Treatment for Back Pain
By Deborah Westergaard, MD Board Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology Pain Experts in Dallas–Plano Regenerative pain relief that...
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Jul 162 min read


How Does PRP Work for Back Pain? A Regenerative Approach That Targets the Root Cause
By Deborah Westergaard, MD Board-Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology Regenexx-Affiliate Pain Experts Dallas–Plano Why So Many Back Pain Treatments Fail—and How PRP Works Differently Pain Isn’t Just About Discs—It’s About Structure, Stability, and Nerves If you’ve tried everything—physical therapy, anti-inflammatories, even steroid injections—and you're still in pain, the problem may not be what you think. Most treatments aim to quiet the symptoms. But PRP (Platele
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Jul 142 min read


The World is Changing Faster Than Ever: Preserve the Joints You Want to Keep
By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano Every so often, life offers a moment of stillness. Mine arrived over dinner with a friend of nearly three decades, a reminder of how quickly time escapes us. One moment we are building our careers, certain of our future paths; the next, we look up and wonder how 25 years passed in a blink. The truth is undeniable:The world we are living in now is not the world we lived in even six years ago.Not medically. Not economical
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Orthobiologic myth number 11 “PRP Doesn’t Work” A Misinterpretation of Technique, Not Science
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
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NSAIDs, Steroid Injections, and Turmeric: What Really Protects Your Joints?
NSAIDs, Steroid Injections, and Turmeric are Often Options Joint pain flares push many people toward two common options: Oral NSAIDs Intra-articular corticosteroid injections Both have been widely used for decades. Both temporarily reduce pain. And both have well-documented downsides for cartilage biology. Oral NSAIDs inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 and can impair: Cartilage cell metabolism Proteoglycan synthesis Collagen turnover Long-term cartilage recovery Repeated intra-articular
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