Myth #9: Going Along to Get Along — Why Steroid Shots and Surgery Can Cost You Your Joints
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By Deborah Westergaard, MD | Pain Experts | Dallas–Plano
Myth #11: Going Along to Get Along — Why Playing It Safe with Steroid Shots and Surgery Can Cost You Your Joints
There’s an old Southern phrase, "Go along to get along.”I t means you keep doing what everyone else does… not because it’s working, but because that’s what’s familiar.
But when it comes to your health and mobility, “going along to get along” can cost you something you can’t get back: your joints.
For decades, traditional medicine has defaulted to the same pattern:
Mask the pain with a steroid shot.
Wait until the joint deteriorates.
Then schedule surgery.
It’s not that your friends or doctors had bad intentions. It's that this is how things have always been done. Yet, few ever stop to ask: “Is there a better way?”
In truth, new regenerative options have emerged that directly address the root cause of pain: tissue degeneration. Instead of just numbing symptoms. Still, many patients never hear about them because insurance-based medicine often lags years behind the science.
If You’ve Been Told You “Just Need Another Steroid Shot” or “It’s Time for Surgery,” it’s Worth Looking Deeper.
Peer-reviewed studies including multiple randomized controlled trials show that high-concentration PRP (platelet-rich plasma) can improve function and reduce pain in degenerative joint conditions and tendon tears.
For patients with more advanced degeneration or cartilage loss, bone marrow concentrate (your own stem-cell-rich cells) has shown the potential to delay or even avoid joint replacement altogether.
At Pain Experts in Plano, every procedure is:
Precisely guided by ultrasound or X-ray for pinpoint accuracy,
Customized to your biology and joint condition, and
Performed under sterile, office-based conditions—not a surgery center.
We don’t “go along to get along.” We lead the way in regenerative orthobiologics—because innovation is the new tradition.
Be the One Who Steps Outside the Herd
You don’t have to follow the same road everyone else took especially if it leads to another surgery you might not need.
Be the one who steps outside the herd. Do your research. See the data. And discover how precision regenerative treatments can help you stay active, strong, and ahead of the curve.
Schedule your consultation at Pain Experts Plano today and learn what “going against the grain” can do for your future mobility.
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