Click link for explanation from NBC news on Prolotherapy as we have performed since 1999 in our Sarasota Clinic. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/TreatingPain/story?id=4047795 ...
USA TODAY ARTICLE JANUARY 16, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2009-01-16-2018525195_x.htm Gagne returns to pre-concussion form PHILADELPHIA — Simon Gagne hated the mornings he would wake up with that familiar pounding headache. He couldn't even blame a night of revelry. The throbbing would surface, and no pain reliever would cure it. His neck ached,...
In July 2002, research showed that arthoscopic surgeries worked as well as shame (fake) sureries where as effective as the real thing! Half the pateints got real arthroscopic surgery and the placebo group got 2 holes poked and they pretended to fix it. These people...
[caption id="attachment_271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="PRP at Advanced Wellness Center."][/caption] AORN Journal Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 667 (October 2004) ABSTRACT Intraoperative use of autologous platelet-rich and platelet-poor plasma for orthopedic surgery patients Kathleen M. Floryan, RN1, William J. Berghoff, MD2 ABSTRACT •AS -- USE OF AUTOLOGOUS platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-poor plasma...
Comment: Both Dr Chen and I have done training with Dr. Sampson and are proud that he is amoung the doctors pioneering regenerative therapies with Advanced Wellness. Go to PRPGraft.com for more info on setting up a consultation or call 941 330-8553. ...
MY TOP TEN REASONS NOT TO GET A CORTISONE SHOT. Ross Hauser, M.D. “My doctor wants to give me a cortisone shot. What do you think?” “Cortisone helped me before, why shouldn’t I get another shot?” “Is Prolotherapy going to hurt like a cortisone shot?"” Below are my top ten...
This is a great story about someone who would be unlikely to be a success within natural approaches to lumbar disc treatment. He was successful because of the combination of specific modalities that where assembled for his unique circumstance. I use the Pettibon System for...
[caption id="attachment_211" align="alignright" width="265" caption="Platlet Rich Plasma at Advanced Wellness Center."][/caption] NPR recently featured PRP discussing it’s use in orthopedics & sports medicine. Interestingly via professional athletes, the community is learning more about emerging therapies that are driving change in medicine. Hopefully indirectly the increased awareness...
[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignright" width="110" caption="PRP at Advanced Wellness Center."][/caption] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainNews/Story?id=6895441&page=1 A handful of sports medicine specialists across the country have been quietly experimenting with a medication-free treatment aimed at healing injuries faster -- a concentrated solution of the patient's blood. Platelet-rich plasma therapy may help injured athletes recover...
[caption id="attachment_201" align="alignright" width="221" caption="PRP at Advanced Wellness Center."][/caption] Comment: Public awareness of PRP or Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy has been increasing this year following the news of Pittsburgh Steelers Hines Ward receiving an injection which allowed him to play in the super bowl with an MCL...