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By Phillip Steele, MD RMSK CAQ Sports Medicine Performance Injury Care & Sports Medicine The virtues of PRP for osteoarthritis have been well researched and have shown tremendous results in terms of decreasing pain, increasing function and regeneration of cartilage. The association of PRP and growth factors to stimulate a healing response has been shown in multiple applications and some previous studies have showed benefit for neural tissue (nerve) disorders. A 2014 article reviewed all ... [Read More]
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Ultrasound Guided Hip Injections comparing PRP and Hyaluronic Acid
By Phillip Steele, MD RMSK CAQ Sports Medicine Performance Injury Care & Sports Medicine Hip Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common and disabling disease in the United States. With improving care and treatment of chronic diseases and over all lower mortality from infectious diseases, the US population is aging, and older Americans are living with disabling arthritic conditions, including hip OA. The projected number of older adults with OA and other chronic joint disease is expected to nearly ... [Read More]
Placental Tissue
By Phillip Steele, MD RMSK CAQ Sports Medicine Performance Injury Care & Sports Medicine Recently, I helped as faculty during a musculoskeletal ultrasound course in San Francisco where I met and worked with several of the top neuromuscular physicians in the world. Dr. Stanley Lam, Dr. Tom Clark, Dr. Matt Cook, Dr. Sean Mulvaney & many others who are serving as pioneers leading the charge in advanced treatment for chronic nerve pain. It was an honor to help serve as faculty with so ... [Read More]
Is It Shoulder Pain or Neck Pain?
By Phillip Steele, MD RMSK CAQ Sports Medicine Performance Injury Care & Sports Medicine Having just finished giving a lecture on “Is it shoulder pain or neck pain” for the 2017 orthopedic update at Nemacolin Woodlands Conference center near Pittsburg Pennsylvania I thought I would share my thoughts on this complicated subject. It’s not surprising that our current understanding of shoulder and neck pain treatment is evolving. Unfortunately the majority of our understanding is focused o ... [Read More]
BioBurst Rejuv
Cellular Umbilical cord blood (UCB) derived allograft By Phillip Steele, MD RMSK CAQ Sports Medicine Performance Injury Care & Sports Medicine Recent advancements in Stem Cell therapy has shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MCSC) have tremendous potential to help decrease the pain of osteoarthritis and improve joint function. There is considerable debate under way on what is considered the best source of stem cells. Although the majority of research has been devoted to adipose derived ... [Read More]
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