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Platelet rich plasma (PRP) consists of platelets, which not only are responsible for blood clotting but also contain growth factors that facilitate cell reproduction and tissue healing or …

Approximately 20% of patients after knee replacement experience chronic persistent pain.  Additionally, due to medical issues, some with severe degenerative knee pain cannot undergo a knee replacement.  If …

Many causes of chronic spinal and extremity pain arise either after surgery or are deemed not treatable by surgery or other injection-based therapy.  If appropriate, spinal cord stimulation …

Whether related to spinal deformity, surgery, or trauma, sometimes patients deal with chronic rib pain that cannot be relieved with conservative treatments.  If this is the case, alternative …

The costosternal joints are located between the sternum and the ribs on the front side of the chest.  Whether related to spinal deformity or trauma, these joints produce …

There are many causes of pain in the chest and rib area including scoliosis, degeneration, and trauma.  Pain in this area can sometimes be very difficult to treat, …

There are several different causes of coccyx or “tailbone” pain.  Most commonly this stems from a slip or fall causing trauma to the sacrococcygeal joint.  Ultrasound-guided injections of …

If conservative treatments including cortisone injections into the sacroiliac joint do not provide long-term benefit, an alternative to address SI joint pain may be considered.  This alternative procedure …

The sacroiliac joint is a large weightbearing joint in the posterior pelvis which is responsible for transmitting weight and forces between the upper body and the legs and …

When spinal pain is suspected to be related to facet joints, a diagnostic joint block is recommended.  Temporary numbing anesthetic injections called medial branch blocks (MBB) are performed …