inflammation in tendons and other new tendon research

THE LATEST RESEARCH IN TENDINOPATHIES: IS TENDINOSIS ACTUALLY AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION AFTER ALL? For more than three decades, the peer-reviewed scientific literature has said that most tendinopathies (TENDINOSIS included) are not inflammatory — in other words, when the tendons were biopsied, there were no inflammatory cells present. I reported this but always said that even […]

platelet rich therapy

PLATELET RICH PLASMA THERAPYMIRACLE OR MASQUERADE? Image by Dr Graham Beards Platelet Rich Therapy (sometimes called Platelet Injections, PRP, or Platelet Rich Plasma Injection) is all the rage. Orthopedist, Scott Crow, MD, of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently addressed the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Specialty Day —– part of the […]

shoulder pain & cortisone inections

CORTICOSTEROID INJECTIONS Image by Zezounet Although CORTICOSTEROID INJECTIONS are one of the most common medical treatments for pain in the shoulder as well as pain in other joints (spine included), are they really the best option? Back when synthetic cortisone was first invented just after WWII, it was hailed as another of the “medical miracles” […]

tendinopathy: tendinitis or tendinosis?

TENDINITIS OR TENDINOSIS?WHY IT MATTERS Although most practitioners seem to be unaware of the fact, over the past several decades, medical research has conclusively shown that the major cause of “tendinopathy” is not Inflammation (aka “itis“). The scientific studies have been leading medical researchers to the conclusion that although the immune system compounts that we […]