Cell-Based Therapies for Rotator Cuff Injuries: An Updated Review of the Literature
This review focuses on non-surgical treatment options for rotator cuff injuries and highlights the potential of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a potential regenerative approach. MSCs, sourced from various tissues like bone marrow and adipose tissue, exhibit promising mechanisms in vitro, influencing tendon-related gene expression and microenvironment modulation.
What is Platelet-Rich Plasma & How Does it Work?
Have you heard of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment? It’s a revolutionary therapy that uses your blood to speed up healing in targeted areas of your body. Let’s walk through how it works and how it can benefit you.
Achieving optimal outcomes for teen athletes with ACL injury
Perhaps counterintuitively for their young age, teen athletes are at highest risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and reconstruction plus recurrence compared with other age groups
10 Exercises to Help Relieve Knee Pain
Gentle stretching and other low impact exercises can strengthen the muscles that support your knee joint. Start by stretching your heel, calf, quadriceps, and hamstrings, and work up to half squats, calf raises, and other leg lift variations.
What types of shoulder surgery are available?
The shoulder is a mobile and complex joint that is prone to dislocation and injury. Several types of shoulder surgery can address and correct various shoulder symptoms.
Urgent Care is available after hours and weekends through Ortho Care on Demand.
