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Typically before someone diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis is recommended to surgery, they will be offered various injections that may help them delay or prolong the need for the replacement surgery. The reasons for delaying hip replacements are many. You have to work, you are a primary caregiver, you are waiting until you retire, you simply do not want the surgery. For the people with hip pain there are choices. In the following recent research we will examine comparisons between routinely administered hip osteoarthritis injections. Discussed in this article: Cortisone injection Hyaluronic acid injections Platelet rich plasma Botox injections Cooled radiofrequency

Barre-Lieou Syndrome is an often confusing, misdiagnosed and misunderstood cause of a vast array of neurologic based symptoms.  Barre-Lieou Syndrome  is named for the collective, yet independent work of Jean Alexandre Barre, M.D. who published his research in 1925 and Yong-Choen Lieou, MD who published his findings in 1928. Each doctor wrote of patients displaying unexplainable symptoms  of headache, pain and swelling on one side of the face, tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other digestive distress, vision problems, radiculopathy type symptoms of neck, shoulder pain and numbness extending into the hands and fingers. Theories developed out of Barre-Lieou’s

Many patients we see, have been researching their options in treating their chronic knee pain. These people come to see us because they are exploring non-surgical alternatives and have investigated various forms of regenerative medicine techniques. This includes the use of their own blood platelets as a healing solution, (more commonly referred to as Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy) or stem cell therapy which we will discuss below in relation to hyaluronic acid injections. Many of these patients, perhaps including yourself as well, have had prior discussion with doctors about hyaluronic acid injections. These injections can provide a good amount of pain relief, temporarily.