Joint Rehab and Sports Medical Center under the medical direction of Marc Darrow, MD, JD, is a leading pioneer in the non-surgical care of degenerative musculoskeletal disorders and sports-related injuries, with over 27 years of experience in regenerative medicine techniques and care including Stell Cell Injection Therapy and PRP treatments.
Ankle Pain
Platelet Rich Plasma Injections for ankle pain
Ankle pain injections | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Peroneal tendonitis treatments
Ankle instability
Treating mid-tarsal – transverse tarsal joint sprains | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Continued ankle instability after arthroscopic lateral ligament repair | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Surfer’s Ankle – Unstable and stiff ankle
Ankle Osteoarthritis
Research on surgery for advanced ankle osteoarthritis
Stem cell therapy and ankle osteoarthritis injections | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Ankle pain and avascular necrosis of the talus
Ankle Replacement
Chronic long-term pain after ankle replacement
Information on Failed Ankle Surgery
Treating continued pain after ankle replacement | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Back Pain
Descriptions and diagnosis of common low back pain | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
Prolotherapy Back Pain Injections
Information on back pain injections
Research on PRP injections for back pain
Anxiety and depression in chronic back pain
Female Sexual Dysfunction, Failed Back Surgery, and Low Back Pain
Information on avoiding back pain surgery
Treatment of Lower Back Pain with Bone Marrow Concentrate
Chronic back pain in the surfer
Back pain and pain medications
Effects of long-term opioid and painkiller use for back pain
Painkiller overuse in pain management after neck and back surgery
Degenerative disc disease
Degenerative disc disease or a sprained back?
Information on lumbar discectomy for lumbar disc herniation
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis – surgery and injections | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Lumbar Spondylolysis And Spondylolisthesis
Lumbar spondylosis and spondylolisthesis treatment
Lumbar Spondylolysis And Spondylolisthesis Surgery Research
Lumbar radiculopathy
PRP compared to steroid injection for lumbar radiculopathy
Research on Transforaminal Epidural Blocks
Failed back surgery
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: Conservative care, Spinal Cord Stimulators
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome Treatments
Lumbar adjacent segment disease
Pain after spinal fusion may be from post-surgical muscle damage
Information on Failed back surgery syndrome.
Are MRIs sending people to back surgery who may not need back surgery?
Do Opioids Cause Spinal Surgery Complications?
Sacroiliac Joint pain
Platelet Rich Plasma injections for Sacroiliac Joint pain | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Continued pain after sacroiliac joint surgery
Misdiagnosis – When it may not be Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Sacroiliac joint pain treatment
Sciatica
Sciatica: non-surgical treatments in Los Angeles
Sciatica surgery : Can you avoid surgery?
When conservative care does not work for sciatica
Research on piriformis syndrome and sciatic nerve entrapment
Piriformis syndrome treatment in Los Angeles
Spinal Fusion
Can spinal fusion surgery be avoided?
Hip replacement or spinal fusion? Which one first?
Elbow Pain
Non-surgical treatment of UCL tear
Information on Tennis elbow and elbow pain
PRP for Elbow Tendinitis research
Stem cell therapy injections for elbow pain | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
PRP therapy and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Foot Pain
Metatarsophalangeal joint conservative care and surgery
Progressive collapsing foot deformity and Flat foot deformities
Information on Achilles Tendon tears and tendinopathy
Plantar fasciitis
Does weight loss help chronic plantar fasciitis pain?
Plantar fasciitis injection research
Plantar Fasciitis injection treatment
Prolotherapy injections for plantar fasciitis Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Hand/Thumb Pain
Thumb surgery for osteoarthritis
Information on Thumb Osteoarthritis
Common golf hand and wrist injuries
Information on Stenosing tenosynovitis or Trigger finger
Hip Pain
Hip osteoarthritis
Injections and conservative care for hip osteoarthritis
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis
Hip replacement
Do corticosteroid injections accelerate the need for hip replacement? | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Are hip replacement surgeries as successful as doctors think they are?
Bone Health and Hip Replacement
What is the best age for hip replacement?
Arthroscopic hip surgery
Failed Hip Arthroscopic Surgery
Long-term patient expectations following hip resurfacing
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
Information on Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
Hip impingments
Ischiofemoral impingement syndrome | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Research on PRP treatment during Femoroacetabular Impingement surgery
Information on Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome treatments
Hip labral tears
Information on hip labrum tears
Chronic hip pain problems
Physical therapy while waiting for hip or knee replacement
Opioid addiction and sleep problems leading to problems of chronic hip pain
Misdiagnosed patients who had a knee replacement for hip problems
Tennis injuries to hip and knee
Knee Pain
Research comparing different types of knee injections
Knee osteoarthritis
Alternatives to knee replacement: Conservative care of knee osteoarthritis
Alternatives to knee cortisone injections | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Platelet Rich Plasma Injections for knee osteoarthritis in Los Angeles
Research on Platelet Rich Plasma Injections for knee osteoarthritis
Intraarticular botulinum toxin type A and knee osteoarthritis
Short-Term Outcomes in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis With 4 Bone Marrow Concentrate Injections.
Acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis
Anti-inflammatory medication side-effects – accelerated knee osteoarthritis
Omega-3 and knee osteoarthritis
Hyaluronic acid injections for knee pain
Prolotherapy injections for knee osteoarthritis
How walking helps reduce knee pain and may slow progression of knee osteoarthritis
Do Women Have More Knee Replacement Complications? | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Research on bone marrow aspirate concentrate – stem cell therapy – knee cartilage repair
ACL
Treatment outcomes in ACL and Meniscus Tears
ACL non-surgical repair doctors in Los Angeles
Which injections accelerate healing after ACL reconstruction? Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Returning to sport after ACL surgery
Why some doctors do not recommend ACL reconstruction
Meniscus
Exercise or arthroscopic partial meniscectomy? Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Research on PRP injections for meniscus tears
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for Meniscus Tears
Research on stem cell therapy for meniscus tears
Stem cell therapy for meniscus tears in Los Angeles
Meniscus tear information. Conservative care, surgery and injections
Effectiveness of PRP in degenerative meniscal tears of the knee
Can I golf with a meniscus tear?
When knee pain is worse after meniscus surgery
Knee replacement
Reasons people are dissatisfied with their knee replacements
Many patients do not lose weight after knee replacement
Do Opioids Cause Knee Replacement Complications?
PRP for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Depression, anxiety and negative attitude may impact knee replacement outcomes
Knee replacement outcomes and complications in patients in their 80s and 90s
Weight loss and healthy diet can be a knee replacement alternative treatment
Problems of a loose knee replacement
Returning to Golf and Sports After Knee Replacement
Information on Knee replacement complications
Returning to work after knee replacement
Patella Pain
Patellar Instability – unstable knee cap
Information on Jumper’s Knee – Patella tendinopathy
Runner’s Knee – Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Knee MRI findings
How accurate are MRI scans of the knee?
A high prevalence of abnormal knee MRI findings in basketball players
Knee nutrition
Does garlic help with knee pain?
Information and research on Vitamin D and knee pain
Knee pain and medications
Aspirin, joint pain and heart health
Opioid usage after arthroscopic knee surgery
Anti-inflammatories and knee pain
More knee pain articles
Where does golfer’s knee pain come from?
Information on a Pes anserine bursitis diagnosis
Medial Collateral Ligament of the knee treatments
Information on Autologous chondrocyte transplantation – microfracture knee surgery
Iliotibial band syndrome | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Post-menopausal knee and joint pain
Neck pain
Symptoms of C1 – C7 herniation or nerve compression
How fast does degenerative disc disease progress in the neck?
Information on Non-Surgical and Conservative Care for neck pain and cervical spine disorders
Neck surgery
Are MRI Neck findings causing unneeded surgery?
Cervical radiculopathy
Alternatives to cervical spine corticosteroid injections
Surgery versus nonsurgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Whiplash
Whiplash associated disorders and ligament damage
Neck issues
Cell phones and text neck syndrome
Non-responsive neurologic, psychological, and cardiovascular symptoms may be a neck problem
TMJ Pain
TMJ botulinum toxin injections
Shoulder pain
Treatment of Unresolved Shoulder Pain with Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
Shoulder osteoarthritis
Shoulder Osteoarthritis: Conservative care and shoulder replacement
Shoulder osteoarthritis treatments
Acromioclavicular joint surgery may not be needed in acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis
Rotator cuff
Steroid injection for rotator cuff tear side effects | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
PRP for rotator cuff injury | Joint Rehab Los Angeles
Rotator cuff surgery complications
Rotator cuff tear conservative treatments and injections
PRP Injections for rotator cuff tears: Research and reviews
Shoulder replacement
Failed shoulder replacement surgeries. Why do they fail?
Shoulder replacement outcomes in younger patients
Shoulder bursitis
Platelet-Rich Plasma injections for shoulder bursitis
Frozen shoulder
Frozen shoulder – Adhesive capsulitis treatments
Information on Frozen shoulder – Adhesive capsulitis and Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
Shoulder larum tears
Does a shoulder labrum tear require surgery?
Shoulder impingments
Subacromial impingement and tendinopathy non-surgical care
Subacromial impingement of the rotator cuff – Treatments in Los Angeles
Information on shoulder injury and tennis
More shoulder articles
Information on Surfer’s shoulder pain
What is a normal shoulder MRI and what is an abnormal shoulder MRI?
Injections for a painful golf shoulder
Return to play rates after shoulder surgery
Wrist Pain
Ulnar Nerve – triangular fibrocartilage complex treatment in Los Angeles
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy on Unresolved Chronic Wrist Pain
Common golf hand and wrist injuries
Information on Carpal tunnel syndrome
Hormone issues and joint pain
Do Painkillers Cause Lower Testosterone Levels?
Hormone level side effects in prolonged painkiller usage
Information on Thyroid disease and joint pain
Ligament / tendon injuries – general articles
Prolotherapy injections for ligament injuries
Bone-marrow derived stem cells and tendon repair
Dietary recommendations on the prevention and treatment of tendinopathy remains unclear
Groin – Hamstring
PRP treatments for hamstring injuries
Chronic hamstring injury treatments
Cortisone – general articles
Systemic effects of cortisone injections including cartilage damage
Skin conditions
PRP in the treatment of acne scars
Research on Platelet Rich Plasma injections for wrinkles and photo-damaged skin
Hair treatments
Platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia
More articles
Do statins for cholesterol problems accelerate or worsen osteoarthritis?
Pain medications increase fall risk in older patients
What causes muscle loss in aging men?
Information on Sleep and Healing
Back and neck pain from carrying a golf bag
Caloric restriction, intermittent fasting and joint pain
Anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin and steroids may increase the chances of developing worse pain
Swimmer’s injuries and treatment
Female runners experience changes in menstrual function and bone mass – Female Athlete Triad