INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1390,8,'2019-06-12 10:01:26','2019-06-12 10:01:26','By the time people reach midlife, more than half of them will experience significant episodes of low back pain. That’s how common low back pain is, and because of the prevalence, low back pain often leads to surgery. The surgery may give the back pain sufferer some relief, but many continue to experience a significant amount of pain. You may wonder, if surgery was done to stop the pain, then why would there still be pain after the surgery to relieve it? Back surgery requires the removal of some of the structures of the spine that help to stabilize the spine. So when they are removed, the spine will be weakened. Also, in surgeries that involve fusion of the spinal vertebrae, the areas above and below the fusion often degenerate, since movement needs to occur somewhere. The various back surgeries alter the spinal dynamic and make the patient more susceptible to new pain. Unfortunately, ten to forty percent of lower back surgeries for disabling pain end up in the person needing repeat surgery due to ongoing pain. New or persistent back or leg pain after back surgery is a condition known as Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. The numbers are so overwhelming that this condition has its own diagnosis.\r\n\r\n<h6>A Little Background on Low Back Pain</h6>\r\nThe lumbar spine is composed of five vertebrae separated by discs and supported by strong muscles and ligaments. Cumulative trauma through years of certain activities or sports can result in small tears of the ligaments. If a major trauma transpires, the injury to the ligament can be of such severity that ligament healing never occurs, leaving the vertebrae unstable and without the support they need. The instability and ligament laxity cause ongoing low back pain. This pain is what sends people by the droves to orthopedic surgeons. If the back pain leads to back surgery, important muscles and ligaments are cut, adding to an already unstable lumbar structure.\r\n\r\n<h6>Explain What Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Involves?</h6>\r\nA back surgery may be considered “successful” by the surgeon just because the anatomic area was surgically “fixed correctly.” However, the patient may still suffer from Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, and continue to experience the defining symptoms which include persistent back and/or leg pain. Pain that occurs right after surgery is often due to sensitized nerves. Many nerves have to be cut by the surgeon in order to get to the area of the vertebrae being repaired, and sometimes those nerves become inflamed and/or compressed. In cases where the post-surgical pain becomes chronic and ongoing, the pain is often from spinal instability from causes which may include the removal of too much bone or due to damage to the spinal ligaments. Any time surgery is performed on the spine, it will alter the mechanics of the spine, and this will result in more force being generated at and around the areas where the surgery is done.\r\n\r\nThe pain and discomfort of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) cause a major negative impact on the ability of those with the syndrome to manage everyday life activities such as standing, lifting and traveling. Physicians see many patients who have had back surgery or multiple surgeries who continue to have pain. Sometimes the surgery fixes the pain for a year or so, but then the pain returns. The individual who had the surgery is both terrified about going through another surgery, and is also afraid of the prospects of living in pain and on pain medication.\r\n<h6>With so much progress technologically, how does FBSS still happen?</h6>\r\nSometimes surgery is done when it was never indicated. Surgery may be recommended based on MRI findings primarily and not after a thorough history and review of symptoms to match up to the MRI. This results in performing surgery on a structure that looked bad on MRI, but which was actually not the true cause of pain.\r\n\r\nWhile operating on one condition, another condition may be overlooked. A disc may be removed, for example, but the underlying instability, causing disc degeneration and stenosis were not addressed. If the issue causing the problem in the first place is never addressed, disappointing results and pain will result. Wrong spinal levels may even be operated on. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome may be the result of outright inappropriate surgeries, inadequate surgeries where the underlying pathology is not addressed, or even unnecessary surgeries.\r\n\r\n<h6>Fusion Surgery</h6>\r\nFailed Back Surgery Syndrome may result after fusion surgery. Once the joints are fused together, motion in the spine has to come from somewhere else, creating added stress on the sections above and below the spine. It is then only a matter of time before arthritis and pain develop in the adjacent segments.\r\n\r\nFusion surgery is recommended because there is too much movement or instability in the spine. The surgeon is looking to place artificial material to permanently fuse the area together, to keep it from moving. But this doesn’t always resolve the pain, and will eventually cause degeneration at the levels below and above the fusion, frequently leaving the back pain sufferer with more back pain and arthritis because of the surgery.\r\n\r\n<h6>How Is Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Treated</h6>\r\nPatients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome experience prolonged pain and because of that treatment often includes narcotics, steroids and even anti-depressants, since the prolonged pain often results in depression. All of these medications come with their own set of problems. Spinal cord stimulation is also utilized and allows for some relief in a subset of FBSS patients with radicular leg pain. These patients, however, continue to experience difficulties in function and quality of life.\r\n\r\n<h6>Regenerative Orthopedics Help with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome</h6>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics refers to therapies that stimulate the body to heal itself, such as Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy.  These regenerative injection therapies stimulate the body to repair, without the need for surgery. Our bodies have amazing regenerative capabilities. This is a novel approach because we are triggering the body to strengthen the tissue on its own, without the use of artificial hardware.\r\n\r\nFor those patients who are taking narcotics, or for those with spinal cord stimulators, an initial consultation to discuss these treatments would be recommended. Regenerative Orthopedics therapies resolve the problems that damaged the spine, and for optimal healing, other therapies that are suppressing the ability of the body to heal need to be limited or stopped. Regenerative Orthopedic therapies are reparative treatments and are alternatives to surgery. They can also help when surgery has already been done, but failed to address the root issue.\r\n\r\nFor those with back pain who have not had surgery yet, we strongly recommend looking into regenerative therapies first. One of the wonderful things about Regenerative Orthopedics for back pain is, the individual can maintain activity and get back to the activities they enjoy, without the need for extensive downtime. Treatments and exercise programs are individually tailored to promote healing and return people to their active lives. It’s really an amazing transformation to see people regain their mobility and independence!\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is helpful for almost all types of back pain: herniated discs, bulging discs, degenerative disc disease, chronic subluxation of the sacroiliac joints, and more. Regenerative Orthopedics may save you from an unnecessary surgery, because the treatments address the problems causing the instability, and offer a way of repair when other treatments often fail.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics treatments correct the underlying problem of spinal instability. Without this correction, the patient is more likely to continue on the course of pain and symptom chasing pain management therapies that only temporarily calm the pain. Remember, spinal instability is a progressive disorder, meaning that the area will continue to degenerate until regenerative treatments are used to restore them.','Failed Back Surgery Syndrome','','inherit','closed','closed','','1389-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:01:26','2019-06-12 10:01:26','',1389,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1389-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1391,8,'2019-06-12 10:02:21','2019-06-12 10:02:21','<h2>Get Rid of Knee Arthritis Symptoms by Treating the Source of the Pain</h2>\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4672 alignright\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/knee-arthritis-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Knee Arthritis\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nWe treat a lot of knees at our clinic. Part of the reason is that knee injuries are so prevalent. Another reason is that, quite often, the other treatments patients receive only provide temporary relief. Plus, unhealed knee injuries often lead to painful knee arthritis.\r\n\r\nWhen an injury is left untreated or when the treatment fails to repair an injury adequately, the knee becomes unstable. The instability sets the knee up for a cycle of abnormal joint motion. And that abnormal motion in the knee promotes degeneration and destroys the joint over time. All of that sets the knee up for the development of arthritis.\r\n\r\nIf you already have arthritis in your knee, we can help. If you have knee injuries such as a torn meniscus or ACL, we can help too! Regenerative Orthopedics are effective therapies capable of repairing the injury and stopping the cycle that leads to arthritis. Regenerative Orthopedics are ideal treatments for anyone looking to avoid knee replacement!\r\n<h3>The Healthy Knee versus An Injured Knee</h3>\r\nThe knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the more complex joints. To accomplish all of the tasks the knee needs to do, many forces and stressors are placed on it.\r\n\r\nA healthy knee moves smoothly during walking activities and also when running, jumping, and turning. One of the most important keys to a healthy knee is maintaining stability in response to the forces placed upon it. When any part of the knee joint is injured, such as the bony configuration, muscles, menisci, joint capsule, or ligaments, the whole stability of the knee is disrupted. And that can cause symptoms and pain.\r\n\r\nWhen knee injury does occur, Regenerative Orthopedics stops the disruption and stabilizes the knee again. The treatment does this by promoting the healing of unstable and weakened ligaments. And it repairs the other injured joint structures too. The result is the elimination of the pain associated with knee conditions caused by abnormal joint motion.\r\n<h3>Knee Arthritis and Pain</h3>\r\nKnee pain is one of the most common reasons people seek out medical help. And knee osteoarthritis is a primary player, impairing the mobility and activity level of those who suffer from it. The prevalence of knee pain increases with age. Plus, it is affected by lifestyle factors, such as obesity and lack of exercise. Arthritis patients deal with chronic pain, joint stiffness, structural damage, and the progressive loss of cartilage, which can be disabling.\r\n\r\n<strong>Did you know the pain of arthritis does not come from the cartilage?</strong> Even though cartilage loss plays a central role in arthritis, it is not the source of pain. That\'s because cartilage tissue does not contain nerve fibers. The tissue containing many nerve fibers includes the ligaments, tendons, meniscus, joint capsule, synovium, and periosteum. Arthritis pain is due to injury to these types of tissue.\r\n<h3>The Painful Process Leading to Knee Arthritis</h3>\r\nSoft-tissue structures are mainly responsible for the smooth movement of the knee joint. But when abnormal forces are placed on them, injury occurs that disrupts the balance between normal motion and instability. This is where the painful process begins. The nerve endings that cause pain are also present where the ligaments and tendons insert into the bone. And this area can become a source of ongoing knee pain. Regenerative Orthopedic treatments are often directed at these sites and as such are recognized as one of the most effective non-surgical therapies to treat knee pain.\r\n\r\nLigaments play a crucial role in the knee\'s stability because they guide the motion of the knee joints and restrain excessive motion to prevent dislocation. Ligament injuries are also the most common form of a knee injury. Ligament injury then upsets and disrupts the balance in the motion of the knee joint.\r\n\r\nInjuries that result in ligament damage also commonly result in injury to other knee structures, such as the meniscus, tendons, and cartilage. As mentioned, these injuries can eventually lead to arthritis, which can transpire within a few years with severe injuries or possibly over decades if the injury is less severe.\r\n<h3>Regenerative Orthopedic Treatments Heal the Soft Tissue Injuries</h3>\r\nAlthough many treatments may offer temporary pain relief, it is important to find a treatment that does more than chase the symptoms. <strong>It is important to repair the injured soft tissue to restore normal motion to the knee joint.</strong> Regenerative Orthopedic treatment options, such as Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy, are effective therapies that do just that.\r\n\r\nThese treatments stimulate the healing of ligaments, tendons, and menisci and restore normal functioning of the knee joint, thus preventing arthritic progression. In more advanced cases, the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy can be used to promote the regeneration of articular cartilage.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic treatments target and repair the structures generating the pain in knee arthritis, effectively resolving the pain. These therapies give hope to people living with arthritis because they provide pain relief and joint repair, resulting in improved function and a better quality of life.','Get Rid of Knee Arthritis Symptoms by Treating the Source of the Pain','','publish','open','closed','','get-rid-of-knee-arthritis-symptoms-by-treating-the-source-of-the-pain','','','2021-05-12 21:45:50','2021-05-12 21:45:50','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1391',0,'post','',0),(1392,8,'2019-06-12 10:02:21','2019-06-12 10:02:21','We treat a lot of knees at our clinic. Part of the reason is because knee injuries are so prevalent. Another reason is that quite often the other treatments patients receive, only provide temporary relief. When an injury is left untreated or when the treatment fails to adequately repair an injury, the knee becomes unstable. The instability sets the knee up for a cycle of abnormal joint motion, which promotes knee degeneration and destroys the joint over time, setting the knee up for the development of arthritis. If you already have arthritis in your knee, we can help. If you have injured your meniscus or ACL, Regenerative Orthopedics is an effective therapy capable of repairing the injury and stopping the cycle that leads to arthritis. Regenerative Orthopedics is also an ideal treatment for anyone looking to avoid knee replacement!\r\n\r\n<h6>The Healthy Knee vs An Injured Knee</h6>\r\nThe knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the more complex joints. In order to accomplish all of the tasks the knee needs to do, many forces and stressors are placed on it. A healthy knee moves smoothly during walking activities, and also when running, jumping and turning.  One of the most important keys to a healthy knee is maintaining stability in response to the forces placed upon it. When any part of the knee joint is injured, such as the bony configuration, muscles, menisci, joint capsule or the ligaments, the whole stability of the knee is disrupted, causing symptoms and pain. When knee injury does occur, Regenerative Orthopedics stops the disruption and stabilizes the knee again. The treatment does this by promoting the healing of unstable and weakened ligaments, and other injured joint structures, which then eliminates the pain associated with knee conditions caused by abnormal joint motion.\r\n\r\n<h6>Knee Pain from Arthritis</h6>\r\nKnee pain is one of the most common reasons people seek out medical help, and knee osteoarthritis is a primary player, impairing the mobility and activity level of those who suffer from it. The prevalence of knee pain increases with age, and is affected by lifestyle factors, such as obesity and lack of exercise. Arthritis sufferers deal with chronic pain, joint stiffness, structural damage, and the progressive loss of cartilage, which can be disabling. Did you know the pain of arthritis does not come from the cartilage? Even though cartilage loss plays a central role in arthritis, it is not the source of pain, since cartilage tissue does not contain nerve fibers. The tissue that does contain a lot of nerve fibers includes the ligaments, tendons, meniscus, joint capsule, synovium and periosteum. Arthritis pain is due to injury to these types of tissue. Since soft tissue is mainly responsible for the smooth movement of the knee joint, when abnormal forces are placed on them, injury occurs that disrupts the balance between normal motion and instability. This is where the painful process begins. The nerve endings that cause pain are also present where the ligaments and tendons insert to the bone, and this area can become a source of ongoing knee pain. Regenerative Orthopedic treatments are often directed at these sites and as such are recognized as one of the most effective non-surgical therapies to treat knee pain.\r\n\r\nLigaments play a crucial role in the stability of the knee, because they guide the motion of the knee joints, and restrain excessive motion to prevent dislocation. Ligament injuries are also the most common form of knee injury. Ligament injury then upsets and disrupts the balance in the motion of the knee joint. Injuries that result in ligament damage also commonly result in the injury to other knee structures, such as the meniscus, tendons and cartilage. As mentioned, these injuries can eventually lead to arthritis, which can transpire within a few years with severe injuries or possibly over decades if the injury is less severe.\r\n\r\n<h6>Regenerative Orthopedic Treatments Heal the Soft Tissue Injuries</h6>\r\nAlthough many treatments may offer temporary pain relief, it is important to find a treatment that does more than chase the symptoms, and one that actually repairs the injured soft tissue in order to restore normal motion to the knee joint. Regenerative Orthopedic treatment options, such as Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma and Prolotherapy are effective therapies that do just that. These treatments stimulate healing of ligaments, tendons and menisci, and restore normal functioning of the knee joint, thus preventing the arthritic progression. In more advanced cases, the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy can be used to promote the regeneration of articular cartilage.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic treatments target and repair the structures generating the pain in knee arthritis, effectively resolving the pain.  Regenerative Orthopedic treatments give hope to arthritis sufferers, because they provide not only pain relief, but also joint repair, resulting in improved function and a better quality of life.','Get Rid of Knee Arthritis Symptoms by Treating the Source of the Pain','','inherit','closed','closed','','1391-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:02:21','2019-06-12 10:02:21','',1391,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1391-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1393,8,'2019-06-12 10:20:56','2019-06-12 10:20:56','<h2>Neck Pain Relief</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4614\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4614 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cervivcal-Instability-copy-2-500x500.png\" alt=\"Neck Pain Relief\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong>                                   Cervical Instability and Neck Pain</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nLooking for neck pain relief? Joint pain in the various joints of the body is usually caused by weakness in the soft tissue. And pain in the neck is no different. Relief is possible with non-surgical regenerative therapy.\r\n\r\nLigament weakness is very often the underlying cause of neck pain. And it can also be the reason behind the headaches, ear and mouth pain which often accompany neck pain.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics, such as Prolotherapy, have been proven to stimulate the healing of weakened ligaments behind this pain effectively. That’s great news because these treatments are an answer for those suffering from these ailments and often a way to find permanent pain relief.\r\n<h4>Neck Ligaments, Cervical Instability, and Symptoms</h4>\r\nWhen the ligaments of the neck are weakened, the instability that transpires in the neck is called cervical instability. Sufferers with this malady often experience a bunch of bizarre symptoms. In addition to neck pain, symptoms can include dizziness, visual disturbances, eye pressure, mouth pain, sinus congestion, tinnitus, and many others.\r\n\r\nInstability of the ligaments of the neck is implicated in conditions like disc herniation, whiplash, cervicocranial syndrome, and spondylosis. When these ligaments are injured, they elongate and become weak. And that allows for excessive movement in the vertebrae of the neck.\r\n<h3>Symptoms of Upper Neck Instability and Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency</h3>\r\nThe instability that arises in the upper part of the neck or cervical spine (C0-C2) can manifest symptoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, dizziness, facial pain, arm pain, and migraine headaches.\r\n\r\nAlso, a condition called vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) can develop. VBI, with its associated symptoms of neck pain, headaches/migraines, dizziness, drop attacks, vertigo, difficulty swallowing and/or speaking, and auditory and visual disturbances, can develop in instances of upper cervical spine instability.  That\'s because excessive movement in the neck can alter the flow of vertebral arterial blood.\r\n<h3>Symptoms of Lower Neck Instability</h3>\r\nSometimes the instability in the neck is located at the lower part of the cervical spine. When the instability is located in the lower neck or cervical spine (C3-C7), the resultant symptoms include muscle spasms, crepitation, and feelings of pins and needles along with neck pain.\r\n\r\nAs the instability worsens, so do the symptoms. Surgery to fuse the vertebrae of the neck is often recommended in cases of cervical instability. But those suffering from this condition should seek a consultation from an expert in Regenerative Orthopedics first. Why? Because this therapy can often prevent the need for fusion surgery. Plus, Regenerative Orthopedics can strengthen the involved ligaments and restore proper motion to the neck.\r\n<h4>The Neck Is Unique</h4>\r\nThe neck is quite unique! The vertebrae in the neck are smaller and more mobile than all of the movable vertebrae of the spine.  And a high degree of mobility is required of the neck vertebrae to move the head through its varied range of motion.\r\n\r\nThese anatomic features are necessary for optimal functioning. But they also make the area more vulnerable to injury due to the demands placed upon the neck. The ligaments of the neck, which are the stabilizing structures primarily responsible for connecting adjacent bones, are especially vulnerable when trauma occurs.\r\n\r\nWhen the neck is stable, it moves and functions normally while remaining in proper alignment and protecting the blood vessels, nerves, and spinal cord—injury to the ligaments changes this dynamic. And the injury leads to instability of the cervical spine. Add to that all of the stresses and loads placed upon the neck, and a cycle of imbalance is set in motion generating even more abnormal changes in the vertebral alignment.\r\n\r\nRemember that cervical instability involves excessive motion between adjacent vertebrae, which causes excessive stress on the supporting ligaments and the nerve endings within them. The result is a cycle of pain and the associated variety of aforementioned symptoms.\r\n<h4>Whiplash: A Type of Cervical Instability</h4>\r\nWhiplash injuries are a common source of cervical instability. The sudden acceleration and deceleration during rear-end collisions cause the head to whip backward and forward severely. The backward “whip,” or hyperextension, is often associated with more injury to the soft tissue of the neck because it lacks the limiting effect of the chin meeting the chest in the forward “whip.” The excessive motion in hyperextension severely strains the involved muscles and ligaments and adjoining neck joints.\r\n\r\nThe ligaments of the neck are particularly vulnerable to injury during a whiplash event. And more notably, when the head is rotated at the time of the collision, such as when looking in the rear-view mirror. The ligaments that function to limit side-to-side head movement become susceptible to failure in this turned position, compromising their ability to limit motion.\r\n\r\nThe lack of a stabilizing structure can lead to further injury of the soft tissue and joint structures and the possibility of nerve injury and irritation of the sympathetic nervous system. The provocation of these nerve endings alters firing patterns and increases the sympathetic nervous system\'s activation, resulting in a myriad of symptoms. Another condition fraught with these many varied symptoms is called Barré-Liéou Syndrome, or cervicocranial syndrome encompasses.\r\n<h3>Neck Pain Relief and Resolution of the Underlying Ligament Injury and Symptoms of Cervical Instability with Regenerative Orthopedics</h3>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics strengthens weakened ligaments. It is effective in repairing and regenerating the ligaments and structures involved in cervical instability. And the treatment eliminates the instability and abnormal movement, which then resolves the neck pain and associated symptoms.\r\n\r\nCervical instability can be a frustrating and life-altering condition. But Regenerative Orthopedics is a safe, non-surgical option that can stabilize the neck. Plus, it can increase functionality in the person suffering from it and essentially help the patient get their life back.\r\n\r\nWe have written other articles on <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/conditions/sports-injuries/neck-injury-treatment/\">neck pain</a> and <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/cervical-instability/\">cervical instability</a>. Read them by clicking <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=cervical+instability\">here</a>.','Neck Pain Relief','','publish','open','closed','','neck-pain-relief','','','2021-04-06 00:34:42','2021-04-06 00:34:42','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1393',0,'post','',0),(1394,8,'2019-06-12 10:20:56','2019-06-12 10:20:56','Joint pain in the various joints of the body is usually caused by some sort of weakness in the soft tissue. Pain in the neck is no different. Ligament weakness is very often the underlying cause of neck pain and it can also be the reason behind headaches, and even ear and mouth pain. Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Prolotherapy, has been proven to effectively stimulate the healing of weakened ligaments that are behind all of this pain. That’s great news because there is an answer for those suffering with these ailments and a way to find permanent pain relief.\r\n\r\n<h4>Neck Ligaments and Cervical Instability</h4>\r\nWhen the ligaments of the neck are weakened, the instability that transpires in the neck is called cervical instability. Sufferers with this malady often experience a bunch of bizarre symptoms in addition to neck pain which can include dizziness, visual disturbances, eye pressure, mouth pain, sinus congestion, tinnitus, and many others. Instability of the ligaments of the neck is implicated in conditions like disc herniation, whiplash, cervicocranial syndrome and spondylosis. When these ligaments are injured, they elongate and become weak, which allows for excessive movement in the vertebrae of the neck.\r\n\r\nInstability that arises in the upper part of the neck or cervical spine (C0-C2) can manifest symtoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, dizziness, facial pain, arm pain, and migraine headaches. A condition called vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) with its associated symptoms of neck pain, headaches/migraines, dizziness, drop attacks, vertigo, difficulty swallowing and/or speaking, and auditory and visual disturbances can also develop in instances of upper cervical spine instability, because the excessive movement in the neck can alter the flow of vertebral arterial blood.\r\nWhen the instability is located in the lower neck or cervical spine (C3-C7), the resultant symptoms include muscle spasms, crepitation, and feelings of pins and needles along with neck pain. As the instability worsens, so do the symptoms. Surgery to fuse the vertebrae of the neck is often recommended in cases of cervical instability, but a consultation from an expert in Regenerative Orthopedics should be sought, since this therapy can often prevent the need for the fusion, as well as strengthen the involved ligaments and restore proper motion to the neck.\r\n\r\n<h4>The Neck Is Unique</h4>\r\nThe neck is unique, because the vertebrae in the neck are smaller and more mobile than all of the movable vertebrae of the spine. The high degree of mobility in the neck vertebrae is required to move the head through its varied range of motion. These anatomic features are necessary for optimal functioning, but also make the area vulnerable to injury due to the demands placed upon the neck. The ligaments of the neck, which are the stabilizing structures primarily responsible for connecting adjacent bones, are especially vulnerable when trauma occurs. When the neck is stable, it moves and functions normally, while remaining in proper alignment and protecting the blood vessels, nerves and spinal cord. Injury to the ligaments changes this dynamic, and leads to instability of the cervical spine. Add to that all of the stresses and loads placed upon the neck and a cycle of imbalance is set in motion generating even more abnormal changes in the vertebral alignment. Remember that cervical instability involves excessive motion between adjacent vertebrae which causes excessive stress on the supporting ligaments and the nerve endings within them. The result is a cycle of pain and the associated variety of aforementioned symptoms.\r\n\r\n<h4>Whiplash: A Type of Cervical Instability</h4>\r\nWhiplash injuries are a common source of cervical instability. The sudden acceleration and deceleration during rear end collisions causes the head to severely whip backwards and forwards. The backward “whip,” or hyperextension, is often associated with more injury to the soft tissue of the neck, because it lacks the limiting effect of the chin meeting the chest in the forward “whip.” The excessive motion in hyperextension severely strains the involved muscles and ligaments, and adjoining neck joints.\r\n\r\nThe ligaments of the neck are particularly vulnerable to injury during a whiplash event and more notably when the head is rotated at the time of collision, such as when looking in the rear-view mirror. The ligaments that function to limit side-to-side head movement become susceptible to failure in this turned position, which then compromises their ability to limit motion. The lack of a stabilizing structure can lead to further injury of the soft tissue and joint structures and the possibility of nerve injury as well as irritation of the sympathetic nervous system. Provocation of these nerve endings alters firing patterns and increases activation of the sympathetic nervous system resulting in a myriad of symptoms, as those that occur in the condition called Barré-Liéou Syndrome or cervicocranial syndrome.\r\n\r\nResolve the Underlying Ligament Injury and the Symptoms with Regenerative Orthopedics\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics strengthens weakened ligaments. It is effective in repairing and regenerating the ligaments and structures involved in cervical instability, eliminating the instability and abnormal movement, which then resolves the neck pain and associated symptoms. Cervical instability can be a frustrating and life-altering condition, but Regenerative Orthopedics, a safe non-surgical option, can stabilize the neck and increase functionality in the person suffering it, and essentially help the patient get their life back.\r\n','Neck Pain Treatment and Relief','','inherit','closed','closed','','1393-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:20:56','2019-06-12 10:20:56','',1393,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1393-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1395,8,'2019-06-12 10:52:39','2019-06-12 10:52:39','[caption id=\"attachment_4597\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"324\"]<img class=\" wp-image-4597\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/joint-pain-400x500.png\" alt=\"Joint Pain\" width=\"324\" height=\"405\" /> <strong>                   What\'s Behind Joint Pain?</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h2>What is Behind Joint Pain?</h2>\r\nSimply put, joint pain is due to weakness. Most of the joint pain we experience, whether from pain located in the neck, back, hip or knee, is due to weakness. More specifically, the weakness is coming from an injury of the ligaments and tendons, which will then cause the joint to become unstable.\r\n\r\n<em><strong> A joint is literally only as strong as its weakest ligament.</strong></em> Why is that? Because once one of the ligaments becomes injured and weak, the whole joint then moves abnormally. It would be like having a loose nut on a bicycle handlebar. You know that when that bar has a loose nut, the bar will eventually become loose. And right when you don\'t want it to, it will turn to the right or turn to the left or even drop down. Now everything is off-kilter and steering becomes nearly impossible.\r\n\r\nA weakened ligament makes a joint off-kilter too. And the joint left in this condition will wear away and cause more and more damage. It only worsens the cycle of abnormal movement and joint destruction.\r\n<h3>Pain-Free Joint Motion Requires Strong and Healthy Joint Structures</h3>\r\nMost of the joint tissue structures that become worn in this destructive pattern are structures with poor blood supply. And that, unfortunately, compromises the healing ability of the joint once it sustains an injury. These blood-poor structures include cartilage, discs, labrum, ligaments, meniscus, and tendons.\r\n\r\nWhen muscles are injured, they don’t have this difficulty in healing. Why? Because they, fortunately, have a great blood supply and can repair easily. Muscles, bone, and all of these other joint structures work together to stabilize the joint. But for the joint to function correctly, all of the structures need to be strong and healthy.\r\n<h3>Ligaments Are Key to Maintaining Joint Health and Integrity</h3>\r\nLigaments are an integral part of the proper functioning of the joint. But they are also, unfortunately, one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain. The ligaments are a sensory organ--meaning they are full of free nerve endings. When they are injured, they generate pain.\r\n\r\nWhen the ligament is injured, the joint harmony between ligaments, muscles, and bony structures is disrupted. And this disruption interferes with mobility and joint stability. The integrity of the joint is disrupted, and abnormal forces are conveyed throughout the joint, causing damage to other structures in and around the joint.\r\n\r\nAnd when the ligaments are left untreated, the body will try to stabilize the joint by causing chronic muscle spasms, joint swelling, and eventually bone spur formation and degenerative arthritis. <em><strong>And there you have the cycle of chronic joint pain.</strong></em>\r\n<h3>Ligament Injury May Lead to Other Painful Joint Conditions</h3>\r\nThe cycle of joint pain, which begins with ligament injury, will continue. Why is that? Because joint instability instigated by injured ligaments also can lead to a number of other painful conditions.\r\n\r\nLigament injury to the knee, for example, may give rise to jumper’s knee, osteochondral defects, iliotibial band syndrome, chondromalacia patella, osteoarthritis, bone spurs, and more. Painful joint conditions, such as these, are often treated with medications to reduce pain and inflammation temporarily.\r\n\r\nBut what happens when you turn off the pain signal with pain medications while the joint is still injured and without addressing the underlying source of injury, such as the ligament injury? The individual or athlete who continues to work, play and remain active on an injured joint will cause further damage!\r\n<h3>An Injured Joint Can Be Repaired Non-Surgically with Regenerative Orthopedics</h3>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics works great at healing these blood-poor soft tissue structures. That\'s because it actually stimulates blood flow to the joint structures. And the result is enhanced healing and repair of the joint. Healing and regeneration are what Regenerative Orthopedics does.\r\n\r\nAs a regenerative technique, the treatment stimulates the repair of injured joint tissue and relieves joint pain. It works by stimulating ligaments and tendons to proliferate at the injection site and promotes the three stages of healing: inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic treatments trigger healing via inflammation. After the solutions are injected at the injury site, a cellular reaction takes place. And various cells, including fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and myofibroblasts, form new blood vessels. The process ultimately lays down collagen, which enhances tissue repair and strength. The collagenous connective tissue produced is new tissue identical to the collagen fabric of normal connective tissue, resulting in stronger ligament attachments.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, blood flow is stimulated by movement and exercise. Since there is basically no downtime with Regenerative Orthopedics, exercise and movement are encouraged. Motion causes an increase in blood flow to the affected joint. And that provides the damaged ligament tissue with the nutrients and metabolites necessary for tissue repair and healing.\r\n\r\nA ligament is not completely healed until all of the signs and symptoms of ligament injury are gone. The symptoms include pain, tenderness, crepitus, and inhibited or excessive motion. The individual will experience restored function.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics treats joint pain at its source, including all of the difficult to heal joint structures. Ligaments and other involved joint structures are comprehensively treated with this therapy. And the result of treatment is a healed and strengthened joint and resolved joint pain.\r\n<h3>Contact Us!</h3>\r\nFind out how you can get rid of your joint pain with Regenerative Orthopedics. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Contact us</a> now.\r\n\r\nRead more of our <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=joint+pain\">articles</a> about joint pain resolution and joint repair <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=joint+pain\">here</a>.','What is Behind Joint Pain?','','publish','open','closed','','what-is-behind-joint-pain','','','2021-03-31 19:17:32','2021-03-31 19:17:32','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1395',0,'post','',0),(1396,8,'2019-06-12 10:52:39','2019-06-12 10:52:39','Simply put, joint pain is due to weakness. Most of the joint pain we experience, whether from pain located in the neck, back, hip or knee, is due to weakness. More specifically, the weakness is coming from an injury of the ligaments and tendons, which will then cause the joint to become unstable. A joint is literally only as strong as its weakest ligament. Why is that?  Because once one of the ligaments becomes injured and weak, the whole joint then moves abnormally. It would be like having a loose nut on a bicycle handle bar. You know that when that bar has a loose nut, the bar will eventually turn to the right or turn to the left or even drop down. Then it becomes difficult to steer since everything is now off kilter. A weakened ligament makes a joint off kilter too. And the joint left in this condition will wear away and cause more and more damage, only worsening the cycle of abnormal movement and joint destruction.\r\n<h6>Pain-Free Joint Motion Requires Strong and Healthy Joint Structures</h6>\r\nMost of the joint tissue structures that become worn in this destructive pattern are structures with a poor blood supply which unfortunately compromises the healing ability of the joint once it sustains an injury. These structures include cartilage, discs, labrum, ligaments, meniscus and tendons. When muscles are injured, they don’t have this difficulty in healing, because they fortunately have a great blood supply and can repair easily. Muscles, bone, and all of these other joint structures work together to stabilize the joint.  In order for the joint to function correctly, all of the structures need to be strong and healthy.\r\n<h6>Ligaments Are Key to Maintaining Joint Health and Integrity</h6>\r\nLigaments are an integral part of proper functioning of the joint, but they are also unfortunately, one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain. The ligaments are a sensory organ, meaning they are full of free nerve endings. When they are injured, they generate pain. When the ligament is injured, the joint harmony between ligaments, muscles and bony structures is disrupted, interfering with mobility and joint stability. The integrity of the joint is disrupted, and abnormal forces are conveyed throughout the joint, causing damage to other structures in and around the joint. When the ligaments are left untreated, the body will try to stabilize the joint by causing chronic muscle spasms, joint swelling and eventually bone spur formation and degenerative arthritis. <em><strong>And there you have the cycle of chronic joint pain.</strong></em>\r\n<h6>Ligament Injury May Lead to Other Painful Joint Conditions</h6>\r\nThe cycle of joint pain which begins with ligament injury will continue, because joint instability instigated by injured ligaments also has the potential to lead to a number of other painful conditions.  Ligament injury to the knee, for example, may give rise to jumper’s knee, osteochondral defects, iliotibial band syndrome, chondromalacia patella, osteoarthritis, bone spurs and more.\r\nPainful joint conditions, such as these, are often treated with medications to temporarily reduce the pain and inflammation. But what happens when you turn off the pain signal, while the joint is still injured, and without addressing the underlying source of injury, such as the ligament injury? The individual or athlete who continues to work, play and remain active on an injured joint, will cause further damage!\r\n<h6>How Can An Injured Joint Be Repaired?</h6>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics stimulates blood flow to the joint structures, enhances healing, and repairs the joint. Regenerative Orthopedics is a regenerative technique used to stimulate repair of injured joint tissue and relieve joint pain. It works by stimulating ligaments and tendons to proliferate at the injection site and promotes the three stages of healing: inflammation, proliferation and remodeling.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic treatments trigger healing via inflammation. After the solutions are injected at the injury site, a cellular reaction takes place in which various cells including fibroblasts, endothelial cells and myofibroblasts form new blood vessels and ultimately lay down collagen which enhances tissue repair and strength.The collagenous connective tissue produced, is new tissue identical to the collagen fabric of normal connective tissue, resulting in ligament attachments that are stronger.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, blood flow is stimulated by movement and exercise. Since there is basically no downtime with Regenerative Orthopedics, exercise and movement are encouraged.  Motion causes an increase of blood flow to the affected joint, providing the damaged ligament tissue with the nutrients and metabolites necessary for tissue repair and healing.\r\n\r\nA ligament is not completely healed until all of the signs and symptoms of ligament injury are gone (which include pain, tenderness, crepitus, inhibited or excessive motion), and the individual has restored function.\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics treats joint pain at its source, including all of the difficult to heal joint structures.  Ligaments, and other involved joint structures are comprehensively treated with this therapy, which results in a healed and strengthened joint, and resolves joint pain.\r\n','What is Behind Joint Pain?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1395-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:52:39','2019-06-12 10:52:39','',1395,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1395-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1397,8,'2019-10-16 10:54:01','2019-10-16 10:54:01','Meniscus tears of the knee and labral tears of the hip commonly occur from some form of trauma. Sporting events and activities are common culprits. The tears are not always immediate, but can arise after another structure of the hip or knee is damaged.\r\n\r\nInjury or damage to the joint inhibits normal functioning. And with continual use and wear and tear, the bones in the joint will rub against each other abnormally. Oftentimes,  the injury of ligaments, tendons and the meniscus or labrum make the joint unstable and painful. As this course continues, the knee or hip joint will degenerate and progress to arthritis.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4036\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4036 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/meniscus-tears-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Meniscus Tears\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong>          Meniscus Tears Can Be Repaired Non-Surgically</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h4>The Meniscus Tears and Surgery</h4>\r\nThe menisci protect the cartilage in the knee from high stresses placed upon the joint. They are located between the femur and the tibia bones. Injury to the meniscus is one of the most common knee injuries for which people seek medical care.\r\n\r\nSurgery is frequently recommended for various types of meniscus tears. Types of meniscus tears include bucket handle tears, radial tears, horizontal tears, and oblique tears. When more than one of these patterns is present, the tear is called a complex tear. Surgery is frequently recommended for these tears. But surgery, including arthroscopic surgery, adds to the instability of the joint. Why? Because during the surgery joint structures are cut, scraped and removed.\r\n\r\nThe meniscus and the articular cartilage are the most commonly removed structures, when arthroscopic surgery of the knee is performed. When the meniscus and cartilage are removed, the femur bone is unable to glide smoothly over the tibia. This enhances knee instability and hastens the arthritic rate. It changes the dynamics within the joint causing abnormal knee joint function.\r\n\r\nArthroscopic surgery boosts arthritic degeneration, because pressure on the cartilage escalates when the meniscus is removed, and the joint becomes more unstable with the stretching, cutting and scraping of the ligaments, tendons and cartilage. The degeneration of the articular cartilage appears to be proportional to the size of the segment removed. The joint breakdown leads to further thinning of the remaining articular cartilage. This allows for increased pressure on the underlying tibia bone which then increases pressure on the ligaments.\r\n\r\nWhen the ligaments tear, the instability becomes even worse. The result of this breakdown of the joint is a cycle of knee pain, joint degeneration, structure damage, and even more pain.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4038\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4038\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/labral-tear-copy-500x446.png\" alt=\"Labral Tear Copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" /> <strong>   Treat Labral Tears Effectively with Regenerative Orthopedics</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h4>Hip Labral Tears</h4>\r\nThe hip labrum, along with various hip ligaments and the normal deep socket configuration of the anatomy of the hip joint, provide most of the stability of the hip\r\n\r\nInjury to the ligaments, tendons and labrum, initiate the same damage and pain cycle that we described for the knee, which results in ongoing hip pain and can lead to hip arthritis. Surgical repair of the hip labrum and hip replacement are needed at times, but in our opinion, should be sought as a last resort.Tr\r\n\r\nJust as removal of the meniscus increases instability in the knee, extraction of the labrum makes the hip joint more unstable, and will eventually degenerate the hip and lead to further arthritis.\r\n<h4>Treating Meniscus &amp; Labral Tears Non-Surgically with Regenerative Orthopedics</h4>\r\nNon-surgical options do exist to treat both meniscal and labral tears.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics, a regenerative injection therapy, has been successfully utilized to repair and regenerate the injured ligaments, tendons, meniscus, labrum and cartilage in injured and degenerated knee and hip joints. The therapy boosts collagen formation both outside and inside the knee and hip joint, by stimulating the body to repair itself.\r\n<h3>Meniscus and Labral Tears With Joint Instability Should Be Treated Comprehensively</h3>\r\nComprehensively treating all of the ligament attachments of the joint, ensures the stability of the hip and knee joint, since treating the ligaments tightens the loose supporting structures, aiding in the elimination of pain. In cases of advanced degeneration and arthritis, the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy can be utilized, which incorporates bone marrow stem cells, as well as adipose stem cells, plus Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), and Prolotherapy in a combined regenerative procedure.\r\n\r\nStem cells can self-renew and differentiate (or change) into a variety of cell types, and repair injured tissue. PRP and Prolotherapy activate growth factors which augment stem cell proliferation and aid in the repair of conditions with cellular deficiencies, like a damaged meniscus or labrum. The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy provides the cells and growth factors that the damaged tissues and degenerative conditions lack, to aid in their healing.\r\n\r\nMost painful joint conditions begin with joint instability due to damage to the surrounding ligaments. The instability can progress to meniscal injuries or labral degeneration and eventually to knee or hip arthritis. Treatments such as arthroscopy to repair these tears can actually increase the arthritic process.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/\"> Click here for more articles</a>','Meniscus and Labral Tears','','publish','open','closed','','meniscus-and-labral-tears','','','2020-08-26 02:44:35','2020-08-26 02:44:35','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1397',0,'post','',0),(1398,8,'2019-06-12 10:54:01','2019-06-12 10:54:01','Meniscus tears of the knee and labral tears of the hip commonly occur from some form of trauma, such as that which transpires during a sporting event. The tears are not always immediate, but can arise after another structure of the hip or knee is damaged. Injury or damage to the joint inhibits normal functioning, and with continual use and wear and tear, the bones in the joint will rub against each other abnormally. Oftentimes, ligaments, tendons and the meniscus or labrum are all injured making the joint unstable and painful. As this course continues, the knee or hip joint will degenerate and progress to arthritis.\r\n\r\n<h4>The Meniscus Tears and Surgery</h4>\r\nThe menisci protect the cartilage in the knee from high stresses that are placed upon the joint. They are located between the femur and the tibia bones. Injury to the meniscus is one of the most common knee injuries where medical care is sought due to knee pain. Surgery is frequently recommended for various types of meniscus tears, including bucket handle tears, radial tears, horizontal tears, and oblique tears. When more than one of these patterns is present, the tear is called a complex tear.  Although frequently recommended, surgery, including arthroscopic surgery, adds to the instability of the joint, because joint structures are cut, scraped and removed. The meniscus and the articular cartilage are the most commonly removed structures, when arthroscopic surgery of the knee is performed. When the meniscus and cartilage are removed, the femur bone is unable to glide smoothly over the tibia, enhancing knee instability and hastening the arthritic rate. The dynamics within the joint are changed and the knee joint no longer functions normally. Arthroscopic surgery boosts arthritic degeneration, because pressure on the cartilage escalates when the meniscus is removed, and the joint becomes more unstable with the stretching, cutting and scraping of the ligaments, tendons and cartilage. The degeneration of the articular cartilage appears to be proportional to the size of the segment removed. The joint breakdown leads to further thinning of the remaining articular cartilage. This allows for increased pressure on the underlying tibia bone which then increases pressure on the ligaments. When the ligaments tear, the instability becomes even worse. The result of this breakdown of the joint is a cycle of knee pain, joint degeneration, structure damage, and even more pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>Hip Labral Tears</h4>\r\nThe hip labrum, along with various hip ligaments and the normal deep socket configuration of the anatomy of the hip joint, provide most of the stability of the hip. Injury to the ligaments, tendons and labrum, initiate the same damage and pain cycle that we described for the knee, which results in ongoing hip pain and can lead to hip arthritis. Surgical repair of the hip labrum and hip replacement are needed at times, but in our opinion, should be sought as a last resort. Just as removal of the meniscus increases instability in the knee, extraction of the labrum makes the hip joint more unstable, and will eventually degenerate the hip and lead to further arthritis.\r\n\r\n<h4>Treating Meniscus &amp; Labral Tears Non-Surgically with Regenerative Orthopedics</h4>\r\nNon-surgical options do exist to treat both meniscal and labral tears.  Regenerative Orthopedics, a regenerative injection therapy, has been successfully utilized to repair and regenerate the injured ligaments, tendons, meniscus, labrum and cartilage in injured and degenerated knee and hip joints. The therapy boosts collagen formation both outside and inside the knee and hip joint, by stimulating the body to repair itself. Comprehensively treating all of the ligament attachments of the joint, ensures the stability of the hip and knee joint, since treating the ligaments tightens the loose supporting structures, aiding in the elimination of pain. In cases of advanced degeneration and arthritis, the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy can be utilized, which incorporates bone marrow stem cells, as well as adipose stem cells, plus Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), and Prolotherapy  in a combined regenerative procedure. Stem cells can self-renew and differentiate (or change) into a variety of cell types, and repair injured tissue. PRP and Prolotherapy activate growth factors which augment stem cell proliferation and aid in the repair of conditions with cellular deficiencies, like a damaged meniscus or labrum. The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy provides the cells and growth factors that the damaged tissues and degenerative conditions lack, to aid in their healing.\r\n\r\nMost painful joint conditions begin with joint instability due to damage to the surrounding ligaments. The instability can progress to meniscal injuries or labral degeneration and eventually to knee or hip arthritis. Treatments such as arthroscopy to repair these tears can actually increase the arthritic process. Non-surgical Regenerative Orthopedics is available as an excellent option to stimulate the body to repair the entire joint, and alleviate knee and hip pain, due to arthritis and/or as a result of ligament, tendon, meniscal and labral tears.\r\n','Meniscus and Labral Tears','','inherit','closed','closed','','1397-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:54:01','2019-06-12 10:54:01','',1397,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1397-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1399,8,'2019-06-12 10:55:29','2019-06-12 10:55:29','<h2>Is There Help for Arthritis Pain without Needing to Have Surgery?</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4581\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4581 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/arthritis-steals-500x500.png\" alt=\"Help Arthritis Pain without Surgery\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong>Regenerative Orthopedics: Help Arthritis Pain without Surgery</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nArthritis is the most common joint disease in the world, representing a major cause of disability and an enormous financial and economic burden. Oftentimes, the result of arthritis is some type of surgery, and often joint replacement surgery. In this article, we will discuss arthritis, its cause, its progression, and ways to treat it. We will also talk about a non-surgical treatment option that is an amazing help for arthritis pain. Plus, it does not require hospitalization or surgery.\r\n<h3>Arthritis: The Disease and its Progression</h3>\r\nArthritis is a chronic disease that debilitates the articular joints. It occurs through a sequence of events that has at its core, a loss of joint cartilage. This affects other joint structures and eventually will lead to joint space narrowing and bony overgrowth. And the disease will continue to progress until joint movement becomes noticeably restricted.\r\n\r\nBony overgrowth with the appearance of bone spurs or osteophytes, detected by x-ray, has become the criterion for diagnosing advanced arthritis or radiographic osteoarthritis.\r\n\r\nBut what occurs before the cartilage loss? Arthritis almost always begins with ligament weakness or injury. Joints are composed of two bones covered with articular cartilage. Healthy cartilage allows the joint to slide because it has a smooth lubricated surface. And healthy ligaments hold the bones together. So, along with the cartilage, they enable the bones to glide evenly over one another when the joints are in motion.\r\n<h3>Weak and Injured Ligaments Add to the Arthritis Problem</h3>\r\nHowever, when the ligaments are weak, the bones will glide over one another in an uneven manner. And that causes one area of bone to bear additional weight on the articular cartilage when the joint is stressed. This uneven distribution expands with ongoing joint stress, weakening the ligaments further, and causing instability of the joint.\r\n\r\nThe increase in abnormal weight distribution inside the joint causes a breakdown of the articular cartilage. Without this surface, the joint loses its smooth gliding motion and becomes limited in its movement. With the ligaments unable to stabilize the joint, the muscles and their tendons will tense in an attempt to stabilize the weakened area. But they too will eventually weaken, producing “knots” and eliciting painful trigger points.\r\n\r\nThe unstable bony surfaces continue to rub roughly and unevenly, causing bone loss. This bony loss leads to joint space narrowing and exposure of the underlying subchondral bone.  And that precipitates a process of bone remodeling, in which the subchondral bone thickens. This accumulated or thickened bony overgrowth is called osteoarthritis.\r\n\r\nArticular cartilage has no blood supply and therefore tends to heal slowly and imperfectly. <strong>Interestingly, cartilage also lacks a neural network and does not elicit pain itself.</strong> <em><strong>The pain in arthritis occurs from the pressure on the subchondral bone after the loss of cartilage tissue and from the stress on the tendons and ligaments of the joint.</strong></em>\r\n<h3>Ways to Help with Arthritis Pain</h3>\r\nThere are many medications and procedures that have been tried over the years for relief of pain and treatment of arthritis. But there is still no cure. Exercise, medications, physical therapy, and lifestyle modification may provide symptom relief, but they do nothing to regenerate the joint.\r\n\r\nThere are, however, treatments available that stimulate the regenerative processes in the joint to facilitate the restoration of degenerated cartilage to a healthy state--Regenerative Orthopedics. Stem Cell Therapy is one type of regenerative medicine. It is a  non-surgical treatment that supplies the affected joint with chondrogenic (cartilage forming) stem cells, which we obtain from both bone marrow and fat. Injecting these cells into the degenerated joint supports chondrogenesis or the process by which cartilage is developed. Let\'s explain the process further...\r\n<h4>The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy: A Combination Treatment Far Above the Rest</h4>\r\nIn our practice, we stand apart from most other clinics when it comes to Stem Cell Therapy, because we use the Gold Standard. Instead of just one type, we use several different successful regenerative treatments in combination to effectively repair arthritic joints.\r\n\r\nAnd you don\'t have to be hospitalized or laid up for prolonged periods of type for these treatments either. They are non-surgical, so you can stay active. You don’t have to take extended time off of work, and you can still travel and be mobile! Those are such great benefits!\r\n\r\nAll Regenerative Orthopedic therapies, including Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy, are reparative and effective non-surgical alternatives! Prolotherapy alone is a technique to treat arthritis and to aid the body to heal. It prompts the body to create new collagen. And various trials and studies have shown the effectiveness of dextrose prolotherapy in treating osteoarthritis, as well as ligament and tendon injuries.\r\n\r\nIn some arthritis cases, Prolotherapy is sufficient to bring the pain relief and repair needed. But in cases of arthritis where the degeneration is advanced, we may recommend the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy. This treatment option combines Prolotherapy with components of blood, fat, and bone marrow.\r\n<h4><em>Four Types of Regenerative Therapies Combined for Amazing Reparative Results</em></h4>\r\nMany clinics use only one or two of these procedures. But we have discovered that Gold Standard combination acts as an amazing regenerative solution to reverse the damage of arthritis on the joint. We comprehensively treat the entire joint with multiple injections of the Platelet Rich Plasma portion of the blood. Plus, we use progenitor cells from an aspiration of adipose and bone marrow aspiration.\r\n\r\nThese regenerative treatments, along with Prolotherapy in and around the involved joint offer benefits in terms of pain relief, regenerative properties, and cartilage repair for people affected by arthritis. Prolotherapy involves the injection of a hyperosmolar dextrose solution into an injury site to elicit localized inflammation---which is the first step in healing the damaged area.\r\n\r\nThe dextrose solution acts as a proliferant via the induction of local inflammatory and wound healing cascades, including fibroblast cells that make collagen. With the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy, the goal is to enhance the effects of prolotherapy and improve treatment outcomes in patients with advanced arthritic conditions.\r\n<h3>What is the Expected Outcome?</h3>\r\nPatients treated with the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy report significantly decreased pain. Plus, they experience significant gains in function and quality of life, exercise ability, and range of motion, as well as losses in stiffness and crepitus. These regenerative therapies in conjunction with Prolotherapy are a safe and effective treatment for arthritis. And it has the potential to slow down the progression of the disease and promote the regeneration of articular cartilage. This treatment option is essentially a new paradigm in the treatment of arthritis.\r\n\r\nIn our opinion, nothing comes close to the effectiveness of Regenerative Orthopedics. That\'s because it can stimulate the regrowth of the injured tissue, and tighten the ligaments around the joint, which often reduces joint pain immediately. Proper exercise can then be resumed in order to bring the strength and flexibility of the surrounding muscles to a normal level.\r\n\r\nThe goal of treatment is not only pain relief but also the regeneration of joint structures--- including articular cartilage. This regeneration and repair allow the individual with arthritis to get back to the sport, activity, or way of life they love.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Contact us</a> to find out if you are a candidate for non-surgical Regenerative Orthopedics and the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy!\r\n\r\nWe have written a number of articles about <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=arthritis\">arthritis</a>. Click <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=arthritis\">here</a> to read more articles.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Is there Help for Arthritis Pain?','','publish','open','closed','','is-there-help-for-arthritis-pain-without-having-to-have-surgery','','','2021-03-23 00:14:26','2021-03-23 00:14:26','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1399',0,'post','',0),(1400,8,'2019-06-12 10:55:29','2019-06-12 10:55:29','Arthritis is the most common joint disease in the world, representing a major cause of disability and an enormous financial and economic burden.\r\n\r\n<h4>Arthritis: The Disease and its Progression</h4>\r\nArthritis is a chronic disease that debilitates the articular joints. It occurs through a sequence of events that has at its core, a loss of joint cartilage. This affects other joint structures, and eventually will lead to joint space narrowing and bony overgrowth, progressing until joint movement becomes noticeably restricted. Bony overgrowth with the appearance of bone spurs or osteophytes, detected by x-ray, has become the criterion for diagnosing advanced arthritis or radiographic osteoarthritis.\r\n\r\nBut what occurs before the cartilage loss? Arthritis almost always begins with ligament weakness or injury. Joints are composed of two bones covered with articular cartilage. Healthy cartilage allows the joint to slide, because it has a smooth lubricated surface. Healthy ligaments hold the bones together, and along with the cartilage enable the bones to glide evenly over one another when the joints are in motion.\r\n\r\nWhen the ligaments are weak, the bones will glide over one another in an uneven manner, causing one area of bone to bear additional weight on the articular cartilage when the joint is stressed. This uneven distribution expands with ongoing joint stress, weakening the ligaments further, and causing instability of the joint. The increase in abnormal weight distribution inside the joint causes a breakdown of the articular cartilage. Without this surface, the joint loses its smooth gliding motion and becomes limited in its movement. With the ligaments unable to stabilize the joint, the muscles and their tendons will tense in an attempt to stabilize the weakened area, but they too will eventually weaken, producing “knots” and eliciting painful trigger points. The unstable bony surfaces continue to rub roughly and unevenly, causing bone loss. This bony loss leads to joint space narrowing, exposure of the underlying subchondral bone and precipitating a process of bone remodeling, in which the subchondral bone thickens. This accumulated or thickened bony overgrowth is called osteoarthritis.\r\n\r\nArticular cartilage has no blood supply, and therefore tends to heal slowly and imperfectly. Cartilage also lacks a neural network and does not elicit pain itself. The pain in arthritis occurs from the pressure on the subchondral bone after the loss of cartilage tissue and from the stress on the tendons and ligaments of the joint.\r\n\r\n<h4>Ways to Help with Arthritis Pain</h4>\r\nThere are many medications and procedures that have been tried over the years for relief of pain and treatment of arthritis, but there is still no cure. Exercise, medications, physical therapy, and lifestyle modification may provide symptom relief, but they do nothing to regenerate the joint. There are however, treatments available that stimulate the regenerative processes in the joint to facilitate the restoration of degenerated cartilage to a healthy state. Stem Cell Therapy is a non-surgical treatment supplying the affected joint with chondrogenic (cartilage forming) stem cells, which we obtain from both bone marrow and fat. Injecting these cells into the degenerated joint supports chondrogenesis, or the process by which cartilage is developed.\r\n\r\n<h4>The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy: A Combination Treatment Far Above the Rest</h4>\r\nIn our practice, we go even further in using regenerative therapies for arthritis. We use several different successful regenerative treatments in combination to effectively repair arthritic joints. You don’t have to be laid up for these treatments either. They are non-surgical, so you can stay active. You don’t have to take extended time off of work, and you can still travel and be mobile! Regenerative Orthopedic Therapies are reparative and effective non-surgical alternatives! Prolotherapy itself is a technique that is used to aid the body in healing by prompting it to create new collagen. Various trials and studies have shown the effectiveness of dextrose prolotherapy in treating osteoarthritis, as well as ligament and tendon injuries.,, In some cases, prolotherapy alone is sufficient to bring the pain relief and repair needed. When cases of degeneration are advanced, we use the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy, which combines prolotherapy with components of blood, fat, and bone marrow. Many clinics use only one or two of these procedures, but we have discovered that this combination acts as an amazing regenerative solution to reverse the damage of arthritis on the joint. We comprehensively treat the entire joint with multiple injections of the Platelet Rich Plasma portion of the blood, progenitor cells from an aspiration of adipose, and bone marrow aspiration. These regenerative treatments, along with prolotherapy in and around the involved joint offer benefits in terms of pain relief, regenerative properties, and cartilage repair for people affected by musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis. Prolotherapy involves the injection of a hypersmolar dextrose solution into an injury site to elicit localized inflammation, which is the first step in healing the damaged area. The dextrose solution acts as a proliferant via the induction of local inflammatory and wound healing cascades, including fibroblast cells that make collagen. With the addition of the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy, the goal is to enhance the effects of prolotherapy and improve treatment outcomes in patients with advanced arthritic conditions.\r\n\r\n<h4>What is the Expected Outcome?</h4>\r\nPatients treated with the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy report significantly decreased pain and significant gains in function and quality of life, exercise ability, and range of motion, as well as losses in stiffness and crepitus. These regenerative therapies in conjunction with prolotherapy are a safe and effective treatment for arthritis, one that has the potential to slow down the progression of the disease and one that promotes the regeneration of articular cartilage, which is essentially a new paradigm in the treatment of arthritis.\r\n\r\nIn our opinion, nothing comes close to the effectiveness of Regenerative Orthopedics, because it can stimulate the regrowth of the injured tissue, and tighten the ligaments around the joint, which often reduces joint pain immediately. Proper exercise can then be resumed in order to bring the strength and flexibility of the surrounding muscles to a normal level.\r\n\r\nThe goal of treatment is not only pain relief but also regeneration of joint structures including articular cartilage. This regeneration and repair allows the individual with arthritis to get back to the sport, activity or way of life they love.\r\n\r\nPatients treated with the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy report significantly decreased pain and significant gains in function and quality of life, exercise ability, and range of motion, as well as losses in stiffness and crepitus. These regenerative therapies in conjunction with prolotherapy are a safe and effective treatment for arthritis, one that has the potential to slow down the progression of the disease and one that promotes the regeneration of articular cartilage, which is essentially a new paradigm in the treatment of arthritis.\r\n\r\nIn our opinion, nothing comes close to the effectiveness of Regenerative Orthopedics, because it can stimulate the regrowth of the injured tissue, and tighten the ligaments around the joint, which often reduces joint pain immediately. Proper exercise can then be resumed in order to bring the strength and flexibility of the surrounding muscles to a normal level. The goal of treatment is not only pain relief but also regeneration of joint structures including articular cartilage. This regeneration and repair allows the individual with arthritis to get back to the sport, activity or way of life they love.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Is There help For Arthritis?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1399-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:55:29','2019-06-12 10:55:29','',1399,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1399-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1401,8,'2019-06-12 10:57:08','2019-06-12 10:57:08','[caption id=\"attachment_4571\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4571 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Runners-Knee-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Runner\'s Knee Pain\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> Runner\'s Knee Pain[/caption]\r\n<h2>Runner\'s Knee Pain: Get Relief Non-Surgically</h2>\r\nRunner’s Knee is a painful knee condition that commonly affects runners. Another name for Runner’s Knee is also called Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS). The condition is characterized by anterior knee pain. <em>And Runner\'s Knee pain is commonly experienced behind and around the kneecap or patella. </em>\r\n\r\nRunner’s Knee can affect one or both knees and is a knee complaint among athletes and non-athletes alike. And it particularly affects adolescents and young adults. Also, the condition is quite common in younger recreational runners, with females suffering more frequently than males.\r\n<h3>Runner\'s Knee Pain &amp; Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome</h3>\r\nSeveral forces act on the patella to provide stability and keep it tracking properly, as it articulates with the patellofemoral groove in the femur. The patella not only moves up and down but also tilts and rotates. And that movement allows for various points of contact between the patella and femur.\r\n\r\nRepetitive contact at these locations combined with the abnormal articulation of the patella is thought to be the cause of the pain behind and around the patella in patellofemoral pain syndrome. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome should be distinguished from chondromalacia, which is actual fraying and damage to the underlying patellar cartilage. Chondromalacia patella can be a cause of patellofemoral pain syndrome.\r\n<h3>What\'s Behind Runner\'s Knee Pain?</h3>\r\n<h4><em>Theories</em></h4>\r\nThere are many theories to explain the pathophysiology of Runner’s Knee. They include muscular, overuse, and biomechanical theories. The cause of pain and dysfunction of Runner’s Knee may result from abnormal forces. Forces such as tight or weak quadriceps along with subluxation or dislocation of the patellofemoral joint. Runner’s Knee may be due to prolonged repetitive activities such as running or jumping, which put excessive sheering forces on the patellofemoral joint.\r\n<h4><em>Anatomic factors</em></h4>\r\nAnatomic factors that predispose towards patellofemoral pain or instability include excessive rotation of the hip or shin bone, knock knees, hyperextended knees, and/or poor foot alignment. Ligamentous, meniscal, and soft tissue damage can also cause patellofemoral pain syndrome. Other causes of patellofemoral pain are fractures, arthritis of the knee, and bony tumors in or around the knee.\r\n<h4><em>Etiology: What Causes Runner\'s Knee?</em></h4>\r\nAlthough the exact etiology of Runner’s Knee is unclear, the abnormal articulation along with abnormal muscular and other biomechanical factors change the forces placed upon the patellofemoral joint, which causes instability and improper tracking as the patella articulates with the patellofemoral groove in the femur.\r\n\r\nFor example, when the knee is flexed, the patella glides through the groove in the femur. If the bones in the lower leg are not aligned correctly, this gliding becomes abnormal. An overload on the patellofemoral joint occurs with flexion of the knee as this movement increases the pressure between the patella and the various contact points with the femur. With repeated episodes, the joint becomes unstable, especially if the joint remains out of alignment. This abnormal tracking can lead to increased wear between the bone surfaces and, eventually, the articular cartilage.\r\n<h4>Runner’s Knee Symptoms</h4>\r\nBesides the tenderness behind, around, and at the center of the patella, there may also be pain toward the back of the knee. Crepitation or cracking sounds may be heard, as well as a feeling of instability in the knee joint. The pain typically occurs with activity and often worsens with those activities that include steps, hills, and uneven surfaces. Going downhill or downstairs aggravates the condition.\r\n\r\nPain can also be triggered by prolonged sitting due to the extra pressure between the patella and femur during knee flexion. Straightening of the legs may decrease the discomfort. Squatting and kneeling also exacerbate the pain, which can be dull, sharp, or burning.\r\n<h4>How is Runner’s Knee Treated?</h4>\r\nThe common treatment approach for Runner’s Knee usually involves activity modification, anti-inflammatory medications, the RICE protocol, ultrasound, orthotics. Plus, physical therapy with quadriceps-based exercises together with hamstrings, quadriceps, gastrocnemius, anterior hip muscles, and iliotibial band stretching exercises.\r\n\r\nThis approach may temporarily help, but it does not fix the problem of instability in the knee joint, causing the misalignment. With Runner’s Knee, instead of tracking in the groove of the femur, the patella oftentimes tracks laterally. A sunrise view X-Ray and a functional assessment of the knee by the physician will reveal how the patella is tracking. Strengthening of the vastus medialis may be helpful, and exercises such as cycling are recommended, but often that alone will not resolve the Runner’s Knee.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics, including PRP and/or Prolotherapy injections to the medial side of the patella, will strengthen the attachment of the vastus medialis to the patella. The resultant strengthening will pull the patella into the groove, allowing for a realignment of the patella.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics, along with vastus medialis strengthening, will relieve the pain and speed up the process of normalizing the patellar tracking in Runner’s Knee. The treatment allows for a quick return to activities without the need for surgery.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Contact OrthoRegen</a> for more information.','Runner\'s Knee Pain: Get Relief Non-Surgically','','publish','open','closed','','runners-knee-pain-get-relief-non-surgically','','','2021-03-22 22:52:19','2021-03-22 22:52:19','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1401',0,'post','',0),(1402,8,'2019-06-12 10:57:08','2019-06-12 10:57:08','Runner’s Knee is a painful knee condition that is, like the name says, common in runners.  Runner’s Knee is also called Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS), and is characterized by anterior knee pain. Sufferers of this condition commonly experience pain behind and around the kneecap or patella. Runner’s Knee can affect one or both knees and is a knee complaint among athletes and non-athletes alike. Runner’s Knee particularly affects adolescents and young adults, is quite common in younger recreational runners, with females suffering more frequently than males.\r\n\r\nSeveral forces act on the patella to provide stability and keep it tracking properly, as it articulates with the patellofemoral groove in the femur. The patella not only moves up and down, but also tilts and rotates, allowing for various points of contact between the patella and femur. Repetitive contact at these locations combined with abnormal articulation of the patella, is thought to be the cause of the pain behind and around the patella in patellofemoral pain syndrome. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome should be distinguished from chondromalacia, which is actual fraying and damage to the underlying patellar cartilage. Chondromalacia patella can be a cause of patellofemoral pain syndrome.\r\n\r\n<h4>What\'s Behind Runner\'s Knee?</h4>\r\nThere are many theories to explain the pathophysiology of Runner’s Knee. They include muscular, overuse, and biomechanical theories. The cause of pain and dysfunction of Runner’s Knee may result from abnormal forces such as tight or weak quadriceps along with subluxation or dislocation of the patellofemoral joint. Runner’s Knee may be due to prolonged repetitive activities such as running or jumping, which put excessive sheering forces on the patellofemoral joint. Anatomic factors that predispose toward patellofemoral pain or instability include excessive rotation of the hip or shin bone, knock knees, hyperextended knees, and/or poor foot alignment. Ligamentous, meniscal, and soft tissue damage can also cause patellofemoral pain syndrome. Other causes of patellofemoral pain are fractures, arthritis of the knee, and bony tumors in or around the knee.\r\n\r\nThere are many theories to explain the pathophysiology of Runner’s Knee. They include muscular, overuse, and biomechanical theories. The cause of pain and dysfunction of Runner’s Knee may result from abnormal forces such as tight or weak quadriceps along with subluxation or dislocation of the patellofemoral joint. Runner’s Knee may be due to prolonged repetitive activities such as running or jumping, which put excessive sheering forces on the patellofemoral joint. Anatomic factors that predispose toward patellofemoral pain or instability include excessive rotation of the hip or shin bone, knock knees, hyperextended knees, and/or poor foot alignment. Ligamentous, meniscal, and soft tissue damage can also cause patellofemoral pain syndrome. Other causes of patellofemoral pain are fractures, arthritis of the knee, and bony tumors in or around the knee.\r\n\r\nAlthough the exact etiology of Runner’s Knee is unclear, the abnormal articulation along with abnormal muscular and other biomechanical factors change the forces placed upon the patellofemoral joint, which causes instability and improper tracking as the patella articulates with the patellofemoral groove in the femur. For example, when the knee is flexed, the patella glides through the groove in the femur. If the bones in the lower leg are not aligned correctly, this gliding becomes abnormal. An overload on the patellofemoral joint occurs with flexion of the knee as this movement increases pressure between the patella and the various contact points with the femur. With repeated episodes, the joint becomes unstable, especially if the joint remains out of alignment. This abnormal tracking can lead to increased wear between the bone surfaces, and eventually the articular cartilage.\r\n\r\n<h4>Runner’s Knee Symptoms</h4>\r\nBesides the tenderness behind, around and at the center of the patella, there may also be pain toward the back of the knee. Crepitation or cracking sounds may be heard, as well as a feeling of instability in the knee joint.  The pain typically occurs with activity and often worsens with activities that include steps, hills, and uneven surfaces. Going downhill or downstairs aggravates the condition. Pain can also be triggered by prolonged sitting, due to the extra pressure between the patella and femur during knee flexion. Straightening of the legs may decrease the discomfort. Squatting and kneeling also exacerbate the pain, which can be dull, sharp, or burning.\r\n\r\n<h4>How is Runner’s Knee Treated?</h4>\r\nThe common treatment approach for Runner’s Knee usually involves activity modification, anti-inflammatory medications, the RICE protocol, ultrasound, orthotics and physical therapy with quadriceps-based exercises together with hamstrings, quadriceps, gastrocnemius, anterior hip muscles and iliotibial band stretching exercises. This approach may help temporarily, but it does not fix the problem of instability in the knee joint which is causing the misalignment. With Runner’s Knee, instead of tracking in the groove of the femur, the patella oftentimes tracks laterally. A sunrise view X-Ray and a functional assessment of the knee by the physician will reveal how the patella is tracking. Strengthening of the vastus medialis may be helpful, and exercises such as cycling are recommended, but often that alone will not resolve the Runner’s Knee. Regenerative Orthopedics, including PRP and/or Prolotherapy injections to the medial side of the patella will strengthen the attachment of the vastus medialis to the patella. The resultant strengthening will pull the patella into the groove, allowing for a realignment of the patella.\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics along with vastus medialis strengthening will relieve the pain and speed up the process of normalizing the patellar tracking in Runner’s Knee, allowing for a quick return to activities.\r\n','Runner\'s Knee Pain','','inherit','closed','closed','','1401-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:57:08','2019-06-12 10:57:08','',1401,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1401-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1403,8,'2019-06-12 10:58:32','2019-06-12 10:58:32','[caption id=\"attachment_4600\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"445\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4600 \" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hip-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hip\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" /> <strong>              Hip Joint Injuries and Pain Getting in Your Way?</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h2>Is Hip Injury and Pain Getting in Your Way?</h2>\r\nA hip injury and pain can often get in the way of us enjoying life and doing all of the things we love to do. In this article, we will talk about the hip, how it works, the types of hip injuries, and how to best repair them so you can get back to what you love.\r\n<h4><em>Hip Strength and Stability</em></h4>\r\nThe hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint with massive ligaments, making the hip quite stable. The bony anatomy, muscles, labrum, and ligaments of the hip contribute to its strength and stability.\r\n\r\nThe ball and socket are sealed by the hip labrum, a ring of cartilage that helps with movement between the leg and the pelvis. The hip ligaments are primarily responsible for maintaining smooth hip motion. And they keep the hip in place while it moves in a pain-free, strong and stable fashion.\r\n<h3>What Causes Hip Injury?</h3>\r\nEven though the hip has been known for its strength and stability, hip injuries have become increasingly recognized as a source of pain and disability. This makes sense when one considers we move our hips at least one million times per year during activities of daily living. The high rates of wear and tear attributable to normal use of the hip alone can result in long-term problems.\r\n\r\nAdd to that sports activities, and the requirements on athletes to become bigger and stronger places more and more force on the hip. The increased requirements place tremendous forces year after year. And that adds to the growth in hip injuries. When the hip\'s soft tissue structures, such as the labrum, tendons, and ligaments, are subjected to forces beyond their normal range, injury and failure occur, resulting in hip injury and instability.\r\n<h3>Types of Hip Injuries</h3>\r\nHip injuries are common in sports activities like soccer, ice hockey, and football. But they also include overuse injuries from repetitive use in activities like cycling, yoga, hiking, aerobics, and more. Symptoms from overuse injuries often have an insidious onset and become residual and chronic.\r\n\r\nHip injuries cause instability of the hip, which results in abnormal movement between the structures of the hip joint. And it is associated with an array of hip conditions, including labral tears, femoroacetabular impingement, ligament tears, dislocations, and osteoarthritis.\r\n<h4><em>Dislocation of the Hip</em></h4>\r\nOne of the most common conditions is dislocation of the hip. Hip dislocations are seen in sports like football, rugby, hurling, and soccer. And they commonly occur posteriorly due to the greater strength of the anterior capsule of the joint. In this situation, the individual is hit in the front of the thigh, forcing the thigh/hip complex backward. The result is hip dislocation and injury to the ligamentum teres and the posterior capsule.\r\n\r\nA joint dislocation significantly disrupts all the structures that support the joint. Long-term consequences of posterior hip dislocations can include sciatic nerve injury, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and significant arthritis and cartilage damage.\r\n<h4><em>Anterior Hip Capsule Laxity</em></h4>\r\nLaxity of the anterior hip capsule is seen in sports injuries and overuse injuries. Activities that demand supraphysiologic joint motion such as figure skating, dance, and gymnastics are causative factors. The ileofemoral ligament of the anterior hip capsule may stretch out, causing a focal rotational type of instability. This type of instability can cause labral tears and associated pain.\r\n<h4><em>Overuse Injuries of the Hip and Femoroacetabular Impingement</em></h4>\r\nStances repeatedly taken by athletes such as hockey goalies and baseball catchers can cause overuse injuries and lead to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). However, the most common cause of FAI is simply some soft tissue injury, such as an iliofemoral or ischiofemoral ligament injury.\r\n\r\nOver time, hip instability from ligament injuries and a hip labral tear can cause premature arthritis and FAI. The association between hip instability from athletic injuries and the development of arthritis has been well documented.\r\n<h3>Treating Hip Injury</h3>\r\nA thorough understanding of hip anatomy and instability is essential to managing hip instability and initiation of treatment. In most cases, the physician should be able to find the correct cause of instability with history taking, clinical examination, and radiographs.\r\n\r\nImaging such as MRI and MRI arthrography is also helpful. The evaluation of the hip range of motion, including flexion, internal/external rotation in flexion, abduction, and adduction, should be performed compared to the contralateral hip to confirm the presence of instability.\r\n<h3>Non-Surgical Treatment of the Hip with Regenerative Orthopedics</h3>\r\nThe majority of hip injury and instability cases can be managed non-surgically. Surgical intervention is required in cases of large acetabular fractures. Standard therapeutic approaches (pain medications, corticosteroid injections, and arthroscopy) employed to address hip instability have often been ineffective. That\'s because they do not repair the underlying cause of the problem, the injured ligaments and labrum.\r\n\r\nNon-surgical regenerative therapies, including Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, are alternative modalities that can repair the instability by stimulating the natural regenerative processes in and around the hip joint. These treatments facilitate the restoration of the degenerated ligaments and labrum to a healthy state, improving joint support, function and reducing pain and symptoms.\r\n\r\nPlus, they get you back to doing what you love without the need for surgery and extended time off.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\">Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</a>.</strong>','Is Hip Injury and Pain Getting in Your Way?','','publish','open','closed','','is-hip-injury-and-pain-getting-in-your-way','','','2021-03-31 22:37:55','2021-03-31 22:37:55','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1403',0,'post','',0),(1404,8,'2019-06-12 10:58:32','2019-06-12 10:58:32','<h4>Hip Strength and Stability</h4>\r\nThe hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint with massive ligaments, which make the hip quite stable and able to prevent many injuries. The bony anatomy, muscles, labrum and ligaments of the hip all contribute to its strength and stability. The ball and socket is sealed by the hip labrum, a ring of cartilage that helps with movement between the leg and the pelvis.The hip ligaments are structures that are primarily responsible for maintaining smooth hip motion, keeping the hip in place, while it moves in a pain-free, strong and stable fashion.\r\n\r\n<h4>What Causes Hip Injuries?</h4>\r\nEven though the hip has been known for its strength and stability in the past, hip injuries have become increasingly recognized as a source of pain and disability. This makes sense when one considers we move our hips at least one million times per year during activities of daily living. The high rates of wear and tear, attributable to normal use of the hip alone can result in long term problems. Add to that sports activities, and the requirements on athletes to become bigger and stronger, places more and more force on the hip. These tremendous forces increase every year, which sheds light on our understanding of the growth in hip injuries. When the soft tissue structures of the hip, such as the labrum, tendons, and ligaments are subjected to forces beyond their normal range, injury and failure occur, resulting in hip joint injury and instability.\r\n\r\n<h4>Types of Hip Injuries</h4>\r\nHip injuries are common in sports activities like soccer, ice hockey and football. But they also include overuse injuries from repetitive use in activities like, cycling, yoga, hiking, aerobics and more. Symptoms from overuse injuries often have an insidious onset, and become residual and chronic. Hip injuries cause instability of the hip, which is demonstrated in abnormal movement between the structures of the hip joint, and is associated with an array of hip conditions, including labral tears, femoroacetabular impingement, ligament tears, dislocations and osteoarthritis.\r\n\r\nOne of the most common conditions is dislocation of the hip. Hip dislocations are seen in sports like football, rugby, hurling and soccer, and they commonly occur posteriorly due to the greater strength of the anterior capsule of the joint. The individual is hit in the front of the thigh, forcing the thigh/hip complex backward, resulting in the hip dislocation and injury to the ligamentum teres and the posterior capsule. A joint dislocation significantly disrupts all the structures that support the joint.  Long-term consequences of posterior hip dislocations can include sciatic nerve injury, avascular necrosis of the femoral head and significant arthritis and cartilage damage.\r\n\r\nLaxity of the anterior hip capsule is seen in sports injuries and overuse injuries. Activities that demand supraphysiologic joint motion such as figure skating, dance and gymnastics are causative factors. The ileofemoral ligament of the anterior hip capsule may stretch out causing a focal rotational type of instability. This type of instability can cause labral tears and associated pain.\r\n\r\nStances repeatedly taken by athletes such as hockey goalies and baseball catchers can cause overuse injuries and may lead to femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). However, the most common cause of FAI is simply some type of soft tissue injury such as an iliofemoral or ischiofemoral ligament injury. Over time, hip instability from ligament injuries as well as a hip labral tear can cause premature arthritis and FAI. The association between hip instability from athletic injuries and the development of arthritis has been well documented.\r\n\r\nA thorough understanding of hip anatomy and cause of instability are essential to the management of hip instability and initiation of treatment. In the majority of cases, the physician should be able to find the correct cause of instability with history taking, clinical examination and radiographs. Imaging such as MRI and MRI arthrography are also helpful. Evaluation of hip range of motion including flexion, internal/external rotation in flexion, abduction and adduction should be performed with comparison to contralateral hip, to confirm the presence of instability.\r\n\r\n<h4>How Are Hip Injuries Treated?</h4>\r\nThe majority of hip instability cases can be managed non-surgically. Surgical intervention is required in cases of large acetabular fractures. Standard therapeutic approaches (pain medications, corticosteroid injections and arthroscopy) employed to address hip instability have often been ineffective, because they do not repair the underlying cause of the problem, the injured ligaments and labrum.\r\n\r\nNon-surgical regenerative therapies including Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy are alternative modalities that can repair the instability by stimulating the natural regenerative processes in and around the hip joint to facilitate the restoration of the degenerated ligaments and labrum to a healthy state, improving joint support, function and reducing pain and symptoms.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>','Do You Have a Hip Injury?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1403-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:58:32','2019-06-12 10:58:32','',1403,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1403-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1406,8,'2019-06-12 10:59:49','2019-06-12 10:59:49','[caption id=\"attachment_4520\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4520\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/knee.-avoid-replacement2-1-400x500.png\" alt=\"Knee. Avoid Replacement2\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" /> <em><strong>                   Joint Replacement Alternative</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n<h3>What\'s Your Joint Replacement Alternative?</h3>\r\nJoint replacements are on the rise. In fact, they have increased so much that, in the last ten years, knee replacements have more than doubled and hip replacements more than tripled. <sup><strong>1</strong></sup> As life expectancy increases, this number will continue to go up. What\'s the reason for so many? Arthritis is the most common cause of chronic knee and hip pain, and this condition eventually leads to joint replacement. Other causes of knee and hip pain include bursitis, tendonitis, sports injuries, chondromalacia patellae, ligament injury, meniscal injury, hip impingement, and labral injury, which often lead to an eventual surgical recommendation or joint replacement intervention. With all of these problems, am I destined for joint replacement? Or is there a joint replacement alternative?\r\n<h4>Traditional Therapies for Joint Pain May Buy You Time. But They Aren\'t Joint Replacement Alternatives.</h4>\r\nThere are a lot of common treatments that people with joint pain encounter before considering joint replacement. But why don\'t they fix the problem? It seems they just buy you time until the eventual joint replacement. So why is that?\r\n\r\nThe goal of traditional therapies is to decrease pain and improve function. Treatments, such as weight loss, exercise, physiotherapy, bracing, and orthotics, may help temporarily. They only buy you more time because they are unfortunately unable to repair the joint instability or source of the pain.\r\n\r\nLet\'s take a look at what\'s behind the problem. The increased mechanical stress caused by injury to the ligaments, meniscus, labrum, etc., changes the joint functions and makes the joint unstable. And that instability makes the soft tissue of the joint even more susceptible to further injury. What is the result? When left unrepaired, the long-lasting effect of continual joint instability is arthritis.\r\n\r\nAgain, many conventional treatments do not last in providing pain relief because they fail to repair the instability. They are also unable to prevent the eventual joint replacement. The road to arthritis, and the ensuing joint replacement, can only be remedied when the problem of joint instability is addressed.\r\n<h4>NSAIDs and Cortisone Interfere with Healing</h4>\r\nNSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and corticosteroid injections are conservative, non-surgical therapies generally recommended initially for pain alleviation. Although steroid injections and NSAIDs have been shown to be effective in decreasing inflammation and pain short-term, they do not reverse the disease.\r\n\r\nThey do, however, inhibit the properties of healing. For this reason, their use is cautioned in those who have joint injuries and arthritis. Did you know that NSAIDs and corticosteroids have no beneficial effect on articular cartilage in arthritis? Instead, they accelerate the very disease they are most often used and prescribed and are a catalyst towards joint replacement. That means, instead of being a joint replacement alternative, they actually propel you more quickly towards the problem.\r\n\r\nIt is interesting to point out that not long after doctors started injecting cortisone and other steroids into joints way back in the 1950s, reports of terrible joint diseases were already surfacing. And even back then, the intra-articular use of steroids was discouraged. Corticosteroid injections accelerate cartilage degeneration and joint destruction. Today, despite the dangers, cortisone use is widespread and has become the standard of care.\r\n<h4>What about the Popular Use of Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Joint Pain? Are They Joint Replacement Alternatives?</h4>\r\nUnfortunately, those who do find some pain relief from hyaluronic acid generally only experience short-term results, which are frequently designed to delay the inevitable joint replacement.\r\n<h4>Does Arthroscopic Surgery Prevent Joint Replacement?</h4>\r\nAn attempt to eliminate pain or a painful area by arthroscopic shaving, cutting, or tissue removal will only delay the pain for a few years until the remaining tissue becomes degenerated. Arthroscopy is a direct assault on the joint tissue. Arthroscopy, like the aforementioned treatments, may give some temporary relief of symptoms. But in the long-term, it will destabilize the joint and boost degeneration. In the long-run, these surgeries can lead to even more surgeries and eventual joint replacement.\r\n\r\nEven athletes, when faced with surgical repair of injuries, like an ACL tear, for example, have a low rate of return to sport and a high rate of new injury. That\'s because surgery makes the joint instability worse, not better. Many surgeries such as labral repair and ACL reconstruction can provide remarkable short-term pain relief. However, the replacement material will not function long-term like the original.\r\n\r\nACL grafts and labral repairs with titanium tacks just do not have the same pliability as the original tissue and cannot restore the joint back to normal. Eventually, they will cause problems.\r\n\r\nThe athlete or any joint pain patient must realize that with each procedure and each shaving or cutting of tissue, NSAID prescription, or corticosteroid injection, the risk of developing long-term arthritis and the eventual joint replacement is greatly increased. The key to keeping the joint strong is to stimulate the area to heal.\r\n<h4>Regenerative Orthopedics Is An Actual Joint Replacement Alternative Because It Repairs the Joint</h4>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics can help you to avoid joint replacement by stimulating healing and by repairing the joint. Plus, it does not interfere with the normal healing process of the body. PRP, Prolotherapy, and the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy, as utilized at OrthoRegen<sup>®</sup>, are types of Regenerative Orthopedics that stimulate the normal reparative mechanisms of the body by laying down new collagen, strengthening the tendons and ligaments, repairing the meniscus of the knee and hip labrum, and boosting cartilage growth.\r\n\r\nAll of these regenerative therapies work to reduce the chance of long-term arthritis and joint replacement. Platelet Rich Plasma, Prolotherapy, and Stem Cell Therapy offer hope to those suffering from various joint pain types and those trying to avoid joint replacement. While surgery is necessary for a small percentage of patients, non-surgical regenerative therapies should be first-line, conservative treatments tried before surgery.\r\n\r\nHave you already had surgery but continue to experience pain? Regenerative Orthopedics is effective even after surgery, when continued pain is experienced or for arthritis accelerated due to the surgery. Regenerative Orthopedics offers a promising alternative to joint replacement and the opportunity for healing and return to function for those suffering from chronic joint pain.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Ever Wonder If There Is A Joint Replacement Alternative? Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<em>1. Kim, S. Changes in surgical loads and economic burden of hip and knee replacements in the US: 1997–2004. Arthritis &amp; Rheumatism,2008: 59: 481–488. </em>doi<em>:10.1002/art.23525</em>','Ever Wonder If You Have Another Choice Other Than Joint Replacement?','','publish','open','closed','','ever-wonder-if-there-is-a-joint-replacement-alternative','','','2021-02-23 00:43:48','2021-02-23 00:43:48','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1406',0,'post','',0),(1407,8,'2019-06-12 10:59:49','2019-06-12 10:59:49','<h4>Regenerative Orthopedics: An Alternative to Joint Replacement</h4>\r\nJoint replacements are on the rise. They have increased so much that, in the last ten years, knee replacements have more than doubled and hip replacements more than tripled. <sup><strong>1</strong></sup> As life expectancy increases, this number will continue to go up. Arthritis is the most common cause of chronic knee and hip pain, and this condition eventually leads to joint replacement. Other causes of knee and hip pain include bursitis, tendonitis, sports injuries, chondromalacia patellae, ligament injury, meniscal injury, hip impingement, and labral injury, all of which often lead to an eventual surgical recommendation or joint replacement intervention.\r\n\r\n<h4>Traditional Therapies for Joint Pain</h4>\r\nThe goal of traditional therapies is to decrease pain and improve function. Treatments, such as weight loss, exercise, physiotherapy, bracing, and orthotics, may help temporarily, but are unfortunately unable to actually repair the joint instability or source of the pain. The increased mechanical stress caused by injury to the ligaments, meniscus, labrum, etc. changes the way the joint functions and makes the joint unstable and even more susceptible to further soft tissue injury. What is the result? When left unrepaired, the long-lasting effect of continual joint instability is arthritis. Again, many conventional treatments do not last in providing pain relief because they fail to repair the instability. They are also unable to prevent the eventual joint replacement. The road to arthritis, and the ensuing joint replacement, can only be remedied when the problem of joint instability is addressed.\r\n\r\n<h4>NSAIDS and Cortisone Interfere with Healing</h4>\r\nNSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and corticosteroid injections are conservative, non-surgical therapies generally recommended initially for pain alleviation. Although steroid injections and NSAIDs have been shown to be effective in decreasing inflammation and pain short-term, they do not reverse the disease, but rather inhibit the properties of healing. For this reason, their use is cautioned in those who have joint injuries and arthritis. Interestingly, NSAIDs and corticosteroids have no beneficial effect on articular cartilage in arthritis, but rather accelerate the very disease for which they are most often used and prescribed, and are a catalyst towards joint replacement. It is interesting to point out that not long after doctors started injecting cortisone and other steroids into joints way back in the 1950s, reports of terrible joint diseases were already surfacing, and even back then, their intra-articular use was discouraged. Corticosteroid injections accelerate cartilage degeneration and joint destruction. Today, despite the dangers, cortisone use is widespread and has become the standard of care.\r\n\r\n<h4>What about the Popular Use of Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Joint Pain?</h4>\r\nUnfortunately, those who do find some pain relief from hyaluronic acid, generally only experience short-term results, which are frequently designed to delay the inevitable joint replacement.\r\n\r\n<h4>Does Arthroscopic Surgery Prevent Joint Replacement?</h4>\r\nAn attempt to eliminate pain or a painful area by the arthroscopic shaving, cutting, or removal of tissue will only delay the pain for a few years until the remaining tissue becomes degenerated. Arthroscopy is a direct assault to the joint tissue. Arthroscopy, like the aforementioned treatments, may give some temporary relief of symptoms, but in the long-term, will destabilize the joint and boost degeneration. In the long-run, these surgeries can lead to even more surgeries and the eventual joint replacement. Athletes, who have surgical repair of injuries, like an ACL tear for example, have a low rate of return to sport, and a high rate of new injury. Surgery makes joint instability worse, not better. Many surgeries such as labral repair and ACL reconstruction can provide remarkable short-term pain relief. However, the replacement material will not function long-term like the original. ACL grafts and labral repairs with titanium tacks just do not have the same pliability as the original tissue and cannot restore the joint back to normal. Eventually, they will cause problems. The athlete or any joint pain patient must realize that with each procedure and each shaving or cutting of tissue, NSAID prescription, or corticosteroid injection, the risk of developing long-term arthritis and the eventual joint replacement is greatly increased. The key to keeping the joint strong is to stimulate the area to heal.\r\n\r\n<h4>Regenerative Orthopedics Repairs the Joint</h4>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics stimulates healing and repairs the joint, and does not interfere with the normal healing process of the body. PRP, Prolotherapy, and the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy, as utilized at OrthoRegen, are types of Regenerative Orthopedics that stimulate the normal reparative mechanisms of the body by laying down new collagen, strengthening the tendons and ligaments, repairing the meniscus of the knee and hip labrum, and boosting cartilage growth. They work to reduce the chance of long-term arthritis and joint replacement. PRP, Prolotherapy, and Stem Cell Therapy, offer hope to those suffering from various types of joint pain and to those trying to avoid joint replacement. While surgery is necessary in a small percentage of patients, non-surgical regenerative therapies should be first-line, conservative treatments tried prior to surgery.  Regenerative Orthopedics is effective even after surgery, when continued pain is experienced or for arthritis that was accelerated due to the surgery. Regenerative Orthopedics offers a promising alternative to joint replacement and the opportunity for healing and return to function for those suffering from chronic joint pain.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<em>1. Kim, S. Changes in surgical loads and economic burden of hip and knee replacements in the US: 1997–2004. Arthritis &amp; Rheumatism,2008: 59: 481–488. </em>doi<em>:10.1002/art.23525</em>','Avoid Joint Replacement','','inherit','closed','closed','','1406-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 10:59:49','2019-06-12 10:59:49','',1406,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1406-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1408,8,'2019-06-12 11:00:36','2019-06-12 11:00:36','[caption id=\"attachment_4530\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4530\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shoulder-copy-2-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Stop Pain from Rotator Cuff Injuries\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <em><strong> Stop Pain from Rotator Cuff Injuries and Other Shoulder Problems</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n<h2>Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff Injuries</h2>\r\nMany of us really enjoy participating in indoor and outdoor activities. Our favorite sport or activity might include swimming, golfing, bicycling, playing tennis, volleyball, or another favorite sport. But injuries to the shoulder are common. How do you stop pain from rotator cuff injuries and other shoulder problems?\r\n<h3>The Unique Shoulder Joint and How That Uniqueness Predisposes Us to Shoulder Injury</h3>\r\nThe shoulder is a unique joint in that it is incredibly flexible. The shoulder joint is one of the body’s ball and socket joints, equipped with a huge range of motion. That’s a great feature! Why? Because so many of the activities the shoulder is called upon to perform require mobility and flexibility.\r\n\r\n<em>But there is a balance between flexibility and the maintenance of joint stability.</em> The downside of all that flexibility and motion is injury and instability. And that unfortunately results in pain and impaired function! Athletes such as pitchers, quarterbacks, tennis players, and swimmers, are prone to shoulder injuries. These sports all require repetitive overhead movements. Even golfers suffer regularly from shoulder injuries due to the positioning in the backswing, which commonly affects the non-dominant shoulder. Jobs requiring repeated overhead motion, like painting, can aggravate the shoulder as well and lead to shoulder injury and pain.\r\n<h3>What\'s Behind Rotator Cuff and Other Shoulder Injuries?</h3>\r\nAggressive, repetitive use can cause ligaments to stretch out and elongate. Does your shoulder click and clunk? That\'s not normal. But it is a result of stretched-out soft tissue and abnormal motion in the shoulder joint. Unfortunately, the ligaments do not have much of a blood supply. And when injured, the lower blood supply means ligament healing can be insufficient. If complete healing does not occur, then the abnormal joint motion from unstable ligaments continues.\r\n\r\nDamaged ligaments need time to remodel and repair. For instance, a tennis player with shoulder pain may need to reduce training hours and allow for proper rest time between workouts. The same is true for the golfer, swimmer, pitcher, and painter! With inadequate healing, the shoulder becomes unstable and will start making a clunking or clicking noise. When this occurs with every stroke or swing motion, it can indicate a more severe, multidirectional shoulder instability. The shoulder joint at this point is moving abnormally in a variety of directions, generating more shoulder injury and provoking shoulder pain.\r\n<h3>Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff Injury</h3>\r\nHave you or someone you know suffered from a rotator cuff injury? It’s quite a common shoulder injury. A rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and tendons surrounding the glenohumeral joint. The function of the rotator cuff is to provide motion for activities above the waist and shoulders. Because of this, injuries to this group of muscles and tendons often transpire with overhead activities.\r\n\r\nOngoing instability causes strain and weakness in the rotator cuff muscles, which persists at fatiguing the muscles. This will alter the way they function and move, and can lead to injury to other shoulder structures. You can picture how continuing to use poor form, or persisting to work out with an injured shoulder, can set the sufferer on an ongoing course of abnormal joint motion and shoulder injury. Continued overuse results in increased instability, a weaker rotator cuff, and an eventual tear and shoulder degeneration.\r\n<h4>Glenoid Labral Tears of the Shoulder</h4>\r\nAnother affliction common to the shoulder is a glenoid labrum injury. The glenoid labrum is a very important structure because it stabilizes the shoulder. The glenoid is the shoulder socket and the labrum is basically the soft tissue surrounding the socket. A tear to this soft tissue labrum is prevalent in workers who do a lot of manual labor and is also a common injury in athletes.\r\n\r\nThis shoulder injury can occur in a traumatic event, through repetitive motion, or with recurrent dislocations. When the labrum is torn, other ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulder are often injured too. So if the forces involved in the injury were significant enough to tear the labrum, they were most likely also sufficient to injure the ligaments or tendons.\r\n\r\nKeep this in mind when seeking repair, because all of the injured shoulder structures need to be treated to have a completely healed shoulder joint. Otherwise, the healing will be incomplete, and a cycle of shoulder injury, shoulder re-injury, and shoulder pain is set in motion.\r\n<h4>Should Surgery Be Sought in Shoulder Injuries?</h4>\r\nSurgery is commonly sought to stop pain from rotator cuff injuries and labral tears, but the correction is often ineffective. Why is that? The reason is that surgery, including arthroscopic treatment, involves the removal or debridement of the shoulder structures. When these structures are removed, the shoulder joint is left more unstable, and prone to re-injury!\r\n\r\nGuess what happens when the instability is not repaired? The ongoing <em><strong>abnormal movement</strong></em> will eventually result in the development of arthritis. That\'s because the body will try to stop the movement or stabilize the shoulder by growing more bone! More instability results in more problems and more shoulder pain.\r\n<h4><em>What About Other Conservative Treatment Options to Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff Injuries?</em></h4>\r\nConservative treatments such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) and corticosteroids are often recommended too. And although they may give some short-term pain relief, these treatments do not resolve the underlying soft tissue tears and shoulder injury. Sadly, these treatments inhibit healing and further the problem they are given for in the first place. The shoulder pain sufferer is then left with unhealed soft tissue in the shoulder, abnormal motion, and continued pain.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4964\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4964\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Shoulder.-Journal-of-Clinical-Imaging-500x419.png\" alt=\"Shoulder. Journal Of Clinical Imaging\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" /> <strong>             PRP is effective at reducing shoulder pain</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h4><strong>Regenerative Treatments That Heal the Shoulder</strong></h4>\r\nWhen shoulder injuries do occur or when injuries do not heal properly despite trials of multiple treatment modalities, an effective option is available. Non-Surgical Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Stem Cell Therapy, Prolotherapy, and PRP are treatments that can be utilized to treat and repair shoulder injuries such as glenoid labral tears and rotator cuff injuries. These treatments work because they correct the underlying problem and naturally alleviate shoulder pain.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy, Stem Cell Therapy, and PRP require almost no downtime. They are ideal for athletes who need to continue training, the weekend golfer who doesn’t want to stop their beloved sport, and the painter who cannot afford much downtime. Shoulder injuries often need a treatment that restarts or reboots the ability to repair, and these regenerative therapies do just that. Shoulder instability, rotator cuff injuries, glenoid labral tears (as long as the tear is not complete), and pain can be successfully addressed with these regenerative medicine techniques.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy, Stem Cell Therapy, and PRP are designed to help repair the painful shoulder without cutting, suturing, sewing, or stapling. This is a natural injection therapy that strengthens loose and unstable shoulder joints and the involved ligaments and tendons, creating a more stable, strong, and pain-free shoulder. And this results in the active person being able to continue working or engaging in the sports and activities they love!\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\n1Sengodan, Vetrivel Chezian, Sajith Kurian, and Raghupathy Ramasamy. \"Treatment of partial rotator cuff tear with ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma.\" <em>Journal of clinical imaging science</em> 7 (2017).\r\n2Mora, Maria Valencia, et al. “Stem cell therapy in the management of shoulder rotator cuff disorders.” <em>World Journal of Stem Cells</em>.4 (2015): 691.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>','Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff Injuries','','publish','open','closed','','stop-pain-from-rotator-cuff-injuries-and-other-shoulder-injuries','','','2022-04-05 00:12:25','2022-04-05 00:12:25','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1408',0,'post','',0),(1409,8,'2019-06-12 11:00:36','2019-06-12 11:00:36','The hot days of summer will soon be upon us with the draw to engage in the pleasure of outdoor activities. What better time to swim, golf, bike ride or play tennis, volleyball or another favorite sport. Shoulder pain should not interfere with those plans!\r\n\r\n<h4>The Unique Shoulder Joint</h4>\r\nThe shoulder is a unique joint in that it is incredibly flexible. The shoulder joint is one of the body’s ball and socket joints, equipped with a huge range of motion. That’s a great feature, because so many of the activities the shoulder is called upon to perform require mobility and flexibility. But there is a balance between flexibility and the maintenance of joint stability. The downside of all that flexibility and motion is injury and instability, which unfortunately results in pain and impaired function! Athletes such as pitchers, quarterbacks, tennis players and swimmers, are prone to shoulder injuries. These sports all require repetitive overhead movements. Even golfers suffer regularly from shoulder injuries due to the positioning in the backswing, which commonly affect the non-dominant shoulder. Jobs requiring repeated overhead motion, like painting, can aggravate the shoulder as well and lead to shoulder injury and pain.\r\n\r\nAggressive, repetitive use can cause ligaments to stretch out and elongate. Does your shoulder click and clunk? That is not normal but is a result of stretched out soft tissue and abnormal motion in the shoulder joint. Unfortunately, the ligaments do not have much of a blood supply, which causes problems of insufficient healing that promotes continued abnormal joint motion. When they become damaged, ligaments need time to remodel and repair. For instance, a tennis player with shoulder pain may need to reduce training hours and allow for proper rest time between workouts. The same is true for the golfer, swimmer, pitcher, and painter! With inadequate healing, the shoulder becomes unstable, and will start making a clunking or clicking noise. When this occurs with every stroke or swing motion, it can indicate a more severe, multidirectional shoulder instability. That’s right! The shoulder joint at this point is moving abnormally in a variety of directions, generating more shoulder injury and provoking shoulder pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>Rotator Cuff Injury</h4>\r\nHave you or someone you know suffered from a rotator cuff injury? It’s quite a common shoulder injury. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and tendons surrounding the glenohumeral joint. The function of the rotator cuff is to provide motion for activities above the waist and shoulders. Because of this, injuries to this group of muscles and tendons, often transpires with overhead activities. Ongoing instability causes strain and weakness in the rotator cuff muscles, which persists at fatiguing the muscles. This will alter the way they function and move, and can lead to injury to other shoulder structures. You can picture how continuing to use poor form, or persisting to work out with an injured shoulder, can set the sufferer on an ongoing course of abnormal joint motion and shoulder injury. Continued overuse results in increased instability, a weaker rotator cuff, and an eventual tear and shoulder degeneration.\r\n\r\n<h4>Glenoid Labral Tears</h4>\r\nAnother affliction common to the shoulder is a glenoid labrum injury. The glenoid labrum is a very important structure because it stabilizes the shoulder. The glenoid is the shoulder socket and the labrum is basically the soft tissue surrounding the socket. A tear to this soft tissue labrum is prevalent in workers who do a lot of manual labor and is also a common injury in athletes. This shoulder injury can occur in a traumatic event, through repetitive motion, or with recurrent dislocations. When the labrum is torn, other ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulder are often injured too, because if the forces involved in the injury were significant enough to tear the labrum, they were most likely also sufficient to injure the ligaments or tendons. Keep this in mind when seeking repair, because all of injured shoulder structures need to be treated to have a completely healed shoulder joint. Otherwise, the healing will be incomplete, and a cycle of shoulder injury, shoulder re-injury, and shoulder pain is set in motion.\r\n\r\n<h4>Should Surgery Be Sought?</h4>\r\nSurgery is common for rotator cuff and labral tears, but correction is often ineffective. Why is that? The reason is that surgery, including arthroscopic treatment, involves the removal or debridement of the shoulder structures. When these structures are removed, the shoulder joint is left more unstable, and prone to re-injury! Guess what happens when the instability is not repaired? The ongoing abnormal movement will eventually result in the development of arthritis, because the body will try to stop the movement or stabilize the shoulder by growing more bone! More instability results in more problems and more shoulder pain.\r\n\r\nConservative treatments such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) and corticosteroids may be sought, and although they may give some short-term pain relief, these treatments do not resolve the underlying soft tissue tears and shoulder injury. Sadly, these treatments inhibit healing and further the problem they are given for in the first place. The shoulder pain sufferer is left with unhealed soft tissue in the shoulder, abnormal motion, and continued pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>Treatments That Heal the Shoulder</h4>\r\nWhen shoulder injuries do occur or when injuries do not heal properly despite trials of multiple treatment modalities, an effective option is available. Non-surgical Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Prolotherapy and PRP, are treatments that can be utilized to treat and repair shoulder injuries such as glenoid labral tears and rotator cuff injuries. These treatments work because they correct the underlying problem and naturally alleviate shoulder pain. Prolotherapy and PRP require almost no down time. They are ideal for athletes who need to continue training, the weekend golfer who doesn’t want to stop their beloved sport, and the painter who cannot afford much downtime. Shoulder injuries often need a treatment that restarts or reboots its ability to repair, and Prolotherapy and PRP do just that. Shoulder instability, rotator cuff injuries, glenoid labral tears (as long as the tear is not complete) and pain can be successfully addressed with these regenerative medicine techniques.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy or PRP are designed to help repair the painful shoulder without cutting, suturing, sewing, or stapling. This is a natural injection therapy that strengthens loose and unstable shoulder joints and the involved ligaments and tendons, creating a more stable, strong, and pain-free shoulder so the active person can continue working or engage in the sports and activities they love!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>','Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff and Other Shoulder Injuries','','inherit','closed','closed','','1408-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:00:36','2019-06-12 11:00:36','',1408,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1408-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1410,8,'2019-06-12 11:01:24','2019-06-12 11:01:24','[caption id=\"attachment_4490\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"445\"]<img class=\" wp-image-4490\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BACK-pain-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Back Pain\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" /> <em><strong>          Unrelenting Back Pain Resolved with Prolotherapy</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n<h3>Unrelenting Back Pain Repaired with Regenerative Orthopedics</h3>\r\nIs your unrelenting back pain becoming progressively worse? And is prolonged sitting or standing for extended periods of time getting more and more difficult? Do you frequently pop or crack your own back to get some relief or are your adjustments not holding? Have you tried all different types of treatments to find some relief?\r\n<h3>Common Treatment Options for Unrelenting Back Pain</h3>\r\nDoes this sound like you? It\'s true that many commonly used treatments for back pain can ease some of the pain. For example, sOTC pain medication, NSAIDs, and massage can provide a bit of relief.\r\n\r\nWhen the pain persists, some folks with back pain turn to narcotics, steroids,, and even anti-depressants. But these treatment options come with their own set of problems. Oftentimes, back pain becomes chronic, and can last three to six months or more, with the pain returning again and again.\r\n<h3>Pain Will Continue Until the Underlying Cause Is Addressed</h3>\r\nSo why don’t these treatments make the pain go away for good? The pain stays because the underlying causative factor has not been repaired. Pain medications, NSAIDs, steroids, and anti-depressants are not reparative. And they do not fix the ligamentous source of the musculoskeletal pain. They may relieve some of the symptoms for a period of time, but they do not correct the problem. Injured ligaments are frequently the root cause of back pain. Therefore, when they remain unrepaired, the back pain sufferer is left with ongoing pain and will continue to experience difficulties in function and quality of life.\r\n\r\nChiropractors can provide relief for back pain, with care that is often excellent in many cases. However, there are times when back pain becomes more and more frequent, and the adjustments do not hold. In these instances, the patient experiences pain again only a few days after getting treatment. Ligament and/or tendon injuries are very likely at the root of this back pain problem.\r\n\r\nImaging tools, like X-rays and MRI’s, may be helpful in certain situations. But although highly accessible, their usage has not caused the rates of back pain to go down.\r\n<h3>What Causes Back Pain?</h3>\r\nBack pain is often the result of an injury, possibly due to sudden movements and poor body mechanics. It may also be due to trauma that transpires during a sports activity, fall,, or motor vehicle accident. Acute injuries, such as minor muscle strains, frequently heal quickly due to the great blood supply and healing capacity of the muscles.\r\n\r\nHowever, many back pain sufferers deal with chronic pain, or pain that lasts more than three to six months. And all too often, the underlying cause is not identified. The common denominator for many painful musculoskeletal conditions causing back pain is spinal instability due to injury to the ligaments. <em><strong>Regenerative Orthopedics is a non-surgical treatment that can provide the solution to heal those injured ligaments and get rid of your back pain.</strong></em>\r\n<h4>Let’s Explain What Happens In Disc Degeneration and Herniated Discs:</h4>\r\nA herniated disc actually herniates <em><strong>through</strong></em> ligaments. Disc degeneration occurs when ligaments around the spine are injured. That’s why treatment needs to be directed at healing these injured ligaments. Interestingly, when scientists want to induce a disc herniation or degeneration in an animal, they damage the ligaments. After the ligaments are intentionally injured, within a short period of time, the discs will become degenerated or herniated.\r\n\r\nLigaments are supportive structures joining bone to bone. In the back or spine, they connect adjacent vertebrae. The ligaments of the back serve as one of the primary stabilizing structures of the spinal column. They help to provide adequate motion and also restrict excessive movement, which protects the spinal column and nerve roots as they exit the spine.\r\n\r\nInstability is part of the pathophysiology of the degenerated and herniated disc. When the ligaments around the spine are injured, excessive joint mobility occurs, and the bones (vertebrae) move too much. The extra movement creates unstable vertebrae, which will result in back pain.\r\n\r\nWhy does movement lead to pain? The exaggerated motion from instability causes abnormal forces and pressure on the discs between the vertebrae.  And that will eventually produce degeneration of the discs. Disc degeneration eventually leads to arthritis. When the ligaments become stretched out or injured, the muscles tighten and generate pain. You feel this in the form of muscle spasms.\r\n\r\nIf the ligaments and/or muscles are unable to stabilize the vertebrae, the body overgrows bone. This overgrowth of bone produces the loss of motion noted in arthritis as the body tries to stabilize the spine.\r\n<h4>Does Fusion Surgery Help the Instability?</h4>\r\nFusion surgery can prevent the motion of these segments that are moving excessively. However, the fusion does not resolve the underlying ligament injury. Back pain may continue even after surgery due to damage in other vertebral regions, like the segments above or below the fusions, or the unaddressed ligament injury.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic treatments to the area above and below the disc degeneration strengthen the ligaments, resolve the subluxation and instability, and relieve the back pain. The therapy stabilizes the joint by treating the disc degeneration\'s underlying cause and relieving back pain.\r\n<h4>Regeneration, Not Surgery</h4>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4960\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4960\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Back-Pain.Hauser-500x419.png\" alt=\"Back Pain.hauser\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" /> <strong>             Prolotherapy and PRP Are Beneficial for Back Pain</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic physicians utilize regenerative injection therapies to stimulate the body to repair the ligaments. Our bodies have exceptional regenerative capabilities. The regenerative medicine approach triggers the body to strengthen the tissue on its own. Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapy, stimulate the body to heal itself. In the case of unrelenting back pain, regenerative techniques specifically stimulate the repair of the ligaments through which the disc herniates and the ligaments connecting the vertebrae.\r\n\r\nOne of the wonderful things about Regenerative Orthopedics for back pain is that the individual can maintain activity and get back to sports or other activities they enjoy without extensive downtime. Treatments are individually tailored to promote healing and return people to their active lives. It’s really an amazing transformation to see people regain their mobility and independence!\r\n\r\nWe strongly recommend looking into Regenerative Orthopedics for those with back pain because it is helpful for many back pain related conditions, including herniated discs, bulging discs, and degenerative disc disease. Why continue to suffer when you can eliminate back pain with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\nHauser, Ross A., et al. \"Lumbar instability as an etiology of low back pain and its treatment by prolotherapy: A review.\" <i>Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation</i> Preprint (2021): 1-12.','Unrelenting Back Pain Repaired with Regenerative Orthopedics','','publish','open','closed','','unrelenting-back-pain-repaired-with-regenerative-orthopedics','','','2022-03-26 16:11:29','2022-03-26 16:11:29','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1410',0,'post','',0),(1411,8,'2019-06-12 11:01:24','2019-06-12 11:01:24','Is your back pain becoming progressively worse? Prolonged sitting, or standing for extended periods of time is getting more and more difficult. You frequently pop or crack your own back to get some relief and your adjustments aren’t holding. You try all different types of treatments in an effort to find some relief.\r\n\r\nMany of the commonly used treatments for back pain can ease the pain, such as OTC pain medication, NSAIDS, and massage. When the pain persists, some folks with back pain turn to narcotics, steroids and even anti-depressants, but these come with their own set of problems. Oftentimes, back pain becomes chronic, lasting more than three to six months, with the pain returning again and again. Why don’t these treatments make the pain go away for good? The pain stays, because the underlying causative factor has not been repaired. Pain medications, NSAIDS, steroids, and anti-depressants are not reparative, and do not fix the ligamentous source of the musculoskeletal pain. They may relieve some of the symptoms, for a period of time, but they do not correct the problem. Injured ligaments are frequently the root cause of back pain, and when they remain unrepaired, the back pain sufferer is left with ongoing pain and will continue to experience difficulties in function and quality of life.\r\n\r\nChiropractors can provide relief for back pain, with care that is often excellent in many cases. There are times, however, when back pain becomes more and more frequent and the adjustments do not hold. In these instances, the patient experiences pain again only a few days after getting treatment. Ligament and/or tendon injuries are very likely at the root of this back pain problem.\r\n\r\nImaging tools, like X-rays and MRI’s, may be helpful in certain situations. But although highly accessible, their usage has not caused the rates of back pain to go down.\r\n\r\n<h4>What Causes Back Pain?</h4>\r\nBack pain is most often the result of an injury, possibly due to sudden movements and poor body mechanics or from trauma during a sports activity, fall or motor vehicle accident. Acute injuries, such as minor muscle strains, frequently heal quickly due to the great blood supply and healing capacity of the muscles. However, many back pain sufferers deal with chronic pain, or pain that lasts more than three to six months, and all too often the underlying cause is not identified. The common denominator for many painful musculoskeletal conditions causing back pain is spinal instability due to injury to the ligaments. Regenerative Orthopedics is a non-surgical treatment that can provide the solution to heal those injured ligaments and get rid of your back pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>Let’s Explain What Happens In Disc Degeneration and Herniated Discs:</h4>\r\nA herniated disc actually herniates through ligaments. Disc degeneration occurs when ligaments around the spine are injured. That’s why treatment needs to be directed at healing these injured ligaments. Interestingly, when scientists want to induce a disc herniation or degeneration in an animal, they injure the ligaments and within a short period of time the discs will become degenerated or herniated. Ligaments are supportive structures joining bone to bone, and in the back or spine, connect adjacent vertebrae. The ligaments of the back serve as one of the primary stabilizing structures of the spinal column. They help to provide adequate motion and also restrict excessive motion, which protects the spinal column and nerve roots as they exit the spine.\r\n\r\nInstability is part of the pathophysiology of the degenerated and herniated disc. When the ligaments around the spine are injured, excessive joint mobility occurs and the bones (vertebrae) move too much, creating vertebral instability which will cause back pain. The excessive motion causes abnormal forces and pressure on the discs between the vertebrae, which produces the degeneration of the discs. Disc degeneration eventually leads to arthritis. When the ligaments become stretched out or injured, the muscles tighten and generate pain. You feel this in the form of muscle spasms. If the ligaments and/or muscles are unable to stabilize the vertebrae, the body overgrows bone. This overgrowth of bone produces the loss of motion noted in arthritis, as the body tries to stabilize the spine.\r\n\r\n<h4>Does Fusion Surgery Help the Instability?</h4>\r\nFusion surgery can prevent motion of these segments that are moving excessively. However, the fusion does not resolve the underlying ligament injury. Back pain may continue even after surgery, due to injury in other vertebral regions, the segments above or below the fusions or the unaddressed ligament injury. Regenerative Orthopedic treatments to the area above and below the disc degeneration strengthen the ligaments, resolve the subluxation and instability, and relieve the back pain. The therapy stabilizes the joint by treating the underlying cause of the disc degeneration, and relieving back pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>Regeneration, Not Surgery</h4>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedic physicians utilize regenerative injection therapies to stimulate the body to repair the ligaments. Our bodies have amazing regenerative capabilities. The regenerative medicine approach triggers the body to strengthen the tissue on its own. Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapy, stimulate the body to heal itself. In the case of back pain, regenerative techniques specifically stimulate the repair of the ligaments through which the disc herniates and the ligaments connecting the vertebrae.\r\n\r\nOne of the wonderful things about Regenerative Orthopedics for back pain is, the individual can maintain activity and get back to sports or other activities they enjoy, without the need for extensive downtime. Treatments are individually tailored to promote healing and return people to their active lives. It’s really an amazing transformation to see people regain their mobility and independence!\r\n\r\nFor those with back pain, we strongly recommend looking into Regenerative Orthopedics, because it is helpful for many back pain related conditions including herniated discs, bulging discs, and degenerative disc disease. Why continue to suffer when you can eliminate back pain with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>','Unrelenting Back Pain Repaired with Regenerative Orthopedics','','inherit','closed','closed','','1410-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:01:24','2019-06-12 11:01:24','',1410,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1410-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1412,8,'2019-06-12 11:02:13','2019-06-12 11:02:13','<h3>Find Relief from Painful Knees with Regenerative Orthopedics</h3>\r\nOur knees are a critical part of our ability to move, especially since they assist us in getting around from place to place. Our knees are called on so we can conquer even the simplest of tasks. We can\'t really accomplish our day to day living without them. How else can we get out of bed every morning? And for those who choose the more daunting endeavors like running a marathon, working knees are pretty important. Painful knees can sure get in the way!\r\n\r\nWhen our knees are healthy, we go about our daily activities without much thought. That\'s because our knees are strong, stable, and pain-free. Healthy knees can help us conquer uneven terrain, move around obstacles, walk over wet and slippery surfaces, run, jump and twist. It takes a complex balance of coordinated efforts between all of the structures of the knee to move normally, maintain performance, and remain healthy.\r\n\r\nBut once we sustain an injury, all of that changes. When our knees begin to hurt, we sure take notice! It\'s then that even simple, every-day tasks feels daunting. Besides causing pain, a knee injury alters the way the knee structures work together. Any change in the structures of the knee set it up for imbalance. That\'s because the muscles, tendons, ligaments, menisci, cartilage and bone cooperate together to ensure smooth function. And when they are injured, the distribution of stresses changes, allowing for instability of the knee, further injury, and pain.\r\n<h3>Strong Ligaments Are Crucial to Prevent Painful Knees</h3>\r\nLigaments are structures of the knee that play a crucial role in the health and stability of the knee. Yet they are particularly vulnerable when the loads placed on them exceed their allowed elasticity. If ligaments become injured, your knee will hurt! Why? Ligaments are full of nerve endings! When overloaded from an injury, the ligaments stretch out and weaken. And that creates an unstable knee joint, which causes those nerve endings to send out pain signals.\r\n\r\nThere are quite a few secondary conditions that arise from a knee joint that is unstable due to too much pressure placed on other knee structures. Some examples include conditions like patellar tendonitis, meniscal injuries, runner’s knee, jumper’s knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome, chondromalacia patella, and osteoarthritis. All of these conditions arise from altered joint mechanics and injured soft tissue of the knee which end up causing painful knees.\r\n\r\nInjury to the ligaments of the knee is quite common. Those who follow sports will frequently hear of athletes missing their entire season due to injuries like anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears? Since the knee structures all work together in a coordinated effort, an injury to one joint structure can also affect other structures of the knee.\r\n<h4><em>Ligament Injury Can Occur at the Time of the Trauma or Over Time</em></h4>\r\nSometimes the injury to the other structure(s) occurs at the time of the trauma. For example, if the force during the injury is sufficiently excessive, it is capable of tearing the ACL along with the meniscus, and quite possibly injuring other ligaments as well. Secondary injury can also occur over time. This can happen when an injury to one structure allows for an abnormal balance of the knee joint. The imbalance negatively affects the structures as the uneven distribution of motion causes them to work harder.\r\n\r\nThe unstable knee joint transmits impaired forces to the bones, ligaments, tendons and menisci, resulting in pain, excessive joint displacement, lack of smooth motion and joint weakness. Each link is important, so if one link is affected, the dynamics of the rest of the knee are altered.\r\n\r\nThe assault to knee health doesn’t stop there. When injury to the soft tissue or articular surfaces of the knee takes place, it is very common for secondary arthritis to develop in the knee. Arthritis can occur within a few years with severe injuries, or take decades to occur when the injury is less severe. The end result is that your knee will hurt more.\r\n<h3>Treatment Options for Painful Knees</h3>\r\nCurrent treatment options for injured and painful knees generally focus on short-term relief of symptoms. They are utilized in an effort to stop your knees from hurting. Examples include treatments like physical therapy, corticosteroid injections, NSAIDS and intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections. These treatments may provide some pain relief, and stop your knees from hurting for a period of time.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But not all treatments make your knee healthy.</strong></em> It is important to be aware that corticosteroids and NSAIDS have both been linked to the acceleration of the arthritic process, among other deleterious side effects. In the long run, they may make your knees hurt more.\r\n\r\nTo stop the knees from hurting, treatments need to address the injured joint structures. The soft tissue, such as the ligaments, need to be strengthened. And unfortunately, most treatments are unable to strengthen them. And so they often fail to resolve the pain, since injured ligaments are often at the core of the painful knee. A lack of knee health continues as do symptoms and progression of the disease process. If the root of the problem is not repaired, you are left with knees that continue to hurt.\r\n<h3>Will Surgery Stop My Knee from Hurting?</h3>\r\nAlthough surgical intervention may be needed in cases of fracture and complete tears, surgical arthroscopy for arthritis has been shown to lack benefit, even when compared to exercise and other non-surgical treatments.<sup><strong>1</strong></sup> Repair of meniscal injuries by arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has also been questioned in studies due to lack of efficacy.<sup><strong>2</strong></sup> These surgeries are also highly associated with acceleration of the arthritic process,3 which as you know, will cause your knee to hurt.\r\n<h3>What Treatment Stops the Knee from Hurting?</h3>\r\nThe knee needs to be repair and regeneration! Regenerative Orthopedics does just that. And it addresses knee pain, because it strengthens and repairs the underlying ligament injury and weakness. As a safe and effective non-surgical treatment option, Regenerative Orthopedics, including Prolotherapy, PRP and Stem Cell Therapy, actually repairs the knee joint.\r\n\r\nIt resolves the problem because it promotes healing of the knee structures such as ligaments, tendons, menisci and cartilage.\r\n\r\nIf knee pain has you side-lined, don’t put up with knees that continue to hurt. We can help get you back to doing the things you love, without the nuisance of painful knees!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n<em>1. Marsh JD, Birmingham TB, Giffin JR, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis of arthroscopic surgery compared with non-operative management for osteoarthritis of the knee. BMJ Open 2016; 5:e009949.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015- 009949</em>\r\n<em>2. Khan M, Evaniew N, Bedi A, Ayeni OR, Bhandari M. Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative tears of the meniscus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ.2014;186(14):1057-1064.</em>\r\n<em>3. Berthiaume MJ, Raynauld JP, Martel-Pelletier J, et al. Meniscal tear and extrusion are strongly associated with progression of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis as assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64(4):556-563.</em>','Relief from Painful Knees','','publish','open','closed','','relief-from-painful-knees','','','2021-02-24 00:05:29','2021-02-24 00:05:29','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1412',0,'post','',0),(1413,8,'2019-06-12 11:02:13','2019-06-12 11:02:13','<h6>Find Relief with Regenerative Orthopedics</h6>\r\nOur knees are a critical part of our ability to move since they assist us in ambulating from place to place. They are called upon to conquer even the simplest of tasks requiring locomotion in day to day living, such as getting out of bed every morning, and the more daunting endeavors like running a marathon.  With healthy knees, we go about our daily activities without much thought, because our knees are strong, stable, and pain-free. Healthy knees can help us conquer uneven terrain, circle obstacles, walk over wet and slippery surfaces, run, jump and twist. It takes a complex balance of coordinated efforts between all of the structures of the knee to move normally, maintain performance, and remain healthy. Once we sustain an injury, and the knee begins to hurt, we sure take notice, and even simple, every-day tasks feels daunting. Besides causing pain, an injury alters the way the knee structures work together. Any change in the structures of the knee, including the muscles, tendons, ligaments, menisci, cartilage and bone, which cooperate to ensure smooth function and the distribution of stresses, will set the once healthy knee joint up for imbalance, joint instability, further injury, and pain.\r\n\r\n<h6>Strong Ligaments Are Crucial to Keep Your Knee from Hurting</h6>\r\nLigaments are structures of the knee that play a crucial role in the health and stability of the knee, yet are particularly vulnerable when the loads placed on them exceed their allowed elasticity. If ligaments become injured, your knee will hurt! Why? Ligaments are full of nerve endings! When overloaded from an injury, the ligaments stretch out and weaken, creating an unstable knee joint, and causing those nerve endings to send pain signals. There are quite a few secondary conditions that arise from a knee joint that is unstable, because too much pressure is placed on the other knee structures, including patellar tendonitis, meniscal injuries, runner’s knee, jumper’s knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome, chondromalacia patella, and osteoarthritis. All of these conditions cause your knees to hurt.\r\n\r\nInjury to the ligaments of the knee is quite common. Those who follow sports will frequently hear of athletes missing their entire season due to injuries such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear? Since the knee structures all work together in a coordinated effort, an injury to one joint structure can also affect other structures of the knee. Sometimes that occurs at the time of the trauma, if the force is sufficiently excessive, capable of tearing the ACL along with the meniscus, and quite possibly injuring other ligaments as well. Secondary injury can also occur over time, when an injury to one structure, allows for an abnormal balance of the knee joint, negatively affecting the structures as the uneven distribution of motion causes them to work harder. The unstable knee joint transmits impaired forces to the bones, ligaments, tendons and menisci, resulting in pain, excessive joint displacement, lack of smooth motion and joint weakness. Each link is important, so if one link is affected, the dynamics of the rest of the knee are altered.\r\n\r\nThe assault to knee health doesn’t stop there. When injury to the soft tissue or articular surfaces of the knee takes place, it is very common for secondary arthritis to develop in the knee. Arthritis can occur within a few years with severe injuries, or take decades to occur when the injury is less severe. The end result is that your knee will hurt more.\r\n\r\n<h6>Treatment Options for Knees That Hurt</h6>\r\nCurrent treatment options for injured and painful knees generally focus on short-term relief of symptoms. They are utilized in an effort to stop your knees from hurting, and may include treatments like physical therapy, corticosteroid injections, NSAIDS and intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections. These treatments may provide some pain relief, and stop your knees from hurting for a time period, but not all treatments make your knee healthy. It is important to be aware that corticosteroids and NSAIDS have both been linked to the acceleration of the arthritic process, among other deleterious side effects. In the long run, they may make your knees hurt more. To stop the knees from hurting, treatments need to address the injured joint structures. The soft tissue, such as the ligaments, need to be strengthened, and most treatments are unable to strengthen them, and so they often fail to resolve the pain, since injured ligaments are often at the core of the hurting knee. A lack of knee health continues as do symptoms and progression of the disease process. If the root of the problem is not repaired, you are left with knees that continue to hurt.\r\n\r\n<h6>Will Surgery Stop My Knee from Hurting?</h6>\r\nAlthough surgical intervention may be needed in cases of fracture and complete tears, surgical arthroscopy for arthritis has been shown to lack benefit, even when compared to exercise and other non-surgical treatments.<sup><strong>1</strong></sup> Repair of meniscal injuries by arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has also been questioned in studies due to lack of efficacy.<sup><strong>2</strong></sup> These surgeries are also highly associated with acceleration of the arthritic process,3 which as you know, will cause your knee to hurt.\r\n\r\n<h6>What Treatment Stops the Knee from Hurting?</h6>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics addresses knee pain, because it strengthens and repairs the underlying ligament injury and weakness. As a safe and effective non-surgical treatment option, Regenerative Orthopedics, including Prolotherapy, PRP and Stem Cell Therapy, actually repairs the knee joint. It works because it promotes healing of the knee structures such as ligaments, tendons, menisci and cartilage. If knee pain has you side-lined, don’t put up with knees that continue to hurt. We can help get you back to doing the things you love, without the nuisance of painful knees!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<em>1. Marsh JD, Birmingham TB, Giffin JR, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis of arthroscopic surgery compared with non-operative management for osteoarthritis of the knee. BMJ Open 2016; 5:e009949.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015- 009949</em>\r\n<em>2. Khan M, Evaniew N, Bedi A, Ayeni OR, Bhandari M. Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative tears of the meniscus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ.2014;186(14):1057-1064.</em>\r\n<em>3. Berthiaume MJ, Raynauld JP, Martel-Pelletier J, et al. Meniscal tear and extrusion are strongly associated with progression of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis as assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64(4):556-563.</em>','Do Your Knees Hurt?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1412-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:02:13','2019-06-12 11:02:13','',1412,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1412-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1414,8,'2019-06-12 11:02:55','2019-06-12 11:02:55','[caption id=\"attachment_4473\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4473 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Exercising-at-home-1-copy-400x500.png\" alt=\"Exercising At Home (1) Copy\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" /> Exercise injuries[/caption]\r\n<h3>Preventing Exercise Injuries</h3>\r\n<strong><em>Many of us are love exercising.</em></strong> And that\'s good because exercise is so much better for us than inactivity. But it\'s always important to stay within our range of abilities when exercising. Why? Because going from little or no exercise to a vigorous regimen can set you up for exercise injuries.\r\n\r\nOf course, injuries can happen to people from all levels of ability. Yes, even professional athletes and avid exercisers get injured. Exercise injuries can occur suddenly, like during a fall or after lifting weights that are too heavy. They can also be more subtle and transpire over weeks or months. An example of a more subtle injury would be an injury that occurs from using poor form repeatedly.\r\n\r\nThe risk of injury is genuine from overtraining, poor abdominal support, too lengthy runs, unfamiliarity with gym equipment or exercises, and the use of poor technique or posture. And typical injuries for those who are not used to working out include back pain, tendinitis, and pulled muscles.\r\n<h4>Tips to Prevent Exercise Injuries Before They Occur</h4>\r\nLet\'s review some tips that can be followed to try to avoid exercise injuries before they happen. When exercising, it\'s better to begin by staying closer to the intensity of activity we are accustomed to. For example, don\'t go immediately from low intensity to high intensity. Going from zero to 60 in a workout regimen can set you up for exercise injuries.\r\n\r\nSecondly, pick activities within your fitness and balance levels and those your body can handle. If the goal is to improve general health and not be sedentary, it\'s wise to progress slowly while listening to your body. There is no need to begin with throwing around heavy weights and doing intense workouts. Keep in mind that after periods of inactivity, running, and even vigorous walking can be damaging or cause an exercise injury. Start slowly and work up to longer times and distances.\r\n<h4>But I Was An Athlete in High School, So I Can Exercise Harder!</h4>\r\nSure, you may have been a distance runner in high school. But that doesn’t mean you can jump right into that level of running without proper training. To prevent exercise injuries, start by easing your way into new exercise routines and gradually build up to heavier weights, faster or longer bike rides, and a more vigorous walking or jogging routine.\r\n<h4>Be Aware of Putting Too Much Strain On Your Joints So You Can Prevent Overuse Exercise Injuries</h4>\r\nPeople make a common mistake by working through the pain felt while exercising, thinking it will eventually go away. The repeated injury from the use of poor form puts too much strain on the joints. These exercise injuries are referred to as overuse injuries and are typical injuries seen by physicians. Tendonitis is an example of an overuse injury from repetitive activity that aggravates the joint. <strong><em>I</em><em>t’s normal to experience muscle soreness after working out, but when that pain lasts more than a few days, that exercise injury has not healed, and it’s time to talk to your doctor.</em></strong>\r\n\r\nSeeking the advice of a physician before initiating an exercise program is always recommended. Use a trainer to educate and supervise for proper form, use of equipment, and variety and frequency of exercise. Even those who are accustomed to exercise may also become injured with overuse injuries. So always be aware of the repeated stress various exercises can place on joints, and use proper body mechanics and posturing.\r\n<h4>What Happens When Injuries Are Not Addressed?</h4>\r\nUnaddressed exercise injuries, overuse injuries, and cumulative traumas can damage the joint’s ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. Whether you are riding the waves, running on the beach, pounding the pavement, or climbing some new height, the repetitive low-grade impact can be enough to damage the soft tissues.\r\n\r\nWhen these injuries are not addressed and the soft tissue is not repaired, degeneration of the joint can occur. Unhealed soft tissue makes the joint unstable, which allows for extra and abnormal motion in the joint. These unhealed sports injuries can frequently lead to symptomatic arthritis in later years due to the injured ligaments that cause instability and abnormal joint motion.\r\n\r\nIn an attempt to stabilize the joint, painful muscle spasms may occur at first. Over time, the body will deposit calcium along the lines of stress, producing bone spurs. Bone spurs are typically a sign that the ligaments were no longer able to stabilize the joint. And the body has sent in reinforcement in the form of additional bone. Arthritis has taken place!\r\n<h4>Treating Exercise Injuries and Sports Injuries with Regenerative Orthopedics</h4>\r\nStandard treatments for musculoskeletal injuries resulting in joint pain usually involve symptom management utilizing NSAIDs, cortisone injections, physical therapy, and chiropractic to provide pain relief. These modalities can often provide relief for sports injuries, but for those who have already exhausted these methods and continue to experience pain, Regenerative Orthopedics should be sought. If cartilage damage has taken place, Stem Cell Therapy may be part of the treatment plan.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics, including Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, are great treatment options that are very effective for injuries that arise from overzealous exercising. Plus, these non-surgical treatments repair those injuries that occur during athletic events, regenerating the damaged ligaments and soft tissue and allowing the exerciser and athlete to continue with their desired activity.\r\n\r\n<strong>If you’ve injured yourself while trying a new exercise or sport or are a regular exerciser or athlete with a sports injury, Regenerative Orthopedics can get you back to the activity you love.</strong>\r\n\r\nFor more information about sports injuries and older athletes, read our article on <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/how-arthritis-affects-older-athletes/\">\"How Arthritis Affects Older Athletes.\" </a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/testimonials/video-testimonials/\">Click here to watch videos from patients who have received Regenerative Orthopedics.</a>','Preventing Exercise Injuries','','publish','open','closed','','exercise-injuries','','','2021-02-03 02:16:52','2021-02-03 02:16:52','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1414',0,'post','',0),(1415,8,'2019-06-12 11:02:55','2019-06-12 11:02:55','New weight and exercise goals are often set during the first months of the New Year, and people push out of the gate with exhilaration. Overzealous exercising during this early part of the year, however, can result in sports injuries!\r\n\r\nIn preparation for all the new goals, a lot of money is spent on the latest gear, gym memberships, fitness classes and new work-out equipment. Understandably! Exercising is exciting, and so much better for us than inactivity. But going from little or no exercise to a vigorous regimen, can set you up for injuries. These injuries can rack up expensive medical bills, apart from the money spent on the gym and the fitness gear. Sports injuries can occur suddenly, like with a fall, or after lifting weights that are too heavy. They can also be more subtle, and transpire over weeks or months, in instances such as using poor form over and over.\r\n\r\nThe risk of injury is very real, especially for those who have been inactive for prolonged periods. People frequently start rolling into the emergency room or their physician’s office with a new sports injury in the first months of the year, because they push themselves past their capabilities. Frequent causes of sports injuries include overtraining, lifting weights that are too heavy, poor abdominal support, too lengthy runs, unfamiliarity with gym equipment or exercises, and use of poor technique or posture. Typical injuries during this early part of the year include back pain, tendinitis, and pulled muscles.\r\n\r\n<h4>Tips to Prevent Sports Injuries Before They Occur</h4>\r\nWhen exercising, folks need to begin by staying closer to the intensity of activity they are accustomed to and not go immediately from low intensity to high intensity. Going from zero to 60 in a workout regimen can set you up for sports injuries. Pick activities within your fitness and balance levels, and those your body can handle. If the goal is to improve general health and not be sedentary, people can progress slowly while listening to their body, without the need to throw around heavy weights and do intense workouts.  After periods of inactivity, running, and even vigorous walking, can be damaging or cause a sports injury. Start out slowly and work up to longer times and distances. Sure, you may have been a distance runner in high school, but that doesn’t mean you can jump right in to that level of running without proper training. To prevent sports injuries, start by easing your way into new exercise routines and gradually build up to heavier weights, faster or longer bike rides, and a more vigorous walking or jogging routine.\r\n\r\nA common mistake people make is to work through the pain felt while exercising, thinking it will eventually go away. The repeated injury, in addition to the use of poor form, puts too much strain on the joints. These sports injuries are referred to as overuse injuries, and are typical injuries seen by physicians. Tendonitis is an example of an overuse injury from repetitive activity that aggravates the joint. It’s normal to experience muscle soreness after working out, but when that pain lasts more than a few days, that sports injury has not healed and it’s time to talk to your doctor.\r\n\r\nSeeking the advice of a physician prior to initiating an exercise program is always recommended. Make use of a trainer, to educate and supervise for proper form, use of equipment, and variety and frequency of exercise. Those who are accustomed to exercise may also experience sports injuries, so always be aware of the repeated stress various exercises can place on joints, and use proper body mechanics and posturing.\r\n\r\n<h4>What Happens When Injuries Are Not Addressed?</h4>\r\nUnaddressed sports injuries, overuse injuries, and cumulative traumas can cause damage to the joint’s ligaments, tendons and cartilage. Whether you are riding the waves, running on the beach, pounding the pavement, or climbing some new height, the repetitive low-grade impact can be enough to damage the soft tissues. When these injuries are not addressed, and the soft tissue is not repaired, degeneration of the joint can occur. Unhealed soft tissue makes the joint unstable, which allows for extra and abnormal motion in the joint.\r\n\r\nMany sports injuries lead to symptomatic arthritis in later years due to injured ligaments and joint instability. The body makes attempts to stabilize the joint, which may result in painful muscle spasms at first. Over time, the body will deposit calcium along the lines of stress, producing bone spurs. Bone spurs are typically a sign that the ligaments were no longer able to stabilize the joint, and the body has sent in reinforcement in the form of additional bone. Arthritis has taken place.\r\n\r\n<h4>Treating Sports Injuries with Regenerative Orthopedics</h4>\r\nStandard treatments for musculoskeletal sports injuries resulting in joint pain involve symptom management utilizing NSAIDS, cortisone injections, physical therapy, and chiropractic to provide pain relief. These modalities can often provide relief for sports injuries, but for those who have already exhausted these methods, and continue to experience pain, Regenerative Orthopedics should be sought. If cartilage damage has taken place, Stem Cell Therapy is a treatment option.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is a great treatment option that is very effective for sports injuries that arise from overzealous exercising, because the treatments regenerate and repair the damaged ligaments and soft tissue, allowing the exerciser to continue with their desired activity. If you’ve injured yourself with a new sport, or are a regular exerciser with a sports injury, Regenerative Orthopedics can get you back to the activity you love.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>','Repairing Sports Injuries with Regenerative Orthopedics','','inherit','closed','closed','','1414-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:02:55','2019-06-12 11:02:55','',1414,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1414-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1416,8,'2019-06-12 11:03:40','2019-06-12 11:03:40','Stem Cell Therapy has become a popular treatment and one that can provide very satisfactory results. And Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis, including the repair of degenerated arthritic joints, offers many promising possibilities.1 Stem cells have been shown in research to speed up and enhance bone and cartilage repair in arthritic joints.2,3 Since surgery comes with many disadvantages, <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cell Therapy</a> to repair defects of articular cartilage provides an exciting alternative.\r\n\r\nAnother fascinating research finding involves evidence of the reduction in the usual progressive destruction of articular cartilage in arthritic disease by mesenchymal/bone marrow stem cells. Bone marrow stem cells appear to suppress inflammation and release growth factors that combat arthritis and the degenerative process, enabling healing mechanisms to repair articular cartilage and relieve the chronic pain of arthritis.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4805\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4805\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Knee-Stems-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"Stem Cells\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /> <strong>                  Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Osteoarthritis</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h4>One-Shot Magic Cure?</h4>\r\nHave you looked into Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis relief? It’s important to do your homework when it comes to Stem Cell Therapy because not all treatments are alike. You may have seen treatments advertised that may involve just one injection of stem cells. One injection is most likely insufficient to provide an adequate repair of the joint and the pain relief you seek.\r\n\r\nJoint injuries, like those that eventually lead to arthritis, generally involve the entire joint. If one ligament is injured, there’s a huge likelihood that other ligaments or soft tissue are also injured. And these other areas need to be treated too. One injection simply cannot treat the entire joint.\r\n<h4>Underlying Joint Instability Leads to Arthritis</h4>\r\nWhen the supportive joint structures, such as ligaments and other soft tissue are healthy and strong, they prevent abnormal joint motion. But when they become injured, the joint will move in an abnormal pattern, injuring other joint structures, and eventually leading to joint destruction and arthritis.\r\n\r\nThe degeneration and breakdown of cartilage that is evident in arthritis is something that transpires over time. It doesn\'t just appear immediately. The beginning is often an initial injury that begins a process of instability in the joint with movement in the joint that is abnormal. This joint instability then becomes the source of further joint injury. And it causes pain too.\r\n\r\nJoint instability also involves loose, weakened, and unsupportive ligaments. In essence, the whole joint becomes affected. To achieve repair of the entire joint, the supportive structures surrounding the joint need to be treated, as well as the degenerated structures inside the joint. Intra-articular injections during Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis, combined with the growth factors in treatments like PRP and Prolotherapy can improve cartilage quality in arthritis, repair the injured soft tissue, and resolve joint pain.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3742 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kelsey.-knee.stems-copy-500x500.png\" alt=\"Kelsey. Knee.stems Copy\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" />\r\n<h4>The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy</h4>\r\nA comprehensive treatment is necessary to strengthen, repair, and stabilize ligaments and structures of the joint to prevent destructive forces from continuing the breakdown of cartilage common in arthritis.\r\n\r\n<strong>A single injection is simply not comprehensive</strong> enough to reverse the damage affecting the entire joint. In our practice, we address these unnatural hypermobile forces with a multi-injection technique called <strong>Comprehensive Regenerative Orthopedics</strong>. It\'s a very effective Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis repair and pain relief.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOur Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis treatment involves the use of four different regenerative therapies. Two sources of stem cells (bone and fat), as well as PRP Prolotherapy and Dextrose Prolotherapy. The supportive joint structures, the inside, and the outer structures of the joint are all treated. This is considered <strong>The Gold Standard</strong> for Stem Cell Regeneration.\r\n\r\nAt OrthoRegen, our Stem Cell Therapy for arthritis is different than at other clinics. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/stem-cell-therapy-at-orthoregen-why-we-are-different/\">What makes us different?</a> Many other clinics only use one or two of the above procedures, but not all four. All solutions are centrifuged and concentrated to obtain a solution with the most concentration of stem cells. In our experience, we have discovered that this technique is the best for regeneration. We inject both of these sources of stem cells and then combine the use of PRP Prolotherapy to accelerate their healing.\r\n\r\nIn addition, we apply Dextrose Prolotherapy <strong>to the outside supportive structures of the joint</strong> to help stabilize the ligaments and tendons that hold the joint in place. We utilize this style of treatment because it addresses the whole joint and not just the effect. That is why it is considered the <em>Gold Standard</em>.\r\n<h4>What About Amniotic “Stem Cells”?</h4>\r\nAmniotic Stem Cells are being advertised all over the place and people are fascinated with this very popular trend of using amniotic fluid for joint repair. But it needs to be clarified that Amniotic “Stem Cell” Therapy has NO actual stem cells, but rather growth factors found in the extracellular matrix of the amniotic tissue.\r\n\r\nCompanies purchase the afterbirth materials, process it to remove disease, and then freeze-dry it. Understandably, the process preserves the fluid, but it also kills the live cells. What’s left are healing growth factors. <strong>NO live stem cells are present.</strong> <em>Therefore, if claimed as such, it is simply not the truth.</em>\r\n\r\nIn their pre-donated state, amniotic fluid does have an abundance of stem cells, but they do not survive the processing. Many people leave stem cell seminars convinced that their own stem cells are no good and that donated amniotic “stem cells” will help them with their chronic joint pain from arthritis. It’s important to understand that cryopreserved, dehydrated amniotic products do not contain stem cells. It’s also important to understand that bone marrow, even in elderly individuals with arthritis, <strong>does have sufficient stem cells</strong>, and the cells are <strong>alive</strong>! Additionally, your own blood in the form of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) contains live growth factors. Yes, purchased, micronized amniotic fluid does contain growth factor material, but it is processed. Why not just use your own (autologous) live stem cells and PRP growth factors for your arthritis pain?\r\n<h4>The Bottom Line in Arthritis Treatment</h4>\r\nArthritis is a chronic, progressive disease of the articular joints, which to date, has had no cure or effective long-term treatment. However, Regenerative Injection Therapies like Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy have already been proven to work well to effectively activate cells for regeneration and repair in degenerated arthritic joints. Regenerative Orthopedics is an effective option for treating arthritis with the potential for enhancing the quality of life of individuals with the disease.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\n<em>1. Chahal, J., Gómez-Aristizábal, A., Shestopaloff, K., Bhatt, S., Chaboureau, A., Fazio, A., Chisholm, J., Weston, A., Chiovitti, J., Keating, A., Kapoor, M., Ogilvie-Harris, D.J., Syed, K.A., Gandhi, R., Mahomed, N.N., Marshall, K.W., Sussman, M.S., Naraghi, A.M. and Viswanathan, S. (2019), Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Treatment in Patients with Osteoarthritis Results in Overall Improvement in Pain and Symptoms and Reduces Synovial Inflammation. STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, 8: 746-757. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.18-0183\">https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.18-0183</a></em>\r\n\r\n<em>2. Wakitani S, Goto T, Pineda SJ, Young RG, Mansour JM, Caplan AI, Goldberg VM. Mesenchymal cell-based repair of large, full-thickness defects of articular cartilage J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 1994;76:579-92.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>3. Burke J, Hunter M, Kolhe R, </em>Isales<em> C, Hamrick M, Fulzele S. Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem </em>cell-based<em> therapy for osteoarthritis. Clinical and translational medicine. 2016 Aug 10;5(1):27.</em>','Stem Cell Therapy for Arthritis','','publish','open','closed','','stem-cell-therapy-options-for-arthritis','','','2021-07-23 22:48:24','2021-07-23 22:48:24','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1416',0,'post','',0),(1417,8,'2019-06-12 11:03:40','2019-06-12 11:03:40','Stem Cell Therapy has become a popular treatment and one that can provide very satisfactory results. There are many promising possibilities with Stem Cell Therapy, including the reparation of degenerated arthritic joints. Stem cells have been shown in research to speed up and enhance bone and cartilage repair in arthritic joints.<sup>1,2</sup>  Since surgery comes with many disadvantages, Stem Cell Therapy to repair defects of articular cartilage provides an exciting alternative. Another fascinating research finding involves evidence of the reduction in the usual progressive destruction of articular cartilage in arthritic disease by mesenchymal/bone marrow stem cells.  Bone marrow stem cells appear to suppress inflammation and release growth factors that combat arthritis and the degenerative process, enabling healing mechanisms to repair articular cartilage and relieve the chronic pain of arthritis.\r\n\r\n<h4>One Shot Magic Cure?</h4>\r\nIt’s important to do your homework though, when it comes to Stem Cell Therapy, because all treatments are not alike. You may have seen treatments advertised that may involve just one injection of stem cells. One injection is most likely insufficient to provide adequate repair of the joint and the pain relief you seek. Joint injuries, like those that eventually lead to arthritis, generally involve the entire joint. If one ligament is injured, there’s a huge likelihood that other ligaments or soft tissue are also injured. One injection simply cannot treat the entire joint.\r\n\r\n<h4>Underlying Joint Instability Leads to Arthritis</h4>\r\nWhen the supportive joint structures, such as ligaments and other soft tissue are healthy and strong, they prevent abnormal joint motion. If they become injured, the joint will move in an abnormal pattern, injuring other joint structures, and eventually leading to joint destruction and arthritis.  The degeneration and breakdown of cartilage that is present in arthritis transpires over time, after the injury which precipitated the joint to become unstable and move abnormally in the first place. Joint instability is the source of joint injury and pain, and this instability begins with loose, weakened, and unsupportive ligaments. To accomplish repair of the entire joint, the supportive structures surrounding the joint need to be treated, as well as the degenerated structures inside the joint. Intra-articular injections of stem cells combined with the growth factors in treatments like PRP and Prolotherapy, can improve cartilage quality in arthritis, repair the injured soft tissue, and resolve joint pain.\r\n\r\n<h4>The Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy</h4>\r\nA comprehensive treatment is necessary to strengthen, repair and stabilize ligaments and structures of the joint to prevent destructive forces from continuing the breakdown of cartilage common in arthritis. <strong>A single injection is simply not comprehensive</strong> enough to reverse the damage affecting the entire joint. In our practice, we address these unnatural hypermobile forces with a multi-injection technique called <strong>Comprehensive Regenerative Orthopedics</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe treatment involves the use of two sources of stem cells (bone and fat), as well as PRP Prolotherapy and Dextrose Prolotherapy. The supportive joint structures, the inside and outside of the joint are all treated. This is considered\r\n\r\n<strong>The Gold Standard</strong> for Stem Cell Regeneration. Many other clinics only use one or two of the above procedures, but not all four.   All solutions are centrifuged and concentrated to get a solution with the most concentration of stem cells.  In our experience, we have discovered that these stem cells act as great proliferant solutions for regeneration. We inject both of these sources of stem cells and then combine the use of PRP Prolotherapy to accelerate their healing.  In addition, we apply Dextrose Prolotherapy <strong>to the outside supportive structures of the joint</strong> to help stabilize the ligaments and tendons that hold the joint in place.  We utilize this style of treatment because it addresses the whole joint and not just the effect. That is why it is considered the Gold Standard.\r\n\r\n<h4>What About Amniotic “Stem Cells”?</h4>\r\nAmniotic Stem Cells are being advertised all over the place and people are fascinated with this very popular trend of using amniotic fluid for joint repair. But it needs to be clarified that Amniotic “Stem Cell” Therapy has NO actual stem cells, but rather growth factors found in the extracellular matrix of the amniotic tissue. Companies purchase the afterbirth materials, process it to remove disease, and then freeze-dry it. Understandably, the process preserves the fluid, but it also kills the live cells. What’s left are healing growth factors. NO live stem cells are present.  Therefore, if claimed as such, it is simply not the truth. In their pre-donated state, amniotic fluid does have an abundance of stem cells, but they do not survive the processing. Many people leave stem cell seminars convinced that their own stem cells are no good and that donated amniotic “stem cells” will help them with their chronic joint pain from arthritis. It’s important to understand that cryopreserved, dehydrated amniotic products do not contain stem cells. It’s also important to understand that bone marrow, even in elderly individuals with arthritis, does have sufficient stem cells, and the cells are alive! Additionally, your own blood in the form of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) contains live growth factors. Yes, purchased, micronized amniotic fluid does contain growth factor material, but it is processed. Why not just use your own (autologous) live stem cells and PRP growth factors for your arthritis pain?\r\n\r\n<h4>The Bottom Line in Arthritis Treatment</h4>\r\nArthritis is a chronic, progressive disease of the articular joints, which to date, has had no cure or effective long-term treatment. However, Regenerative Injection Therapies like Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma and Prolotherapy have already been proven to work well to effectively activate cells for regeneration and repair in degenerated arthritic joints. Regenerative Orthopedics is an effective option for treating arthritis with the potential for enhancing the quality of life of individuals with the disease.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\"><strong>Click here for more articles by Dr. Fields</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<em>1. Wakitani S, Goto T, Pineda SJ, Young RG, Mansour JM, Caplan AI, Goldberg VM. Mesenchymal cell-based repair of large, full-thickness defects of articular cartilage J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 1994;76:579-92.</em>\r\n<em>2. Burke J, Hunter M, Kolhe R, </em>Isales<em> C, Hamrick M, Fulzele S. Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem </em>cell based<em> therapy for osteoarthritis. Clinical and translational medicine. 2016 Aug 10;5(1):27.</em>','Stem Cell Therapy Options for Arthritis','','inherit','closed','closed','','1416-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:03:40','2019-06-12 11:03:40','',1416,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1416-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1419,8,'2019-06-12 11:04:56','2019-06-12 11:04:56','<h3><strong>STEM CELL THERAPY/PRP/PROLOTHERAPY ARE REGENERATIVE MEDICINE TECHNIQUES AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO AVOID JOINT</strong> <strong>AND BACK SURGERY. THE FUTURE IS NOW! </strong>BY PETER A. FIELDS, MD, DC</h3>\r\n<em>Presented at the American Academy of Anti-aging medicine; VI World Congress; Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine</em>\r\n\r\nThe revitalization and regeneration of the joints and of the spinal column are not in the future; it is happening today! Last year in the United States, there were almost 2 million total joint replacement surgeries and another 25 to 30 million partial joint surgeries. That\'s a lot of surgery! And that\'s why each year people are seeking non-surgical alternatives to joint and spinal column surgery. Several sources state that 40% of those surgeries could have been avoided. If avoiding surgery is an option, it sure seems like that option should be considered. Keep in mind, cutting a part of the joint or injecting it with steroids is not the only answer. Let’s remember that <em>surgery can always take place, but can never be undone</em>.\r\n<h3>What If I\'ve Been Told Surgery Is My Only Option?</h3>\r\nHave you been told that you have severe arthritis? You are bone on bone in your joint? Your joint has degenerated and your cartilage which has worn away? And ultimately, the only thing left to do is to replace the joint? Well, the good news here is that you do have another option!\r\n<h3>Regenerative Medicine Treatments</h3>\r\n<p style=\"height: 172px;\">Regenerative Medicine like <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cell Therapy</a>/PRP/and Prolotherapy are treatment techniques that are available today. These techniques effectively treat even bone on bone arthritis. And without surgery. Stem cells, for example, have the potential to regenerate any type of the body’s tissue. And its use in regenerative medicine is growing more and more in the medical community as an alternative to invasive surgery, including cases where a replacement was recommended. What is remarkable about stem cells is the fact that when they are injected into a specific area of the body, they know the types of cells that the body needs – for example, the meniscus cells or cartilage cells.</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Regenerative Medicine Is An Exciting Field</h3>\r\n<p style=\"height: 172px;\">This is a very exciting time in the field of REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. Results show several patients who have shown a significant functional improvement. Patients who were submitted to arthroscopy after the transplant showed joint cartilage which was close to normal. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES (MRI\'s) have revealed complete healing with a congruent cartilage tissue, while other magnetic resonances of the patients showed congruence in the cartilaginous tissue.</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>What Do Studies Show?</h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-7.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" width=\"356\" height=\"303\" />Several reviews by investigators have concluded that the autologous transplant of the mesenchyme cell culture of the bone marrow, of adipose tissue, and of plasma rich in platelets is a great promise in the treatment of joint cartilage defects, particularly defects of great size (&gt; 4 cm). The clinical results have been positive even at over one year after having been carried out. The procedure in several patients and the procedure’s success have been measured in longer periods of time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-2337\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stem-Cell-Doctor-Peter-Fields-MD-DC-1-315x500.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cell Doctor Peter Fields Md Dc\" width=\"180\" height=\"285\" />\r\n\r\n<em>In his medical practice, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC uses the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy utilizing four types of non-surgical Regenerative Orthopedics to revitalize and support joint regeneration: stem cells from bone marrow, stem cells from adipose tissue,  Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy. All of these regenerative techniques cause the tissue to regenerate. When the new cartilage, ligament, tendon, or meniscus tissue is regenerated, the joint becomes more vibrant and strong and it can work well once again. The objective is the same: stimulate and repair damaged tissues.</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC is one of the few doctors in the United States who is both a Doctor of Medicine and a Chiropractor. He is widely recognized as a leader in REGENERATIVE ORTHOPEDICS having been on numerous programs and quoted in magazines and on-line publications.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Regenerative Medicine Lecture in Mexico City','','publish','open','closed','','regenerative-medicine-lecture-in-mexico-city-english','','','2020-07-26 02:04:08','2020-07-26 02:04:08','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1419',0,'post','',0),(1420,8,'2019-06-12 11:04:56','2019-06-12 11:04:56','<h4>REGENERATIVE MEDICINE LECTURE IN MEXICO CITY</h4>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-medicine-lecture-in-mexico-city-spanish/\">(CLICK HERE FOR SPANISH VERSION)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>PROLOTHERAPY: DEXTROSE/PRP/STEM CELL ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO AVOID JOINT</strong> <strong>AND BACK SURGERY. THE FUTURE IS NOW! </strong>BY PETER A. FIELDS, MD, DC\r\n\r\n<em>Presented at the American Academy of Anti-aging medicine; VI World Congress; Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine</em>\r\n\r\nThe revitalization and regeneration of the joints and of the spinal column are not in the future; it is happening today! Last year in the United States there were almost 2 million total joint replacement surgeries and another 25 to 30 million partial joint surgeries. Because of the previous, each year people are seeking non-surgical alternatives to joint and spinal column surgery. Cutting a part of the joint or injecting it with steroids is not the only answer, let’s remember that <em>surgery can always take place, but can never be undone</em>. Several sources state that 40% of those surgeries could have been avoided.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"height: 172px;\"><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" /> <img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-2.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" /><img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-3.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" /></p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-4.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" />Those people who have been told that they have severe arthritis, who are bone against bone in their joint; that their joint has degenerated into a great quantity of cartilage which has worn away, and that the only thing left to do is to replace the joint. Now they have another option!\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-5.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" />Stem cells have the potential to regenerate any type of the body’s tissue, and its use in regenerative medicine is growing more and more in the medical community as an alternative to invasive surgery, including cases where a replacement is required. What is remarkable about stem cells is the fact that when they are injected into a specific area of the body, they know the types of cells that the body needs – for example, the meniscus cells or cartilage cells. This is a very exciting moment in the field of REGENERATIVE MEDICINE.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-6.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" />The results show several patients who have shown a significant functional improvement. The patients that were submitted to arthroscopy after the transplant showed a joint cartilage which was close to normal. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES (MRI\'s) have revealed complete healing with a congruent cartilage tissue, while other magnetic resonances of the patients showed congruence in the cartilaginous tissue.\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp; </p>\r\n<p>&nbsp; </p>\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Prolo Spanish\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-Prolo-Spanish-7.jpg\" alt=\"Prolo Spanish\" />Several reviews by investigators have concluded that the autologous transplant of the mesenchyme cell culture of the bone marrow, of adipose tissue and of plasma rich in platelets are a great promise in the treatment of joint cartilage defects, particularly defects of great size (&gt; 4 cm). The clinical results have been positive at over 1 year after having been carried out. The procedure in several patients and the procedure’s success have been measured in longer periods of time.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" />\r\n\r\n<em>In his medical practice, Dr. Peter Fields uses the four types of non-surgical procedures to revitalize and support joint regeneration: the stem cells from the bone marrow, the cells from the adipose tissue, the prp and the prolotherapy with dextrose. All of these are considered different forms that cause the tissue to proliferate or regenerate. When the new tissue whether it is cartilage, bone, ligament, tendon, meniscus or other is regenerated, the joint becomes more vibrant and strong and it can once again work well. The objective is the same: stimulate to repair damaged tissues.</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC is one of the few doctors in the United States who is both a Doctor of Medicine and a Chiropractor. He is widely recognized as a leader in REGENERATIVE ORTHOPEDICS having been on numerous programs and quoted in magazines and on-line publications.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Regenerative Medicine Lecture in Mexico City (English)','','inherit','closed','closed','','1419-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:04:56','2019-06-12 11:04:56','',1419,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1419-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1423,8,'2019-06-12 11:07:16','2019-06-12 11:07:16','<img class=\"wp-image-3900 alignright\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Get-rid-of-the-pain-400x500.png\" alt=\"Get Rid Of The Pain\" width=\"366\" height=\"458\" />\r\n<h4><em>Introduction</em></h4>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is a natural non-surgical method of assisting the body to heal injured tendons and ligaments so you can live pain-free. Regenerative Orthopedics helps your body make new cells by boosting the body\'s natural healing abilities and the supply of nutrient-rich blood cells to the affected area. This serves to strengthen weakened or torn tendons and ligaments (ligaments are the tough tissues that connect bones to bones, and tendons are the same kind of tissue that connect muscles to bones).\r\n\r\nThe notion of stimulating the body to heal itself goes back to ancient Greece. Prolotherapy, one type of Regenerative Orthopedics, was founded by Dr. George Hackett and passed on to Dr. Gustav Hemwall to form the modern model of prolotherapy in the 1950s and 1960s. The leading education and teaching organization for this, the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation, is named in their honor.\r\n<h4>When Is It Time for Regenerative Orthopedics?</h4>\r\nAre you experiencing pain that just won\'t go away in an area that was injured? Some people put up with weak and painful joints for weeks, months, or even years. Like when you sprain your ankle at some point and then re-injure the ankle again and again. The root of the problem is usually weakened soft tissue, like ligaments or tendons. Both ligaments and tendons have very poor circulation and this lack of blood supply deprives them of the nutrients that they need to heal properly. On the other hand, they have lots of nerves. And that is why you may continue to feel a lot of pain. How does that happen? Well, the nerves around the soft tissues become stretched and irritated, and that causes pain.\r\n\r\nWhen ligaments become relaxed and weak, cartilage degeneration eventually occurs too, which may result in arthritis. It is at this point that a patient is often told that surgery is the only option to “fix” the problem. But surgery is not the only option. Regenerative Orthopedics is the next logical step. Surgery requires weeks of recovery, physical therapy, and more pain. But regenerative techniques don\'t keep you from the activities you love. They get you back to them quickly.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics can consist of 4 to 8 treatments. It\'s an injection treatment. But a local anesthetic is used so that there is minimal discomfort. The weakened area heals, and the patient’s pain is reduced or eliminated. What an excellent alternative to treatments like cortisone injections, which long-term studies have shown can actually weaken tissue.\r\n\r\nMany joints can be treated with Regenerative Orthopedics. Have back pain? We can help! Knee pain? We can repair that too! Conditions such as tendonitis, bursitis, various sports injuries, tendonitis, arthritis, sciatica, headaches, degenerated joints, fibromyalgia, and more can be repaired with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n<h4>Three Types of Regenerative Orthopedics</h4>\r\n<strong>Prolotherapy</strong> helps the body to heal in a natural non-surgical way. With Prolotherapy (also called Dextrose Prolotherapy), the weakened areas are injected with a solution that stimulates the growth of healthy, strong tissues. As a result, the immune system sends growth factors. This results in healthy, strong, and vibrant new tissues. As the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and vibrant, the pain is alleviated and motion is restored. The pain is alleviated so joints can function normally. Most ligament and tendon injuries benefit from <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com\">dextrose prolotherapy</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)</strong> uses the patient’s own blood to concentrate platelets by a factor of 7 to 10× (platelets = growth factors). This high concentration of platelets – from 3 to 10 times that of normal blood – can be injected into the damaged areas and boost the growth of new soft tissue. PRP accelerates the regeneration of injured tissues and enhances tissue healing. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/prp-treatment/\">PRP</a> is good for structures such as the labrum in the shoulder, torn meniscus in the knee, and severe hip arthritis.\r\n\r\n<strong>Stem Cell Therapy</strong> is derived from patient cells in a relatively new process. One type of <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/stem-cell-treatment/\">cell</a> found in the bone marrow is the mesenchymal stem cell. These immature cells can become tissues such as cartilage, bone, and ligaments. Typically the tissue stimulated with bone marrow cells is articular cartilage, but it can also proliferate soft-tissue structures such as ligament and tendons. When is Stem Cell Therapy recommended? Indications for using Stem Cell Therapy include severe arthritis, certain types of tears, and severely degenerated joints.\r\n\r\nAll three regenerative techniques accelerate the fibroblastic proliferation through cell growth, proteosynthesis, reparation, the remodeling of tissues, and chondrocyte proliferation. All of this amplifies the body’s own repair process and accelerates healing and repairs damaged tissue.\r\n<h4>Summary</h4>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is a successful non-surgical technique that helps the body heal itself. It works well on many medical conditions that result in painful joints. It is minimally invasive with very little recovery time and is tolerated well by patients of all ages. Regenerative Orthopedics first … surgery last.\r\n<h5><strong>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC, “The Athletic Doc<sup>®</sup>,”</strong> is an expert in the field of orthopedic/sports medicine.  Dr. Fields is the director of OrthoRegen in Santa Monica, California. Orthopedic/sports medicine is the main focus of his practice. Dr. Fields has appeared as a regenerative medicine expert on national television as well as on television and radio shows. He lectures at medical and chiropractic conferences in the United States and around the world on these techniques. He has also written for several publications.</h5>\r\n<h5><em>The Athletic Doc Walks His Talk</em></h5>\r\n<h5>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC is a lead clinical instructor with the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation, the nation’s largest teaching and education organization for prolotherapy. And he volunteers with the foundation, treating patients, and teaching physicians from all over the world about prolotherapy. But Dr. Fields doesn\'t just teach. He is a very active and competitive triathlete, having completed eleven Ironman triathlons and many other races. He has had his back and shoulder treated by these techniques, which helped him avoid surgery. In other words, this doc “walks his talk.”</h5>','Pain-Free Living with Regenerative Orthopedics','','publish','open','closed','','how-to-avoid-joint-live-pain-free-with-regenerative-orthopedics','','','2022-12-03 04:33:33','2022-12-03 04:33:33','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1423',0,'post','',0),(1424,8,'2019-06-12 11:07:16','2019-06-12 11:07:16','<h4>Introduction</h4>\r\nProlotherapy is a natural nonsurgical method of assisting the body to heal injured tendons and ligaments. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/prolotherapy-treatment-overview/\">Prolotherapy</a> helps your body make new cells through the introduction of an irritant in the painful area. The mild local inflammatory reaction increases the supply of nutrient-rich blood cells to the affected area. This serves to strengthen lax or torn tendons and ligaments (ligaments are the tough tissues that connect bones to bones, and tendons are the same kind of tissue that connect muscles to bones). The notion of irritating an injured area to stimulate the body to heal itself goes back to ancient Greece. Prolotherapy was founded by Dr. George Hackett and passed on to Dr. Gustav Hemwall to form the modern model of prolotherapy in the 1950s and 1960s. The leading education and teaching organization for this, the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation, is named in their honor.\r\n\r\n<h4>When Is It Time for Prolotherapy?</h4>\r\nA patient may present with chronic pain in an injured area or the area remains weak, even after a healing period of weeks, months, or years. The problem lies in the fact that both ligaments and tendons have very poor circulation and it is this lack of blood supply which deprives them of the nutrients that they need to heal properly. These weakened areas may have little or no blood flow, but they have lots of nerves. That is why the patient may continue to feel a significant amount of pain. When ligaments become relaxed and weak, this may lead to increased cartilage degeneration and finally bone-on-bone friction, which may result in arthritis-type pain. Additionally, nerves around the soft tissues become stretched and irritated, producing pain. It is at this point that a patient may have been told that surgery is recommended to “fix” the problem. Prolotherapy is next logical step. Surgery requires weeks of recovery, physical therapy, and more pain.\r\n\r\nThe prolotherapy technique involves a series of 6 to 8 treatments with injections of a proliferant that causes an inflammatory response, which stimulates the healing process. A local anesthetic is used so that there is minimal discomfort with the injections. The weakened area heals, and the patient’s pain is reduced or eliminated. Prolotherapy is an excellent alternative to cortisone injections, which long-term studies have shown can actually weaken tissue. In addition to chronic (and in some cases acute) back and neck, shoulder, knee, and other joint pain; tendonitis; and bursitis, prolotherapy has been shown to be effective at eliminating the pain of such conditions as sports injuries, tendonitis, arthritis, sciatica, some headaches, degenerated joints, fibromyalgia, and more.\r\n\r\n<h4>Prolotherapy Techniques</h4>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/prolotherapy-treatment-overview/\">Dextrose prolotherapy</a> is a natural nonsurgical method of assisting the body to heal injured or weakened ligaments, tendons, or joints. The weakened areas are injected to stimulate the patient’s own immune system to send growth factors. This results in healthy, strong, and vibrant new tissues. With this the pain is alleviated and joints function normally. Most ligament and tendon injuries benefit from dextrose prolotherapy as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>Platelet rich plasma (PRP) prolotherapy</strong> uses the patient’s own blood to concentrate platelets by a factor of 7 to 10× (platelets = growth factors). This high concentration of platelets – from 3 to 10 times that of normal blood – can be injected into the damaged areas and catalyze the growth of new soft tissue. PRP accelerates the regeneration of injured tissues and enhances tissue healing. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/prp-treatment/\">PRP</a> prolotherapy is good for structures such as the labrum in the shoulder, torn meniscus in the knee, and severe hip arthritis.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bone marrow/cellular regeneration</strong> is derived from patient cells in a relatively new process. One type of <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/stem-cell-treatment/\">cell</a> found in the bone marrow is the mesenchymalstem cell. These immature cells can become tissues such as cartilage, bone, and ligaments. Typically the tissue stimulated with bone marrow cells is articular cartilage, but it can also proliferate soft-tissue structures such as ligament and tendons. Indications for using bone marrow prolotherapy include severe osteoarthritis, certaintypes of tears, and cartilage regeneration typically inseverely degenerated joints such as the knees and hips. All three techniques of prolotherapy acceleratethe fibroblastic proliferation through cell growth, proteosynthesis, reparation, the remodeling of tissues, and chondrocyte proliferation. This amplifies the body’s own repair process and accelerates healing and repairs damaged tissue.\r\n\r\n<h4>Summary</h4>\r\nProlotherapy is a successful nonsurgical technique that helps the body heal itself. It works well on all medical conditions that result in painful joints, is minimally invasive with very little recovery time, and is tolerated well by patients of all ages. Prolotherapy first … surgery last.\r\n\r\n<strong>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC, “The Athletic Doc<sup>®</sup>,”</strong> is an expert in the field of orthopedic/sports medicine. He is both a board-certified medical physician and chiropractor, one of only a handful of physicians in the US with both these degrees. Dr. Fields is the director of the Pacific Prolotherapy and Medical Wellness Center in Santa Monica, California. Orthopedic/sports medicine is the main focus of his practice. He also practices holistic medicine, which includes bioidentical hormones, anti-aging medicine, IV nutritional therapy, IV chelation therapy, natural alternatives to prescription medicines, and more. Dr. Fields has appeared as a prolotherapy expert on national television as well as on several television and radio shows. He lectures at medical and chiropractic conferences in the US and around the world on these techniques. He has also written for several publications.\r\n\r\nDr. Fields is a lead clinical instructor with the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation, the nation’s largest teaching and education organization for prolotherapy. He teaches on behalf of the foundation at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He is also a director of one of three of its clinics in <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/honduras-2013/\">Honduras</a>, where he volunteers yearly with the foundation, treating patients and teaching physicians from all over the world about prolotherapy. Dr. Fields is a very active and competitive triathlete, having recently completed two Ironman triathlons as well as over 60 other races. He has had his back and shoulder treated by these techniques, which helped him avoid surgery. In other words, this doc “walks his talk.”\r\n','How to Avoid Joint & Spine Surgery and Live Pain Free','','inherit','closed','closed','','1423-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:07:16','2019-06-12 11:07:16','',1423,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1423-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1429,8,'2019-06-12 11:11:34','2019-06-12 11:11:34','A few years ago we reported on an FDA warning about neurological problems after epidural corticosteroid injections. But what is the newest information? A lot of people are in pain, and because of that, many procedures are done to manage that pain. And the number of those pain management procedures are increasing over the years.\r\n<h3>Epidural Corticosteroids</h3>\r\nA variety of painful conditions benefit from techniques that reduce pain. And corticosteroid injections or cortisone injections are a common treatment recommended by many physicians. At OrthoRegen, we treat joint pain with Regenerative Orthopedics, which also are injections, but they do not contain <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/cortisone-is-it-really-good-for-you/\">cortisone</a>.\r\n\r\nCorticosteroid injections are given in different locations. They may be injected into joints, or they may be used as nerve blocks. Injectable corticosteroids are used quite often to reduce swelling or inflammation. And corticosteroids injected into the epidural space of the spine have been performed for many decades.1 But in our previous article, we discussed the FDA warning that injections of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine can result in rare but serious adverse events, including loss of vision, stroke, paralysis, and death.\r\n<h3>Stellate Ganglion Nerve Block (SGNB)</h3>\r\nCorticosteroids are also injected into the neck along with some type of anesthetic for a procedure called a stellate ganglion nerve block (SGNB). These procedures have been around for quite a while too. Are they safe? We took a look at the results from a systematic review in the journal, <em>Regional Anesthesia &amp; Pain Medicine</em>. What\'s a systematic review? These types of reviews gather a bunch of different studies and take a look at the overall results of all of those studies.\r\n\r\nThe research team in this particular systematic review looked at eighteen years of results and 4812 studies. The researchers identified 260 cases of adverse events with SGNB, including medication side effects, a patient who developed quadriplegia, five who required a tracheostomy, and one death.\r\n\r\nWhat was the most common side effect? Hoarseness was reported in 27.6% of the cases. This particular type of nerve block is considered relatively safe, with severe complications occurring in 1.7 out of 1000 blocks. Interestingly, complications also occurred in a delayed manner, leading the researchers to conclude, \"The importance of constant vigilance along with accessibility to resuscitation equipment for all SGNB procedures cannot be overstated.\"2\r\n\r\nSerious adverse events include death, paralysis, seizure, stroke, and others that can occur after corticosteroid injections in both epidural and SGNB procedures. Because of this, we recommend seeking more conservative therapies to treat pain first. Regenerative Orthopedics is one way to treat joint pain without the need for surgery. These non-surgical techniques are effective at treating many painful joint conditions.\r\n\r\nWhat are some examples of corticosteroids? Injectable corticosteroids include methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone, triamcinolone, betamethasone, and dexamethasone.\r\n\r\nThere are times that corticosteroids are needed. But there are ways to avoid them and their side effects when they really are not necessary. Regenerative Orthopedics is a great way to avoid cortisone injections to treat and repair painful joint conditions.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.docguide.com/fda-warns-serious-neurologic-problems-after-epidural-corticosteroid-injections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 http://www.docguide.com/fda-warns-serious-neurologic-problems-after-epidural-corticosteroid-injections</a>\r\n\r\n2 Goel, Vasudha, et al. \"Complications associated with stellate ganglion nerve block: a systematic review.\" <i>Regional Anesthesia &amp; Pain Medicine</i> 44.6 (2019): 669-678.','Problems After Corticosteroid Injections','','publish','open','closed','','neurologic-problems-after-epidural-corticosteroid-injections','','','2020-07-26 01:19:03','2020-07-26 01:19:03','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1429',0,'post','',0),(1430,8,'2019-06-12 11:11:34','2019-06-12 11:11:34','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/health/mris-often-overused-often-mislead-doctors-warn.html\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://fieldsmddc.blogspot.com/\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>FDA Warns of Serious Neurologic Problems After Epidural Corticosteroid Injections</h4>\r\n\r\nROCKVILLE, Md -- April 23, 2014 -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that injection of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine may result in rare but serious adverse events, including loss of vision, stroke, paralysis, and death.\r\n\r\nThe FDA is requiring the addition of a Warning to the drug labels of injectable corticosteroids to describe these risks.\r\n\r\nInjectable corticosteroids are commonly used to reduce swelling or inflammation. Injecting corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine has been a widespread practice for many decades; however, the effectiveness and safety of the drugs for this use have not been established, and the FDA has not approved corticosteroids for such use.\r\n\r\nThe FDA reviewed a sampling of cases from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database, as well as cases in the medical literature of serious neurologic adverse events associated with epidural corticosteroid injections. Serious adverse events included death, spinal cord infarction, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cortical blindness, stroke, seizures, nerve injury, and brain oedema. Many cases were temporally associated with the corticosteroid injections, with adverse events occurring within minutes to 48 hours after the corticosteroid injections. In some cases, diagnoses of neurologic adverse events were confirmed through magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography scan. Many patients did not recover from these reported adverse events.\r\n\r\n<strong>Additional Information for Healthcare Professionals</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Rare but serious neurologic adverse events have been reported with epidural corticosteroid injections, including spinal cord infarction, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cortical blindness, stroke, and death.</li>\r\n\r\n<li>These serious neurologic events have been reported with and without the use of fluoroscopy.</li>\r\n\r\n<li>Discuss with patients the benefits and risks of epidural corticosteroid injections and other possible treatments.</li>\r\n\r\n<li>Counsel patients to seek emergency medical attention immediately if they experience symptoms after receiving an epidural corticosteroid injection, such as loss of vision or vision changes; tingling in their arms or legs; sudden weakness or numbness in their face, arm, or leg on one or both sides of the body; dizziness; severe headache; or seizures.</li>\r\n\r\n<li>Report adverse effects following epidural corticosteroid injections to the FDA MedWatch program: <a title=\"https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/\" href=\"https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/</a></li>\r\n\r\nTo raise awareness of the risks of epidural corticosteroid injections in the medical community, the FDA’s Safe Use Initiative convened a panel of experts, including pain management experts to help define the techniques for such injections which would reduce preventable harm. The expert panel’s recommendations will be released when they are finalized.\r\n\r\nAs part of the FDA’s ongoing effort to investigate this issue, they plan to convene an Advisory Committee meeting of external experts in late 2014 to discuss the benefits and risks of epidural corticosteroid injections and to determine if further FDA actions are needed.\r\n\r\nInjectable corticosteroids include methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone, triamcinolone, betamethasone, and dexamethasone. This safety issue is unrelated to the contamination of compounded corticosteroid injection products reported in 2012.\r\n\r\nSOURCE: US Food and Drug Administration\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.docguide.com/fda-warns-serious-neurologic-problems-after-epidural-corticosteroid-injections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://www.docguide.com/fda-warns-serious-neurologic-problems-after-epidural-corticosteroid-injections</a>\r\n','FDA Warns of Serious Neurologic Problems After Epidural Corticosteroid Injections','','inherit','closed','closed','','1429-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:11:34','2019-06-12 11:11:34','',1429,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1429-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1434,8,'2022-05-12 10:35:04','2022-05-12 10:35:04','<h3>Zoom Regenerative Orthopedics Lecture</h3>\r\n<h5>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC</h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong>You are invited!! </strong><strong>Join us </strong>Sunday, June 5th for this informative <strong>Regenerative Orthopedics Lecture </strong>with leading regenerative medicine expert Peter A. Fields, MD, DC at 9AM Los Angeles time.</h4>\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4968 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dr.-Fields-Zoom-Lecture-Facebook-Post.2-500x419.png\" alt=\"Dr. Fields\' Zoom Lecture (facebook Post).2\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" />\r\n\r\n<b class=\"session-name\">Rege</b><b class=\"session-name\">nerative Orthopedics: Non-Surgical Repair With Stem Cells /PRP /Prolotherapy</b>\r\n<div class=\"session-desc\">\r\n\r\n<em>\"What do you do when a patient presents with a torn meniscus? Torn labrum? Torn ligament or tendon? Or they are told to have their joint replaced?  What options do your patients have?</em>\r\n\r\n<em> As both a medical physician and chiropractor, I understand their dilemma and might have a solution that helps your patients avoid unnecessary orthopedic surgeries and all the pitfalls that come with it. As a leader in the field of Regenerative Orthopedics, I can show you not only what can be done, but how it benefits you and your patients.  This lecture could change your patients’ lives and maybe even yours.</em>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nWe hope to see you there for this informative conference!\r\n\r\nIf you have questions, please feel free to <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">contact us at OrthoRegen.</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Non-Surgical Stem Cell, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy Treatments</h3>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics includes Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy. All of these treatments are natural non-surgical methods of assisting the body to heal weakened or injured joints, tendons and ligaments. With Regenerative Orthopedics, the weakened areas are injected with a solution that stimulates the growth of healthy, strong tissues. As the ligaments and tendons grow stronger and vibrant, joint function is improved, and the pain is alleviated.\r\n\r\n<em>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC, <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/about/the-athletic-doc/about-the-athletic-doc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic Doc<sup>®</sup></a>, is a world-renowned expert in the field of Regenerative Orthopedics (non-surgical joint and spine repair). <strong>He is one of a handful of physicians in the nation that is both a Medical Physician and a Chiropractor.</strong> This combination of degrees gives Dr. Fields a broad area of knowledge and expertise that benefits his patients.</em>','Regenerative Orthopedics Lecture on Zoom','','publish','open','closed','','regenerative-orthopedics-lecture','','','2022-05-28 03:55:49','2022-05-28 03:55:49','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1434',0,'post','',0),(1435,8,'2019-06-12 11:13:04','2019-06-12 11:13:04','<h2>Articles</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"#\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/health/mris-often-overused-often-mislead-doctors-warn.html\">N.Y. Times – On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/prolo-news/\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://fieldsmddc.blogspot.com/\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"#\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1003\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Man Knee Pain\" />\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Prolotherapy_lecture.pdf\">Download Dr. Fields Prolotherapy Lecture Today! 2/22/2009</a>','Download Dr. Fields Prolotherapy Lecture Today','','inherit','closed','closed','','1434-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:13:04','2019-06-12 11:13:04','',1434,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1434-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1436,8,'2019-06-12 11:13:34','2019-06-12 11:13:34','[caption id=\"attachment_2337\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"166\"]<img class=\" wp-image-2337\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stem-Cell-Doctor-Peter-Fields-MD-DC-1-315x500.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cell Doctor Peter Fields Md Dc\" width=\"166\" height=\"264\" /> Peter A. Fields, MD, DC[/caption]\r\n<h3><strong>Prolotherapy Treatment on KCAL/CBS by </strong><strong>Peter A. Fields, MD, DC </strong></h3>\r\nHave you ever seen a Prolotherapy Treatment? Watch it here. In this episode, the folks at <a href=\"https://losangeles.cbslocal.com\">KCAL/CBS</a> talk about Prolotherapy while Dr. Fields treats a patient with knee pain. Karen lived with knee pain for a long time after tearing her meniscus in a skiing accident. Prolotherapy treatments repaired her knee. She got rid of her pain too! And you can get rid of your joint pain because this non-surgical treatment actually repairs the source of the pain. Prolotherapy is extremely effective at joint repair and pain reduction. <a href=\"https://youtu.be/3JIY8OCt1FY\">Watch now! </a>\r\n\r\nIn this episode, KCAL 9 Los Angeles shows how a Prolotherapy can repair injured or painful joints. Do you have arthritis? If you do, you\'ll be happy to know that this popular technique reduces arthritis pain in many patients. And it treats other joint conditions as well. Pain causing tendonitis, bursitis, and other joint conditions are helped too!\r\n\r\nIs it surgery? No, a Prolotherapy treatment is a natural non-surgical method that assists the body to heal injured or weakened joints, ligaments, and tendons. And with Prolotherapy, the weakened areas are injected with a natural solution that stimulates the growth of healthy, strong tissues. Plus, as the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and vibrant, the pain is alleviated.\r\n\r\nThe repair is quick too. And after about two or three treatments, most people notice quite a difference. Then, after a few more treatments, people are back to full function. Why wait? Repair your joint, and get back doing life like you want to. Are you an athlete with a sports injury? We can help you too! Call us today at 310-453-1234.\r\n\r\nYou can read about Regenerative Orthopedics too. Click <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com\">here</a> to find out more.','Prolotherapy Treatment on KCAL/CBS','','publish','open','closed','','dr-fields-interviewed-on-kcal-cbs-about-prolotherapy','','','2020-10-12 18:07:05','2020-10-12 18:07:05','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1436',0,'post','',0),(1437,8,'2019-06-12 11:13:34','2019-06-12 11:13:34','[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=\"3JIY8OCt1FY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" anchor=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dr.-Fields-interviewed.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Fields Interviewed on KCAL/CBS About \'Prolotherapy\'\"]\r\n\r\n<strong> Dr. Fields Interviewed on KCAL/CBS About \'Prolotherapy\'</strong>','Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Prolotherapy\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','1436-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:13:34','2019-06-12 11:13:34','',1436,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1450,8,'2019-06-12 11:19:03','2019-06-12 11:19:03','<div id=\"specialistsInfo\">\r\n<h3>What To Ask When Looking for A Prolotherapist</h3>\r\n<div id=\"specialistsParagraph\">When looking for a Prolotherapist, you definitely want the physician to be experienced. OrthoRegen<sup>®</sup>, is grateful to have Peter A. Fields, MD, DC, an experienced physician dedicated to providing highly effective, individualized Regenerative Orthopedic treatment plans that relieve pain and help patients return to sports, work, and activities quickly and safely. If you are serious about receiving regenerative treatments from a physician who has many years of experience in repairing the joint injury, then OrthoRegen<sup>®</sup>, is for you!</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>When Looking for a Prolotherapist, Find Out How Much of the Practice Is Dedicated to <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>?</h3>\r\nFind out if Prolotherapy is really what they are experts at or is it something they do once in a while. At least 50% of the doctor’s practice should be Prolotherapy. And it\'s better if it is more.\r\n<h3>Find Out Whether the Physician Does Prolotherapy on Every Joint?</h3>\r\nIt is important to find out whether the physician treats the back, knees, shoulder, neck, ankle, feet, wrist, hand, and every other joint? Why or why not? Do they lack the confidence to treat every area? Do they lack training or experience?\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4818 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Honduras-2011-2-186x500.png\" alt=\"Honduras 2011\" width=\"186\" height=\"500\" />\r\n<h3>Where Did the Physician Learn Their <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> Skills?</h3>\r\nHow did the Prolotherapist learn their skills? And do they take continuing education in it on a regular basis? It also helps to know whether the Prolotherapist instructs others on how to do it. Peter A. Fields, MD, DC continues to teach other doctors on an ongoing basis and gives seminars on Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n<h3><strong>I\'m Looking for a Prolotherapist, Can You Give Me a Local Referral from a Physician Who does the Treatments You Do?</strong></h3>\r\nSome people may ask us for a referral to someone closer to them. Unfortunately, we do not have specific referrals for outside of our office, especially if we have not seen someone for an exam and to thoroughly review their case, imaging, and other factors important when doing a detailed exam. We understand that it is not feasible for all patients to come here.  Hopefully, the information we share in our articles can at least help people to learn more about the possible reason for their symptoms.\r\n\r\nWe do try to help educate people and provide information that would help build the understanding about Prolotherapy and the other forms of Regenerative Orthopedics, and how these treatments might be a consideration for various conditions. But keep in mind that every Prolotherapist is different, just like with any medical specialty. We simply do not know everyone who practices or what types of cases their office accepts.\r\n\r\nWe would love for you to choose Peter A. Fields, MD, DC and OrthoRegen.<sup>®      </sup>However, if you need to choose someone closer, we suggest that you speak in detail with the team and/or provider whom you are considering seeing. If the location of a medical provider is most important to you, Google may be a good place to start. And if you do find someone near you, contact them about their experience with your condition and determine if you feel they might be a good fit for your case.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','What to Ask When Looking for a Prolotherapist','','publish','open','closed','','what-to-ask-when-looking-for-a-prolotherapist','','','2021-08-05 20:57:04','2021-08-05 20:57:04','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1450',0,'post','',0),(1451,8,'2019-06-12 11:19:03','2019-06-12 11:19:03','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fully_body_joints.jpg\" alt=\"Fully Body Joints\" width=\"200\" height=\"376\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-712\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>What to Ask When Looking for a Prolotherapist</h4>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>How much of the practice is dedicated to <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>? At least 50% of the doctor’s practice should be Prolotherapy and better if it is more.</li>\r\n 	<li>Does the doctor do Prolotherapy on every joint (back, knee’s shoulder, neck, ankle, feet, wrist, hand, etc)? If not, then ask why.</li>\r\n 	<li>Does the doctor do the Prolotherapy himself? Only a skilled, trained MD or DO should be doing the injections; not an assistant or mid-level practitioner (PA, Nurse Practitioner, etc).</li>\r\n 	<li>Where did the doctor learn their <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> skills? And do they take continuing education in it on a regular basis. Better yet if the doctor instructs others how to do it.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a class = \"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n','What to Ask When Looking for a Prolotherapist','','inherit','closed','closed','','1450-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:19:03','2019-06-12 11:19:03','',1450,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1450-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1452,8,'2019-06-12 11:19:46','2019-06-12 11:19:46','<h2>Staying Out of the Hospital and Avoiding Surgery with Regenerative Orthopedics</h2>\r\nMost of us are doing everything we can to stay out of the hospital during this pandemic age. Who would blame us?! So, we do everything we can think of to keep going and keep moving, even if we are hurting. And those who have an injured joint, who still want to exercise, may choose bicycling instead of running, or swimming instead of hiking. That way, they can still keep exercising since there is less stress on the joint and less pain with the different activities.\r\n\r\nAnd we may also try over-the-counter medications, rest, physical therapy, acupuncture, manipulation, and whatever else we can possibly find in an effort to get relief. But for some, that pain either never goes away, or it just keeps coming back.\r\n\r\n<strong>There is another way!</strong> Regenerative Orthopedics, like Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, is one of the best ways to get relief from your pain without hospitalization or the need for surgery.\r\n<h3>With Regenerative Orthopedics, There Is:</h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4538\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"527\"]<img class=\" wp-image-4538\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Avoid-the-hospital-1-500x466.png\" alt=\"Avoid The Hospital (1)\" width=\"527\" height=\"490\" /> <em>   Stay Out of The Hospital and Avoid Surgery with Regenerative Orthopedics</em>[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>No Hospitalization               </strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>No Surgery</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>No Steroids</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>No Drugs Just to Mask Painful Symptoms</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>No General Anesthesia</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3><strong>Plus, With Regenerative Orthopedics, You Get:</strong></h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Regeneration of Injured Soft Tissue</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Joint Repair</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>No Down Time</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Faster Recovery</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Pain Relief</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>1. No Hospitalization with Regenerative Orthopedics:</h3>\r\nAt OrthoRegen, we see you and treat you in our medical clinic. <strong>There is no need to go to a hospital! </strong>\r\n\r\nPlus, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC is dual degreed as both a<em> medical doctor <strong>and</strong> a chiropractor.</em> And his practice is exclusively Regenerative Orthopedics. That means you get a very experienced practitioner and a leader in regenerative medicine.\r\n\r\nAs a medical doctor with years of experience in regenerative medicine, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC will seek out the best natural medicine solution and perform the optimal type of regenerative therapy for you. And that means you get the treatment that\'s right for you and the best treatment possible to repair your joint quickly. And all of these regenerative therapies are available right in our clinic. As a chiropractor, Dr. Fields understands how the joints work. So, you don\'t have to step into the hospital for what is often unnecessary testing. Sure, if further testing is deemed necessary, they can be prescribed. But a chiropractor\'s familiarity with the joints and referral pain makes imaging less necessary.\r\n\r\nIn most cases, Regenerative Orthopedics is effective at eliminating joint<a href=\"/Chronic-Pain\"> pain</a> due to ligament and tendon injury 80 to 90 percent of the time. That\'s a high rate of success! Plus, all of these regenerative techniques help to stimulate the body’s ability to repair...naturally.\r\n<h3>2. No Surgery Is Needed with Regenerative Orthopedics:</h3>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is an in-office injection treatment that both research and medical studies have shown to be an effective, trustworthy, reliable alternative to surgical treatments. We see so many patients in our clinic who are looking to avoid surgery. We are accustomed to that! And we see amazing results. In our opinion, Regenerative Orthopedics is superior to many other treatments in relieving chronic joint and spine pain. Plus, and most importantly, you get back to a happy and active lifestyle without the need for surgery.\r\n\r\n<strong>Regenerative Orthopedics is:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A viable <strong>alternative to surgery</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>A safe and affordable option</strong> that allows you to keep working and/or training during treatment.</li>\r\n 	<li>Typically the best treatment to <strong>stabilize and repair injured ligaments and tendons</strong>. Plus, multiple joints and structures can be treated with each visit.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Reparative</strong> in nature. Instead of cutting and removing, it will regenerate and repair the joint.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3><strong>3. No Steroids or Cortisone Are Used in Regenerative Orthopedics:</strong></h3>\r\nFirst of all, why is this a good thing? <strong>More and more research is pouring in on the detrimental effects of steroids or cortisone </strong><b>injections. Sure, cortisone shots may relieve your pain in the short-term. But they make the problem worse over the long haul.</b>\r\n\r\n<strong>Cortisone injections cause:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Cartilage destruction</li>\r\n 	<li>Cartilage surface deterioration</li>\r\n 	<li>Inhibition of new cartilage growth</li>\r\n 	<li>A decrease in <strong>protein and matrix synthesis</strong> (which refers to the nutrient and healing bed the cells grow in)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4><em>What do the studies show?</em></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Mayo Clinic</strong> says cortisone may hinder the native stem cells in cartilage. \"Studies have shown the deleterious effects of corticosteroids on chondrocytes, suggesting a potentiation of degenerative joint disease.\" And, \"Corticosteroids frequently are used by physicians to reduce inflammation in patients with musculoskeletal disorders, but these agents may hinder MSCs\' innate regenerative capacity in exchange for temporary analgesia.\" <strong>What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)?</strong> They are the building blocks of cartilage and other musculoskeletal tissue. And cortisone threatens their ability to build and repair in exchange for temporary pain relief.1</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h4><em>Many Physicians Routinely Use Cortisone When It Is Damaging to the Joint. We Do Not!</em></h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Another study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine revealed that \"The combination of methylprednisolone and lidocaine was toxic, with virtually no cells surviving after treatment. In addition, methylprednisolone did not mitigate the inflammatory effects of IL-1beta; rather, <strong>it further potentiated the chondrotoxicity.</strong>\"2</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSo we can see that intra-articular injections of corticosteroids are toxic to the joint even though they are widely used in clinical practice. The truth is – <strong>When injected into joints, corticosteroids trigger cartilage cell death!</strong> Plus, they also suppress healing by their innate mechanism of action, which suppresses the immune system and blocks inflammation.\r\n<h3>4. No Drugs Just to Mask or Chase Pain...Are Used in Regenerative Orthopedics:</h3>\r\nWe don\'t use addictive pain medications or other medications that just mask or chase the pain. In Regenerative Orthopedics, all of the therapies are natural treatment techniques. For example, the primary ingredient in the Prolotherapy injections is dextrose. This technique involves using the simple and safe base solution dextrose, which is given into and around the entire painful/injured area(s). Why treat the whole area? All of the affected areas are treated comprehensively, so you have the best results.\r\n\r\nIf Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is recommended, we use your own blood.  PRP is used for acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries. It is a great option to repair particular soft tissue injuries to help you avoid the pain, complications, and recovery time associated with various types of joint surgery. Your blood platelets contain potent growth factors that are exceptional at tissue repair. Again, <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/platelet-rich-plasma-treatments-and-prolotherapy/\">Platelet Rich Plasma</a> naturally accelerates the normal healing process. Plus, it results in tissue repair and the regeneration of weakened torn or damaged ligaments, tendons, and joints.\r\n\r\nWhen Stem Cell Therapy is recommended, we use the <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/stem-cell-treatment/\">Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy</a>. This is also a natural technique where we use all four kinds of Regenerative Orthopedics, including your own stem cells, to help you avoid invasive surgery. Many other clinics only use one or two of these procedures, but not all four.\r\n<h3>5. No General Anesthesia Is Used in Regenerative Orthopedics:</h3>\r\nAre you afraid of receiving general anesthesia? With Regenerative Orthopedics, it\'s not necessary! You not only stay out of the hospital and avoid surgery with Regenerative Orthopedics. But you avoid general anesthesia too! Surgery definitely has its risks. And general anesthesia adds to those risks. Especially for older people.\r\n\r\nA recent medical journal says, \"Postoperative mortality and complications after geriatric hip fracture surgery remain high despite efforts to improve perioperative care for these patients.\" And concludes, \"We found the use of general anesthesia and conversion from regional to general anesthesia were associated with a higher risk of mortality during the in-hospital stay compared with regional anesthetic techniques... We also found general anesthesia to be associated with a higher risk of all-cause readmission compared with regional.\"3\r\n\r\nIt is such a better idea to avoid general anesthesia completely. And you can do that with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n<h3>Regenerative Orthopedics Is Your Answer to Resolve Joint Pain Without Needing to Go To the Hospital</h3>\r\nAt OrthoRegen, we use a comprehensive approach and a variety of regenerative techniques. And each treatment is individualized according to your unique needs as a patient. The appropriate technique is recommended depending on you and what is required to produce the best healing results and repair.\r\n\r\nAre you experiencing pain and trying to stay out of the hospital? Would you like to avoid surgery too? Regenerative Orthopedics can be your non-surgical alternative. Contact us! We would be more than happy to give you a recommendation geared to getting you pain-free and back to the activities you love.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More, Contact Us Today! </a>\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is effective for sports injuries; back, neck, shoulder, knee, and other joint pain; tendonitis, arthritis, herniated disc, and headaches. Plus, if the injury involves a tendon or ligament, chances are Regenerative Orthopedics will help.\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n1Wyles, Cody C., et al. \"Differential cytotoxicity of corticosteroids on human mesenchymal stem cells.\" <i>Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®</i> 473.3 (2015): 1155-1164.\r\n\r\n2Seshadri, Venkat, Christian H. Coyle, and Constance R. Chu. \"Lidocaine potentiates the chondrotoxicity of methylprednisolone.\" <i>Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic &amp; Related Surgery</i> 25.4 (2009): 337-347.\r\n\r\n3Desai, Vimal, et al. \"Is anesthesia technique associated with a higher risk of mortality or complications within 90 days of surgery for geriatric patients with hip fractures?.\" <i>Clinical orthopaedics and related research</i> 476.6 (2018): 1178.','Staying Out of the Hospital and Avoiding Surgery with Regenerative Orthopedics','','publish','open','closed','','staying-out-of-the-hospital-and-avoiding-surgery-with-regenerative-orthopedics','','','2021-03-12 03:07:21','2021-03-12 03:07:21','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1452',0,'post','',0),(1453,8,'2019-06-12 11:19:46','2019-06-12 11:19:46','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/knee-pain.jpg\" alt=\"Knee Pain\" width=\"200\" height=\"233\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1075\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Chronic Pain or Injuries? Prolotherapy Might be the Answer</h4>\r\nMany of us have aches or pains that just won’t go away no matter what we do. Medications, rest, physical therapy, acupuncture, manipulation, etc. Somehow that pain either never goes away or just keeps coming back. But one thing many of us have not tried is <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy is a technique that helps to stimulate the body’s ability to repair a painful area when the natural healing process is not enough. In most cases Prolotherapy is effective at eliminating <a href=\"/Chronic-Pain\">chronic pain</a> due to ligament and tendon weakness 80 to 90 percent of the time.\r\n\r\nYou might wonder why you still have pain in an injured area or why that area remains weak, even after a healing period of weeks, months or years. The answer lies in the fact that both ligaments and tendons have very poor circulation. These areas may have little or no blood flow, but they have lots of nerves. When they become weak, nerves around the ligaments and tendons become stretched and irritated which produces pain.\r\n\r\n<a class = \"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> involves the injection of a solution that causes an inflammatory response which stimulates the healing process. This results in a stronger or larger tendon or ligament that can hold body structures in place more effectively. The weakened area heals, and the patient\'s pain is reduced or eliminated. It is also an excellent alternative to cortisone injections, which long term studies have shown to actually weaken tissue.\r\n\r\nMost patients require about 6 treatments to restore function and relieve pain. The treatments are usually given at about 3 week intervals.\r\n\r\nIn addition to sports injuries, Prolotherapy is effective in back &amp; neck, shoulder, knee, and other joint pain; tendonitis, arthritis, herniated disc and headaches. If it involves a tendon or ligament, chances are prolotherapy will help.\r\n','Chronic Pain or Injuries? Prolotherapy Might be the Answer','','inherit','closed','closed','','1452-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:19:46','2019-06-12 11:19:46','',1452,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1452-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1454,8,'2019-06-12 11:20:30','2019-06-12 11:20:30','<h2>Prolotherapy: Is It For You?</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4513\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"390\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4513\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dextrose-Prolotherapy-1-copy-500x500.png\" alt=\"Dextrose Prolotherapy\" width=\"390\" height=\"390\" /> <em><strong>Dextrose Prolotherapy: Repair Your Joint Non-Surgically!</strong></em><br /><br />[/caption]\r\n\r\nDextrose Prolotherapy is a natural and effective treatment to strengthen specific joint and spine areas and eliminate the pain. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful area and starts developing new healthy, strong tissue. One’s body – and their own immune system – proliferates the tissue.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy is performed as an in-office injection procedure. And research has shown the treatment to be effective, trustworthy, and reliable. In many cases, it can be used as an alternative to surgical treatments. And Prolotherapy is often superior to other treatments because it gets to the root of the problem. This regenerative therapy relieves chronic joint and spine pain problems by getting to the source of the pain. The result? You can get back to your active lifestyle.\r\n<h3>What Can I Expect From Dextrose Prolotherapy at OrthoRegen?</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>In our clinic, we offer Comprehensive Prolotherapy. By using this Prolotherapy technique, it means that all of the affected soft tissue areas of the joint are treated for the best possible repair and outcome. (Platelet Rich Plasma and/or Stem Cell Therapy may be recommended in more serious joint degeneration cases. And at OrthoRegen, we use the Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy. Find out more about why the <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/stem-cell-therapy-at-orthoregen-why-we-are-different/\">Gold Standard in Stem Cell Therapy</a> is different by clicking <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/stem-cell-therapy-at-orthoregen-why-we-are-different/\">here</a>.)</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Regenerative Prolotherapy injection treatments </strong>treat joint and spine pain by repairing damaged and weakened ligaments and tendons.</li>\r\n 	<li>Dextrose Prolotherapy is a viable <strong>alternative to surgery</strong>, <strong>cortisone,</strong> and other steroidal injections.</li>\r\n 	<li>Prolotherapy is a <strong>safe, affordable option</strong> that allows you to keep working and remain active.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>The Comprehensive Prolotherapy difference:</strong> It is typically best to treat <strong>all or most</strong> of the ligaments of an injured and unstable joint, especially when the surrounding structures are painful.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>What makes an ideal <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> candidate?</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The presence of ligament or tendon pain</li>\r\n 	<li>A desire to get better and follow the necessary treatment plan</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintaining a positive mental outlook and minimizing stress.</li>\r\n 	<li>Following a healthy diet is recommended.</li>\r\n 	<li>Doing your best to optimize your immune system.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More, Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n<h2><strong>What Does the Research Say About Prolotherapy?</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A May 2020 study in the<strong> <em>Annals of Family Medicine</em></strong> made the following statement about their research findings:<em>“Intra-articular dextrose prolotherapy injections reduced pain, improved function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared with blinded saline injections.</em> The procedure is straightforward and safe; the adherence and satisfaction were high.”1</li>\r\n 	<li>Another May study published in <strong><em>The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine</em></strong> said, <em>“These findings suggest that dextrose prolotherapy is effective at reducing pain and improving the functional status and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis.</em>\"2</li>\r\n 	<li>In January 2019, a research article about Dextrose <span class=\"highlight\">Prolotherapy</span> for Symptomatic <span class=\"highlight\">Knee</span> Osteoarthritis in the <em><strong>Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine</strong> </em>concluded, <em>“These data suggest that prolotherapy in this primary care clinic is feasible and acceptable.\" 3 </em></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Choose A Natural, Non-Surgical Method: Prolotherapy</h3>\r\nProlotherapy treatments are a natural non-surgical method that assists the body in healing injured or weakened joints, ligaments, and tendons. With Dextrose Prolotherapy, the weakened areas of the joint become stronger. As the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and vibrant, the pain is alleviated, and motion is restored.\r\n\r\nDon\'t wait any longer. Call <a href=\"tel:+310-453-1234\"><span class=\"wsm_phone\">310-453-1234</span></a> today for a free phone consultation with Dr. Peter Fields to see if Prolotherapy treatment can get you pain-free and ‘back in the game’ or help you resume your normal lifestyle. You can also <a href=\"/contact/\">contact Dr. Fields’ office</a> to set up an in-person consultation.\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n1 Shan Sit RW, Keung Wu RW, Rabago D, et al. <a href=\"https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/3/235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Efficacy of Intra-Articular Hypertonic Dextrose (Prolotherapy) for Knee Osteoarthritis</a>: A Randomized Controlled Trial. <i>Ann Fam Med</i>. 2020;18(3):235‐242. doi:10.1370/afm.2520 [<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=11142953714076712894&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0,31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar</a>]\r\n\r\n2Sert AT, Sen EI, Esmaeilzadeh S, Ozcan E. <a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32223554/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Effects of Dextrose Prolotherapy in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Study</a>. <i>J Altern Complement Med</i>. 2020;26(5):409‐417. doi:10.1089/acm.2019.0335 [<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=4570911058763587373&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0,31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar</a>]\r\n\r\nRabago D, Kansariwala I, Marshall D, Nourani B, Stiffler-Joachim M, Heiderscheit B. <a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30688517/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dextrose Prolotherapy for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis</a>: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Patient-Oriented Outcomes in a Pilot-Level Quality Improvement Project. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2019 Jan 28. [<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=14882716272312898995&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0,31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar</a>]','Dextrose Prolotherapy - Is It For You','','publish','open','closed','','dextrose-prolotherapy-is-it-for-you','','','2021-02-16 23:44:38','2021-02-16 23:44:38','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1454',0,'post','',0),(1455,8,'2019-06-12 11:20:30','2019-06-12 11:20:30','<h4>Articles</h4>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woman-smiling.jpg\" alt=\"Woman Smiling\" width=\"200\" height=\"184\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1078\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Prolotherapy - Is It For You</h4>\r\nProlotherapy is a natural and effective treatment to strengthen specific areas and eliminate the pain. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful area and starts the growth of new healthy, strong tissue. One’s body – and their own immune system – proliferates the tissue.\r\n\r\nWhat makes an ideal <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> candidate:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Ligament or tendon pain</li>\r\n 	<li>Desire to get better and follow a treatment plan</li>\r\n 	<li>Positive mental outlook</li>\r\n 	<li>Healthy diet</li>\r\n 	<li>Strong immune system</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a class = \"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n\r\nArthritis and Fibromyalgia\r\nArthritis and Fibromyalgia sufferers have some or all of their pain or from ligament and tendon injury. When the underlying ligaments and tendons are weak, the muscles spasm to stabilize the joints, and pain occurs as is the case in Fibromyalgia. The same can be said for arthritis except the body is stabilizing the joints by the overgrowth of bone.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> works by causing a strengthening of ligaments which allows the stabilizing of joints. When this happens, the muscle spasms are stopped (as in Fibromyalgia) or the need for the body to overgrow bones (as in arthritis).\r\n','Prolotherapy - Is It For You','','inherit','closed','closed','','1454-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:20:30','2019-06-12 11:20:30','',1454,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1454-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1457,8,'2019-06-12 11:21:37','2019-06-12 11:21:37','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4837\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4837 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rotator-Cuff-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"Rotator Cuff\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /> <strong>      Prolotherapy is effective for chronic rotator cuff pain</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h1><strong>Rotator Cuff Injuries: Tears, Impingement, and Tendonitis </strong></h1>\r\nRotator cuff injuries are prevalent. Most of us have heard about rotator cuff tears and even impingement syndromes. We have probably seen and heard about them in the news. We often hear about professional athletes taken out of the game and possibly facing surgery. But these injuries affect the general public too!\r\n\r\nRotator cuff injuries are so common that they affect about a quarter of the population over 50 years of age.1 Many people are opting for surgery to fix their injury. The numbers of surgical repairs are going up and up! In some locations, surgeries are doubling in number, and particular surgeries, like arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, have increased by 353%. 2,3 But are all of these surgeries really necessary? Especially considering the economic costs, the time needed for rehabilitation, and other personal risks!\r\n<h3>Non-Surgical Options for Rotator Cuff Injuries</h3>\r\nIn so many rotator cuff injury cases, Regenerative Orthopedic techniques, like Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, can be used to repair the shoulder. Plus, these treatments effectively repair the injury without the need for surgery. Regenerative Orthopedics has many advantages over surgery. First and foremost, it gets to the root cause of the problem. What do we mean by that? Rotator cuff injuries affect the tendon and ligaments of the shoulder. And treatments like Prolotherapy are especially effective at healing soft tissue like tendons and ligaments.\r\n\r\nBesides, Regenerative Orthopedic options require much less rehabilitation time. They also help you avoid the risks associated with rotator cuff surgery, such as frozen shoulder, deep infection, and dislocation. And many patients who develop these complications also end up needing a second surgical procedure.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4483\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4483\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/rotator-cuff-problem-400x500.png\" alt=\"Rotator Cuff Injuries\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" /> <em><strong>       Rotator Cuff Injuries Affect Your Sleep Too!</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n<h3>Who Is At Risk for Rotator Cuff Injuries?</h3>\r\nAs mentioned previously, many people are at risk for rotator cuff injuries. Among athletes, these injuries are more common with pitchers, tennis players, swimmers, and any sport that involves a throwing motion or repeated over-the-head movements. Non-athletes who repeatedly use overhead movements are also at increased risk for rotator cuff injuries. For example, rotator cuff tendinitis occurs when the rotator cuff\'s small muscles become strained, causing weakness of these structures and subsequent tendonitis. Left untreated, a chronic condition of tendinosis can develop.\r\n<h4><em>Impingement Syndrome</em></h4>\r\nAnother shoulder condition involving the rotator cuff is impingement syndrome. This condition occurs when the <a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News/Stem-Cell-Therapy-For-Rotator-Cuff-Injuries\">rotator cuff</a> tendon becomes pinched between the head of the humerus and the acromion process during the arm\'s motion raised above the head. This happens because the space gets narrowed, as occurs when the rotator cuff muscles weaken, and the humeral head rides high in the socket.\r\n\r\nImpingement can also ensue when bone spurs and calcium deposits narrow the space. Impingement also occurs when the contents of the subacromial space increase in size. This is most often due to a swollen rotator cuff tendon or bursa, which is painfully squeezed between the humeral head and the acromion process.\r\n<h3>Common Treatments for Rotator Cuff Injuries</h3>\r\nTreatment for rotator cuff injuries usually includes rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), physical therapy, and cortisone injections. Cortisone has a substantial anti-inflammatory property, reducing the tendon and bursa\'s swelling and relieving the symptoms. Unfortunately, cortisone has also been found to lead to degeneration of the soft tissue eventually. It\'s so much better to regenerate the joint. And you can get regenerative results with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n\r\nMany common treatments only provide temporary help. That\'s because the underlying cause is not addressed, and the problem usually returns. Degenerative fraying and tearing of the tendon may occur when the tendon is allowed to be in a constant state of irritation over time. Non-Surgical Regenerative Orthopedics is a great way to address the underlying tendon and ligament injuries and repair all of the involved soft tissue. The result is a re-strengthening of the rotator cuff, an improved shoulder joint, and an excellent chance for a full recovery and performance.\r\n<h3><a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More, Contact Us Today! It\'s free</a></h3>\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n1Blitzer Charles, M. \"Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic &amp; Related Surgery.\" <i>The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery</i> 9.4 (1993): 414-416.\r\n\r\n2Iyengar, Jaicharan J., et al. \"Current trends in rotator cuff repair: surgical technique, setting, and cost.\" <i>Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic &amp; Related Surgery</i> 30.3 (2014): 284-288.\r\n\r\n3Traven, Sophia A., et al. \"The 5-factor modified frailty index predicts complications, hospital admission, and mortality following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.\" <i>Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic &amp; Related Surgery</i> 36.2 (2020): 383-388.\r\n\r\nWant more information about treating Rotator Cuff injuries? Click <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/regenerative-orthopedics/stop-shoulder-pain-from-rotator-cuff-and-other-shoulder-injuries/\">here</a> to read our article called, <a href=\"http://Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff and Other Shoulder Injuries\">\"Stop Shoulder Pain from Rotator Cuff and Other Shoulder Injuries.\"</a>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n&nbsp;','Rotator Cuff Injuries: Tears, Impingement, and Tendonitis','','publish','open','closed','','rotator-cuff-injuries','','','2021-08-26 22:19:18','2021-08-26 22:19:18','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1457',0,'post','',0),(1458,8,'2019-06-12 11:21:37','2019-06-12 11:21:37','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shoulder-joint-pain.jpg\" alt=\"Shoulder Joint Pain\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1081\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Prolotherapy for Shoulder</h4>\r\n\r\nRotator cuff tears, AC joint separations, sprained or strained shoulders, unstable joint, impingement syndromes all are all well known injuries in shoulders.\r\n\r\nThis is because shoulder problems are common with both recreational and more serious athletes. Each of these injuries, and more, can be effectively treated with <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>. Prolotherapy has many advantages over surgery, which first and foremost is the fact that it gets at the root cause of the athlete\'s problem, which is tendon or ligament weakness. It also has less rehabilitation time, costs less, and avoids the flaws associated with rotator cuff surgery.\r\n\r\nA study done at the Mayo Clinic in 1997 reported a complication rate of 38 percent in shoulders undergoing rotator cuff repair. In order of frequency, the complications of the surgery were frozen shoulder, deep infection, and dislocation. Many of these patients who developed frozen shoulder needed a second surgical procedure to remove the adhesions.\r\n\r\n<a class = \"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s free</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rotator Cuff Impingement and Tendonitis</strong>\r\n\r\nAll athletes are affected by this but it is even more common with pitchers, tennis players, swimmers and any sport that involves a throwing motion. Rotator cuff tendinitis occurs when the small muscles of the rotator cuff become strained causing weakness of these structures and subsequent tendinitis.\r\n\r\nImpingement syndrome occurs when the <a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News/Stem-Cell-Therapy-For-Rotator-Cuff-Injuries\">rotator cuff</a> tendon becomes pinched between the head of the humerus and the acromion process when the arm is raised above the head. This happens because the space gets narrowed, as occurs when the rotator cuff muscles weaken and the humeral head rides high in the socket or when bone spurs and calcium deposits narrow the space. Impingement also occurs when the contents of the subacromial space increase in size, most often due to a swollen rotator cuff tendon or bursa, which is painfully squeezed between the humeral head and the acromion process.\r\n\r\nTreatment for the above usually includes rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), physical therapy, and cortisone injections. Cortisone has a strong anti-inflammatory property, so it may reduce the swelling in the tendon and bursa, relieving the symptoms. Most of the time, these treatments may temporarily help. But since the underlying cause has not been addressed the problem usually returns. Degenerative fraying and tearing of the tendon may occur if constant irritation of the tendon occurs over time. The way to treat this process is with <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>. This, combined with gradual re-strengthening of the rotator cuff muscles, give an excellent chance for a full recovery and performance.\r\n','Prolotherapy for Shoulder','','inherit','closed','closed','','1457-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:21:37','2019-06-12 11:21:37','',1457,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1457-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1459,8,'2019-06-12 11:22:07','2019-06-12 11:22:07','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cortisone - Is it Really Good for You?</h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1084\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"380\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1084 \" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/older-man-pain.jpg\" alt=\"Cortisone Injections\" width=\"380\" height=\"571\" /> <em><strong>Cortisone-Is It Really Good for You?</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMany people get cortisone injections to help with knee pain, hip pain, or pain in another joint. If it helps with pain, then it must be right for you. <em>But is cortisone really good for you?</em> Not really. Sure, cortisone may help to alleviate pain temporarily. But what is the trade-off?\r\n<h3>Cortisone Weakens the Ligament-bone Junction</h3>\r\nIf the goal is to weaken your ligament-bone junction eventually, then cortisone just may do that. And of course, that is not what anyone wants. But studies \"suggest that negative structural outcomes including accelerated osteoarthritis progression, subchondral insufficiency fracture, complications of pre-existing osteonecrosis, and rapid joint destruction (including bone loss) may be observed in patients who received intra-articular corticosteroid injections.\"1  Cortisone and other steroid injections, unfortunately, have detrimental effects on articular cartilage. And eventually, the result is a weakened joint and the development of a degenerated joint.\r\n<h3>How Do Cortisone Injections Adversely Affect the Joint?</h3>\r\nCortisone injections inhibit the synthesis of proteins, collagen, and proteoglycans in articular cartilage, by inhibiting chondrocyte production, the cells that comprise and produce the articular cartilage. The net catabolic (breakdown) effect of steroids is inhibition of fibroblast production of collagen, ground substance, and new blood vessel formation. The result is weakened synovial joints, supporting structures, articular cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. <em><strong>This weakness increases the pain...and the increased pain leads to more steroid injections.</strong></em>\r\n<h3>Cortisone Leads to Weakness of the Fibro-osseous Junction of the Joint</h3>\r\nSteroids also limit calcium absorption by the gastrointestinal tract, inactivate <a href=\"/Articles/Health-News/Vitamin-D-Its-Not-Just-For-Bones-Anymore\">vitamin D</a> and increase the urinary excretion of calcium. Bone also shows a decrease in calcium uptake with cortisone use, ultimately leading to weakness at the fibro-osseous junction. Corticosteroids also inhibit the release of growth hormone, which further decreases soft tissue and bone repair. Ultimately, corticosteroids lead to a decrease in bone, ligament, and tendon strength.\r\n\r\nAlthough anti-inflammatory medications and steroid injections reduce pain, they do so at the cost of destroying tissue. In one study, some joints were injected only one time. Even after one steroid injection, cartilage remained biochemically and metabolically impaired. Other studies have confirmed similar harmful effects of steroids on joint and cartilage tissue. A cortisone shot can permanently damage joints.\r\n<h3>If Cortisone Weakens My Joint, Then What Other Option Do I Have?</h3>\r\nCortisone does degenerate joints. But these injections are not your only option. Fortunately, there are other injections that are regenerative in nature. Regenerative Orthopedic options, like Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, actually encourage repair and regeneration of the joint. Regenerative injection alternative, like <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy, </a>  have the opposite effect of cortisone. They actually strengthen the joints, ligaments, and tendons.\r\n<h3>What If I Need to Get Quick Relief?</h3>\r\nSome professional athletes and weekend warriors want quick relief. But the problem with choosing cortisone for quick relief, is that even though the athlete may get pain relief at the moment, it may be at the expense of a permanent inability to participate in athletics. Athletes often receive cortisone shots in order to play. They return to the playing field with an injury after getting a steroid injection to relieve the pain. Unfortunately, they cannot feel the pain anymore...so they play as if there was no injury. We know (see above) that the injury could not possibly be healed because of the tremendous anti-healing properties of cortisone. Thus, the athlete can further injure the joint while playing on an injury, plus can add to the problem by weakening the joint from the cortisone itself. The result of this choice is worsening of the already bad injury.\r\n\r\nBottom line- get a “quick fix” with steroid injections and set yourself up for further damage. Or fix your problem for good with <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>. The choice is yours.\r\n\r\nHave questions? <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Give us a call.</a> We\'d be happy to talk about your options.\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n1Guermazi, Ali, et al. \"Intra-articular corticosteroid injections for the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis-related pain: considerations and controversies with a focus on imaging—Radiology Scientific Expert Panel.\" <i>Radiology</i> 297.3 (2020): 503-512.\r\n\r\n2Jurgensmeier, Kevin, et al. \"Intra-articular Injections of the Hip and Knee With Triamcinolone vs Ketorolac: A Randomized Controlled Trial.\" <i>The Journal of Arthroplasty</i> (2020).','Cortisone - Is it Really Good for You?','','publish','open','closed','','cortisone-is-it-really-good-for-you','','','2021-01-29 23:06:42','2021-01-29 23:06:42','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1459',0,'post','',0),(1460,8,'2019-06-12 11:22:07','2019-06-12 11:22:07','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/older-man-pain.jpg\" alt=\"Older Man Pain\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1084\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Cortisone - Is it Really Good for You</h4>\r\n\r\nWant to weaken your ligament-bone junction – then get cortisone injected into that area. Cortisone and other steroid injections all have the same detrimental effects on articular cartilage.\r\n\r\nCorticosteroids (steroids), such as cortisone and Prednisone, have an adverse effect on bone and soft tissue healing. They inhibit the synthesis of proteins, collagen, and Proteoglycans in articular cartilage, by inhibiting chondrocyte production, the cells that comprise and produce the articular cartilage. The net catabolic (breakdown) effect of steroids is inhibition of fibroblast production of collagen, ground substance, and new blood vessel formation. The result is weakened synovial joints, supporting structures, articular cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. This weakness increases the pain and the increased pain leads to more steroid injections.\r\n\r\nSteroids also limit calcium absorption by the gastrointestinal tract, inactivate <a href=\"/Articles/Health-News/Vitamin-D-Its-Not-Just-For-Bones-Anymore\">vitamin D</a> and increasing the urinary excretion of calcium. Bone also shows a decrease in calcium uptake with cortisone use, ultimately leading to weakness at the fibro-osseous junction. Corticosteroids also inhibit the release of growth hormone, which further decreases soft tissue and bone repair. Ultimately, corticosteroids lead to a decrease in bone, ligament, and tendon strength.\r\n\r\nAlthough anti-inflammatory medications and steroid injections reduce pain, they do so at the cost of destroying tissue. In one study, some joints were injected only one time. Even after one steroid injection, cartilage remained biochemically and metabolically impaired. Other studies have confirmed similar harmful effects of steroids on joint and cartilage tissue. A cortisone shot can permanently damage joints. <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> has the opposite effect—it permanently strengthens joints, ligaments, and tendons.\r\n\r\nSome professional athletes and weekend warriors want quick relief. The problem with cortisone is that the athlete may get pain relief, but it may be at the expense of permanent inability to participate in athletics. Athletes often receive cortisone shots in order to play. They return to the playing field with an injury after getting a steroid injection to relieve the pain. Unfortunately, they cannot feel the pain anymore so they play as if there was no injury. We know (see above) that the injury could not possibly be healed because of the tremendous anti-healing properties of cortisone. Thus the athlete is further injured from the cortisone, as well as playing with an injury, thereby worsening the already bad injury.\r\n\r\nBottom line- get a “quick fix” with steroid injections and set yourself up for further damage. Or fix your Problem for good with <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>. The choice is yours.','Cortisone - Is it Really Good for You','','inherit','closed','closed','','1459-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:22:07','2019-06-12 11:22:07','',1459,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1459-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1461,8,'2019-06-12 11:22:59','2019-06-12 11:22:59','<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Persistent Joint Pain Putting a Damper on Your Style?</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3793\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"403\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3793\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pain.-OrthoRegen-Copy-500x500.png\" alt=\"Persistent Joint Pain\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" /> <strong>Persistent Joint Pain? Regenerative Orthopedics Gets You Back To Doing What You Love!</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMany of us have aches or pains that just won’t go away no matter what we do. Medications, rest, physical therapy, acupuncture, and manipulation just aren\'t doing the trick. Somehow that joint pain either never goes away or just keeps coming back. But have you tried Regenerative Orthopedics?\r\n<h3>What\'s Regenerative Orthopedics?</h3>\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is a technique that helps to stimulate the body’s ability to repair a painful area when the natural healing process isn\'t cutting it. <em><strong>In most cases, Regenerative Orthopedics is effective at eliminating persistent joint pain due to ligament and tendon weakness 80 to 90 percent of the time</strong></em>.\r\n<h3>Why Can\'t I Get Rid of This Joint Pain?</h3>\r\nYou might wonder why you still have pain in an injured area or why that area remains weak, even after a healing period of weeks, months, or years. The answer lies in the fact that both ligaments and tendons have very poor circulation. These areas may have little or no blood flow, <em><strong>but they have lots of nerves</strong></em>. When the structures that stabilize the joint become weak, the nerves around them (ligaments and tendons) become stretched and irritated. That produces pain.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics involves the injection of a solution that causes a healing response that stimulates the healing process. This results in a stronger tendon or ligament that can hold these joint structures in place more effectively.\r\n<h3>A Repaired Joint Is the Result</h3>\r\nThe weakened area heals, and the patient\'s pain is reduced or eliminated. It is also an excellent alternative to cortisone injections. Many doctors still recommend cortisone. That\'s unfortunate because long-term studies have shown cortisone to actually weaken tissue.\r\n\r\nMost patients require about 4-6 treatments to restore function and relieve pain. The treatments are usually given at about 3-week intervals.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/dextrose-prolotherapy/prolotherapy-treatment-overview/\">Regenerative Orthopedics</a> is effective for all types of persistent joint pain. It works for the neck, shoulder, knee, elbow, and other joints. Plus, this treatment can reduce or eliminate pain altogether for conditions like tendonitis, arthritis, herniated discs, and headaches.\r\n\r\nAnd if you have a sports injury, look no further than Regenerative Orthopedics. If the injury involves soft tissue, like a tendon or ligament, chances are Regenerative Orthopedics will help. Don\'t let joint pain keep you from doing the things you love!','Persistent Joint Pain? Try Regenerative Orthopedics','','publish','open','closed','','persistent-joint-pain-regenerative-orthopedics-may-be-the-answer','','','2020-10-12 18:02:54','2020-10-12 18:02:54','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1461',0,'post','',0),(1462,8,'2019-06-12 11:22:59','2019-06-12 11:22:59','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"m/Articles/Health-News\">Health News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"m/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woman-pain.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman Pain\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1088\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Chronic Pain? - Prolotherapy Maybe the Answer</h4>\r\nMany of us have aches or pains that just won’t go away no matter what we do. Medications, rest, physical therapy, acupuncture, manipulation, etc. Somehow that pain either never goes away or just keeps coming back. But one thing many of us have not tried is Prolotherapy.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> is a technique that helps to stimulate the body’s ability to repair a painful area when the natural healing process is not enough. In most cases Prolotherapy is effective at eliminating chronic pain due to ligament and tendon weakness 80 to 90 percent of the time.\r\n\r\nYou might wonder why you still have pain in an injured area or why that area remains weak, even after a healing period of weeks, months or years.  The answer lies in the fact that both ligaments and tendons have very poor circulation. These areas may have little or no blood flow, but they have lots of nerves.  When they become weak, nerves around the ligaments and tendons become stretched and irritated which produces pain.\r\n\r\nProlotherapy involves the injection of a solution that causes an inflammatory response which stimulates the healing process. This results in a stronger or larger tendon or ligament that can the hold body structures in place more effectively.\r\n\r\nThe weakened area heals, and the patient\'s pain is reduced or eliminated.\r\nIt is also an excellent alternative to cortisone injections, which long term studies have shown to actually weaken tissue.\r\n\r\nMost patients require about 6 treatments to restore function and relieve pain.\r\nThe treatments are usually given at about 3 week intervals.\r\n\r\nIn addition to chronic pain, <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a> is effective in back &amp; neck, shoulder, knee, and other joint pain; tendonitis, arthritis, herniated discs and headaches.\r\n\r\nAnd if you have a sports injury, look no further than Prolotherapy.\r\nIf it involves a tendon or ligament, chances are prolotherapy will help.','Chronic Pain? - Prolotherapy May be the Answer','','inherit','closed','closed','','1461-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:22:59','2019-06-12 11:22:59','',1461,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1461-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1463,8,'2019-06-12 11:23:47','2019-06-12 11:23:47','<h6></h6>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-3775 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Claire.-pro-triathlete-2-Copy-2-500x500.png\" alt=\"Claire. Pro Triathlete 2 Copy 2\" width=\"358\" height=\"358\" />\r\n\r\nMost orthopedic surgeries for joint pain do not require a quick decision. That is why they are called elective surgeries. The surgeon, the hospital, or you can choose whether or not to have them.\r\n\r\nRemember that once the surgery is done, it cannot be undone. Surgery also requires time off of work and rehabilitation time.\r\n\r\n<strong>Try Conservative Treatments First for Joint Pain</strong>\r\n\r\nBefore you rush into anything, consider your options. Begin with conservative treatments. Look into non-surgical therapies too.\r\n\r\n<strong>Regenerative Orthopedics Are Great Non-Surgical Alternatives</strong>\r\n\r\nNon-surgical alternatives, like Regenerative Orthopedics, are great treatments that are effective at repairing joint conditions that keep people from doing what they love. Even if you have seen an Orthopedic Surgeon, you should also see an experienced Regenerative Orthopedic physician for an evaluation.\r\n\r\nAre you suffering from arthritis joint pain? Regenerative Orthopedic treatments, like Stem Cell Therapy, PRP, and Prolotherapy, can stop joint pain without surgery. Studies show that these treatments are \"effective at reducing pain and improving the functional status and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis.\"<a href=\"https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2019.0335\">1</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Prolotherapy Has a Track Record of Reducing Joint Pain</strong>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nProlotherapy is one type of Regenerative Orthopedics used to treat painful joint conditions like arthritis. And it\'s not a new therapy either. Prolotherapy has been around since the 1950s and has been studied quite a bit. The treatment is still getting positive results in the studies. Researchers demonstrated once again just this year that Prolotherapy reduces pain and improves the quality of life of those who receive it.<a href=\"https://www.annfammed.org/content/annalsfm/18/3/235.full.pdf\">2</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nThe majority of patients do great and are at least 80-90% better.  Those are great results, especially considering that surgery is not required to achieve them! Less pain, more function, and no surgery.\r\n\r\nOnce the OrthoRegen<sup>®</sup> team lets you know you are a good candidate for Regenerative Orthopedics, the treatments can begin. Four or five treatments are generally required. Virtually no downtime is necessary. Plus, you don\'t have to have weeks of therapy. Regenerative Orthopedics helps you get back to the activities you love quickly!\r\n\r\nRemember that it is your body and you should feel comfortable with the decision on how to treat it.\r\nUltimately, the decision is yours.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n<blockquote>1 Sert, Alketa T., et al. \"The Effects of Dextrose Prolotherapy in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Study.\" The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 26.5 (2020): 409-417.\r\n\r\n2 Sit, Regina Wing Shan, et al. \"Efficacy of Intra-Articular Hypertonic Dextrose (Prolotherapy) for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.\" <i>The Annals of Family Medicine</i>18.3 (2020): 235-242.</blockquote>','Surgery for Joint Pain? Think Again!','','publish','open','closed','','joint-surgery-think-again-learn-about-prolotherapy','','','2020-06-30 20:35:47','2020-06-30 20:35:47','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1463',0,'post','',0),(1464,8,'2019-06-12 11:23:47','2019-06-12 11:23:47','<h6>Articles</h6>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Magazine-Column\">Magazine Column</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/NY-Times-On-MRIs-Overused\">N.Y. Times - On MRIs Overused</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News\">Prolo News</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Blog\">Blog</a></li>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"/Articles/Prolotherapy-Research\">Prolotherapy Research</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/joint-x-ray.jpeg\" alt=\"Joint X Ray\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1086\" />\r\n\r\n<h4>Joint Surgery? Think Again! Learn About Prolotherapy</h4>\r\n\r\nMost orthopedic surgeries usually do not require a quick decision. That is why they are called elective surgeries. The surgeon, the hospital or you can elect whether or not to have them. Remember that once surgery is done, there is no going back. Even if it does not work out as planned. And in addition to the surgery, there is rehabilitation time.\r\n\r\nSo, before you rush into anything, consider your options which should include <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>.\r\nEven if you have seen an Orthopedic Surgeon, you should also see an experienced Prolotherapist and have an evaluation.\r\n\r\n<a class= \"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">To Learn More Contact Us Today! It\'s Free</a>\r\n\r\nIf you are a good candidate for <a title=\"Prolotherapy\" href=\"/Prolotherapy/Dextrose-Prolotherapy\">Prolotherapy</a>, get four or five treatments. If this does not help, you will be no worse off. A general rule is that you should be at least 50% better after these treatments (usually you do not even need that many). Most patients do great and are at least 80-90% better with less pain and more function.\r\n\r\nRemember that it is your body and you should feel comfortable with the decision on how to treat it.\r\nUltimately, the decision is yours.','Joint Surgery? Think Again! Learn About Prolotherapy','','inherit','closed','closed','','1463-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 11:23:47','2019-06-12 11:23:47','',1463,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1463-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1468,8,'2022-12-02 06:01:39','2019-06-12 16:44:14',' ','','','publish','closed','closed','','1468','','','2022-12-02 06:01:39','2022-12-02 06:01:39','',30,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1468',63,'nav_menu_item','',0),(1469,8,'2019-06-12 16:45:48','2019-06-12 16:45:48','<h4>‘An adequate supply of antioxidant nutrients may have a beneficial role for healthy aging’, says study</h4>\r\n    \r\n	By Stephen DANIELLS 24-Sep-2015\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Antioxidants.jpg\" alt=\"Antioxidants\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1107\" />\r\n<strong>Specific sub-populations may benefit from antioxidant intakes to support healthy aging, with men particularly seen as an ‘at-risk’ group, says a new paper published in the <em><a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/09/15/aje.kwv105.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Journal of Epidemiology</a></em>.</strong>\r\n\r\nData from the Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals (SU.VI.MAX) Study (1994-2002) indicated that antioxidant supplements were associated with a “greater healthy aging probability” among men, but not women. The double-blind, placebo-controlled SU.VI.MAX study involved long term supplementation with vitamin C (120 mg), beta-carotene (6 mg), vitamin E (30 mg), selenium (100 ug), and zinc (20 mg).\r\n\r\n<em>“To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to investigate the relationship between antioxidant supplements and a multidimensional measure of healthy aging,”</em> wrote the researchers, led by Karen Assmann from the Université Paris 13 in France.\r\n\r\n<em>“Our stratified analyses indicate that, while an overall beneficial association of a supplementation with combined antioxidant vitamins and minerals at moderate doses may not exist, specific subpopulations could benefit from antioxidant treatment. Yet, our subgroup analyses were of exploratory nature and thus have to be interpreted with caution. To verify our findings, further randomized controlled trials targeting populations at risk with a low baseline antioxidant status would be needed. According to our data, men may be such an ‘at risk’ group.”</em>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxidative stress and aging</strong>\r\nWhile oxidative stress has been a focus for the underlying biological mechanisms of aging and declines in health as we age, intervention trials using dietary supplements have often yielded conflicting results.\r\nThe medical community and the mainstream media are often quick to cite a controversial meta-analyses by Bjelakovic <em>et al</em>. in the <em>Journal of the American Medical Association</em> (2007, Vol. 297, pp. 842-857) which concluded that vitamins A and E, and beta-carotene may increase mortality risk by up to 16%.\r\n\r\nHowever, that data was re-analyzed by a team of internationally renowned antioxidant scientists in 2010 which arrived at a different set of conclusions. This re-analysis, published in <em><a href=\"http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Antioxidants-don-t-boost-mortality-risk-says-meta-analysis-re-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nutrients</a></em>, found that 36% of the trials showed a positive outcome or that the antioxidant supplements were beneficial, 60% had a null outcome, while only 4% found negative outcome.\r\n\r\nThere are also several meta-analyses of RCTs that contrast with the work done by Bjelakovic et al., which found no effect on all-cause mortality for vitamin E supplements, including Berry et al (<em>Clin Trials</em> 2009, Vol. 6, pp. 28-41), Abner et al, (<em>Curr Aging</em> Sci 2011, Vol. 4, pp. 158-170), Curtis et al, (<em>Cardiovasc Drugs Ther</em>, 2014, Vol. 28, pp. 563-573), and Jiang et al (<em>J Nutr Sci Vitaminol</em>, 2014, Vol. 60, pp. 194-205).\r\n\r\nIt should also be noted that the 10-year PHS II RCT did not find any adverse outcomes for vitamin E (Wang et al., <em>Am J Clin Nutr</em> 2014, Vol. 100, pp. 915-23).\r\n\r\nOn the positive side, data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study published in 2012 also indicated that users of antioxidant vitamin supplements may be associated with a 48% reduction in the risk of cancer mortality and a 42% reduction in the risk of ‘all-cause mortality’ over 11 years of study (<em><a href=\"http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00394-011-0224-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Journal of Nutrition</a>, Vol. 51, pp 407-413</em>).\r\n\r\n<strong>New data</strong>\r\nData from the SU.VI.MAX study adds to the body of literature around this subject, finding that, for the whole study population of 3,966 participants with a mean age of 65.3, no significant benefits were observed.\r\n\r\nNo significant benefits were observed for women, either, said Assmann and her co-workers.\r\n\r\nFor men, however, antioxidant supplementation was associated with a higher probability of healthy aging, they said.\r\n\r\nOther subgroups also exhibited beneficial effects from the supplements: In men and women with low vitamin C levels at the start of the study; in men with low zinc levels at the start of the study; and in men with low fruit and vegetable intakes at the start of the study (fewer than five portions per day).\r\n\r\n<em>“The effect of supplementation appeared to be stronger among women with low vitamin C concentrations than among men with low serum vitamin C,”</em> they wrote. <em>“Yet, as only few women had vitamin C concentrations below the 25th percentile, statistical power was low, and no significant results were observed. It is possible that the sex specificity of our findings is partly explained by sex differences in the prevalence of low baseline vitamin C concentrations in our sample; that is, if as many women as men in our sample would have had low vitamin C concentrations at baseline, there may have been a more pronounced overall effect of supplementation among women. However, there may be additional underlying factors.”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>“Altogether, our results support the importance of a well-balanced intake of antioxidant nutrients at nutritional doses (as can be supplied by a diversified and adequate fruit and vegetable intake) for preserving overall health in the course of aging.”</em>\r\nSource: <em><a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/09/15/aje.kwv105.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Journal of Epidemiology</a></em><br>\r\nPublished online ahead of print, doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv105<br>\r\n<em>\r\n“Healthy Aging 5 Years After a Period of Daily Supplementation With Antioxidant Nutrients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the French Randomized Trial SU.VI.MAX”</em><br>\r\nAuthors: K.E. Assmann, V.A. Andreeva, C. Jeandel, S. Hercberg, P. Galan, E. Kesse-Guyot\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/An-adequate-supply-of-antioxidant-nutrients-may-have-a-beneficial-role-for-healthy-aging-says-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/An-adequate-supply-of-antioxidant-nutrients-may-have-a-beneficial-role-for-healthy-aging-says-study</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','An adequate supply of antioxidant nutrients','','publish','open','closed','','an-adequate-supply-of-antioxidant-nutrients','','','2019-06-12 16:45:48','2019-06-12 16:45:48','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1469',0,'post','',0),(1470,8,'2019-06-12 16:45:48','2019-06-12 16:45:48','<h4>‘An adequate supply of antioxidant nutrients may have a beneficial role for healthy aging’, says study</h4>\r\n    \r\n	By Stephen DANIELLS 24-Sep-2015\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Antioxidants.jpg\" alt=\"Antioxidants\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1107\" />\r\n<strong>Specific sub-populations may benefit from antioxidant intakes to support healthy aging, with men particularly seen as an ‘at-risk’ group, says a new paper published in the <em><a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/09/15/aje.kwv105.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Journal of Epidemiology</a></em>.</strong>\r\n\r\nData from the Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals (SU.VI.MAX) Study (1994-2002) indicated that antioxidant supplements were associated with a “greater healthy aging probability” among men, but not women. The double-blind, placebo-controlled SU.VI.MAX study involved long term supplementation with vitamin C (120 mg), beta-carotene (6 mg), vitamin E (30 mg), selenium (100 ug), and zinc (20 mg).\r\n\r\n<em>“To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to investigate the relationship between antioxidant supplements and a multidimensional measure of healthy aging,”</em> wrote the researchers, led by Karen Assmann from the Université Paris 13 in France.\r\n\r\n<em>“Our stratified analyses indicate that, while an overall beneficial association of a supplementation with combined antioxidant vitamins and minerals at moderate doses may not exist, specific subpopulations could benefit from antioxidant treatment. Yet, our subgroup analyses were of exploratory nature and thus have to be interpreted with caution. To verify our findings, further randomized controlled trials targeting populations at risk with a low baseline antioxidant status would be needed. According to our data, men may be such an ‘at risk’ group.”</em>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxidative stress and aging</strong>\r\nWhile oxidative stress has been a focus for the underlying biological mechanisms of aging and declines in health as we age, intervention trials using dietary supplements have often yielded conflicting results.\r\nThe medical community and the mainstream media are often quick to cite a controversial meta-analyses by Bjelakovic <em>et al</em>. in the <em>Journal of the American Medical Association</em> (2007, Vol. 297, pp. 842-857) which concluded that vitamins A and E, and beta-carotene may increase mortality risk by up to 16%.\r\n\r\nHowever, that data was re-analyzed by a team of internationally renowned antioxidant scientists in 2010 which arrived at a different set of conclusions. This re-analysis, published in <em><a href=\"http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Antioxidants-don-t-boost-mortality-risk-says-meta-analysis-re-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nutrients</a></em>, found that 36% of the trials showed a positive outcome or that the antioxidant supplements were beneficial, 60% had a null outcome, while only 4% found negative outcome.\r\n\r\nThere are also several meta-analyses of RCTs that contrast with the work done by Bjelakovic et al., which found no effect on all-cause mortality for vitamin E supplements, including Berry et al (<em>Clin Trials</em> 2009, Vol. 6, pp. 28-41), Abner et al, (<em>Curr Aging</em> Sci 2011, Vol. 4, pp. 158-170), Curtis et al, (<em>Cardiovasc Drugs Ther</em>, 2014, Vol. 28, pp. 563-573), and Jiang et al (<em>J Nutr Sci Vitaminol</em>, 2014, Vol. 60, pp. 194-205).\r\n\r\nIt should also be noted that the 10-year PHS II RCT did not find any adverse outcomes for vitamin E (Wang et al., <em>Am J Clin Nutr</em> 2014, Vol. 100, pp. 915-23).\r\n\r\nOn the positive side, data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study published in 2012 also indicated that users of antioxidant vitamin supplements may be associated with a 48% reduction in the risk of cancer mortality and a 42% reduction in the risk of ‘all-cause mortality’ over 11 years of study (<em><a href=\"http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00394-011-0224-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Journal of Nutrition</a>, Vol. 51, pp 407-413</em>).\r\n\r\n<strong>New data</strong>\r\nData from the SU.VI.MAX study adds to the body of literature around this subject, finding that, for the whole study population of 3,966 participants with a mean age of 65.3, no significant benefits were observed.\r\n\r\nNo significant benefits were observed for women, either, said Assmann and her co-workers.\r\n\r\nFor men, however, antioxidant supplementation was associated with a higher probability of healthy aging, they said.\r\n\r\nOther subgroups also exhibited beneficial effects from the supplements: In men and women with low vitamin C levels at the start of the study; in men with low zinc levels at the start of the study; and in men with low fruit and vegetable intakes at the start of the study (fewer than five portions per day).\r\n\r\n<em>“The effect of supplementation appeared to be stronger among women with low vitamin C concentrations than among men with low serum vitamin C,”</em> they wrote. <em>“Yet, as only few women had vitamin C concentrations below the 25th percentile, statistical power was low, and no significant results were observed. It is possible that the sex specificity of our findings is partly explained by sex differences in the prevalence of low baseline vitamin C concentrations in our sample; that is, if as many women as men in our sample would have had low vitamin C concentrations at baseline, there may have been a more pronounced overall effect of supplementation among women. However, there may be additional underlying factors.”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>“Altogether, our results support the importance of a well-balanced intake of antioxidant nutrients at nutritional doses (as can be supplied by a diversified and adequate fruit and vegetable intake) for preserving overall health in the course of aging.”</em>\r\nSource: <em><a href=\"http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/09/15/aje.kwv105.abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Journal of Epidemiology</a></em><br>\r\nPublished online ahead of print, doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv105<br>\r\n<em>\r\n“Healthy Aging 5 Years After a Period of Daily Supplementation With Antioxidant Nutrients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the French Randomized Trial SU.VI.MAX”</em><br>\r\nAuthors: K.E. Assmann, V.A. Andreeva, C. Jeandel, S. Hercberg, P. Galan, E. Kesse-Guyot\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/An-adequate-supply-of-antioxidant-nutrients-may-have-a-beneficial-role-for-healthy-aging-says-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/An-adequate-supply-of-antioxidant-nutrients-may-have-a-beneficial-role-for-healthy-aging-says-study</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"/Contact\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','An adequate supply of antioxidant nutrients','','inherit','closed','closed','','1469-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 16:45:48','2019-06-12 16:45:48','',1469,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1469-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1471,8,'2022-07-02 13:15:57','2022-07-02 13:15:57','<h4>Lecture in Mexico City on July 9th about Stem Cells/PRP/Prolotherapy</h4>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-5147 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Copy-of-Mexico-City-Lecture-2-500x419.png\" alt=\"Copy Of Mexico City Lecture 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" />\r\n\r\nPeter A. Fields, MD, DC, will lecture in Mexico City at the 14th World Congress on Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine on July 9th.\r\n\r\nLecture time: <strong>11:00 AM</strong>\r\n\r\nEmail pcc@drfields.com for more information.\r\n<h4>Regenerative Medicine Teaching in Mexico</h4>\r\nWe\'re excited to teach more professionals about this effective treatment to fix joints and the spine without surgery. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cells</a>, PRP, and Prolotherapy are all effective regenerative medicine treatments that help people with joint and spine pain to achieve both relief and repair.\r\n\r\nTo access the information for the conference you can <a href=\"http://www.medicina-antienvejecimiento.net/\">click</a> on the following link. <a href=\"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.medicina-2Dantienvejecimiento.net_&amp;d=DwMCaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=1mlZdwzxLMndjoil0MO5evkLwBowWYcXVyCp4Vbxfds&amp;m=-Zcix8_Tm618JjCVm5ExeqsI0cYP75-OIrRKIfbDyJL_F3-gD7ZpIucCH6k9b3dQ&amp;s=HPDad0dRWasD0G4qNd1wGul0XoVhEbEukb3zY8ki5Go&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.medicina-antienvejecimiento.net/</a>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5146\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-5146 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14th-World-Congress-on-Anti-Aging-and-Longevity-Medicine-500x239.png\" alt=\"14th World Congress On Anti Aging And Longevity Medicine\" width=\"500\" height=\"239\" /> <strong>     14th World Congress On Anti-Aging And Longevity Medicine</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Dr. Fields to Lecture in Mexico City on July 9th','','publish','open','closed','','dr-fields-to-lecture-in-mexico-city-on-july-9th','','','2022-08-22 20:11:35','2022-08-22 20:11:35','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1471',0,'post','',0),(1472,8,'2019-06-12 16:46:57','2019-06-12 16:46:57','<h4>Regenerative Orthopedics: Non-Surgical Repair with Cellular Regeneration/PRP/Prolotherapy</h4>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Drfields Bio Img\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-955\" />Peter A. Fields, MD, DC lectured at the American Association of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine in Hollywood, Florida on <strong>Saturday, May 21, 2016</strong>\r\n\r\nLecture time: <strong>1:30pm</strong>\r\n\r\nSee below link for details:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"a4mwc.com/conference-agenda/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://a4mwc.com/conference-agenda/</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/A4M-Lecture-Las-Vegas.jpg\" alt=\"A4m Lecture Las Vegas\" width=\"450\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" />\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','A4M Conference Florida 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','1471-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 16:46:57','2019-06-12 16:46:57','',1471,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1471-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1473,8,'2019-06-12 16:51:28','2019-06-12 16:51:28','<h3>A Wonderful Ending to An Almost Disastrous Event</h3>\r\nIn this article, printed in the <a href=\"https://www.smdp.com\">Santa Monica Daily Press</a>, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC tells the story of an event that could have ended up disastrous. The situation took place while Dr. Fields was swimming at the Santa Monica College pool.\r\n\r\nThe combination of being a strong swimmer, having the training of a water safety instructor, and being a doctor, came in handy and resulted in the saving of another swimmer\'s life.\r\n\r\nPlease take a look at the full article below.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1115\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"626\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1115 \" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Santa-Monica-Daily-Press-Article-2.jpg\" alt=\"A Wonderful Ending to a Most Disastrous Event\" width=\"626\" height=\"1999\" /> A Wonderful Ending to a Most Disastrous Event[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_955\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"220\"]<img class=\"wp-image-955 size-full\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dr-fields-v1-021120.png\" alt=\"Drfields Bio Img\" width=\"220\" height=\"352\" /> Dr. Fields[/caption]\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1116\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stem-Cell1-small.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cell1 Small\" width=\"62\" height=\"62\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cell Prolotherapy</a>\r\n\r\nRegenerating one’s joints and spine is not in the future: it is happening today!…\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n<h3><em>Need Relief from painful joints?</em></h3>\r\n<em>If you are experiencing painful joints, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC and his staff are ready to help get you back to doing what you love, and doing it pain-free. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Although many treatments may offer temporary pain relief for arthritis and other painful joint conditions, it is important to find a treatment that does more than chase the symptoms and one that actually repairs the injured soft tissue in order to restore normal motion to the knee joint. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>Regenerative Orthopedic treatment options, such as Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Prolotherapy which are effective therapies for repair and restoration of motion. These treatments stimulate healing of ligaments, tendons, and restore the normal functioning of the joint, thus preventing the arthritic progression.</em>\r\n\r\nCall us today at <span class=\"wsm_phone\"><a title=\"phone\" href=\"tel:+310-453-1234\">310-453-1234</a>.</span>','A wonderful ending to an almost disastrous event','','publish','open','closed','','a-wonderful-ending-to-an-almost-disastrous-event','','','2022-12-02 06:38:49','2022-12-02 06:38:49','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1473',0,'post','',0),(1474,8,'2019-06-12 16:51:28','2019-06-12 16:51:28','<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Santa-Monica-Daily-Press-Article-2.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Monica Daily Press Article 2\" width=\"650\" height=\"2079\" />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_955\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"160\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Drfields Bio Img\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" /> Peter A. Fields MD DC<br />The Athletic Doc®[/caption]\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stem-Cell1-small.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cell1 Small\" width=\"62\" height=\"62\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1116\" /><a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cell Prolotherapy</a>\r\n\r\nRegenerating one’s joints and spine is not in the future: it is happening today!…\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','A wonderful ending to an almost disastrous event','','inherit','closed','closed','','1473-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 16:51:28','2019-06-12 16:51:28','',1473,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1473-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1475,8,'2019-06-12 16:53:04','2019-06-12 16:53:04','<h3>Needles, Not Knives, to Treat Sports Injuries and Degeneration</h3>\r\n<em>By Nancy Deville</em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4403\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4403\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Nancy-Deville-with-Dr.-Peter-Fields-500x423.png\" alt=\"Needles Not Knives\" width=\"500\" height=\"423\" /> <strong>                                            Needles Not Knives</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy first pair of running shoes were men’s shoes because they didn’t make them for women in 1974. That’s how many years I’ve been pounding away at my joints. The first sign of wear began around 1994. On the urging of an orthopedic surgeon, I quit running and started hiking and yoga. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done.\r\n\r\nThough I’ve had both of my rotator cuffs worked on after trashing them doing Ashtanga, I don’t want knee or hip replacements. Call me vain, but I want to be able to do a full lotus for the duration.\r\n\r\nFortunately, for me and millions of boomers like me who have been athletic our entire adult lives, we now have <strong>regenerative medicine</strong> to turn to rather than cortisone injections, which merely provide temporary relief (and can ultimately cause more damage), or joint replacement, the extreme fix.\r\n\r\nThere are several modalities of regenerative medicine, a system of medicine that employs your body to heal itself.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n<h3>Prolotherapy Is the Most Common Type of Regenerative Medicine</h3>\r\nThe most common (and least expensive) of regenerative medicine is prolotherapy, which involves injecting a mild irritant such as dextrose, along with tapping the damaged area with the needle. The irritant combination causes an inflammatory response, which stimulates the immune system to rush in and begin healing whatever particular damage you have.\r\n<h3>Platelet Rich Plasma: A Bigger Gun</h3>\r\nIf your injury or degeneration requires a bigger gun, the next step is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), which is essentially your own blood. Your blood is drawn and spun down to filter out the platelets. These concentrated platelets are injected into the area to be treated. Blood platelets contain potent growth factors that begin the repair naturally.\r\n<h3>My Prolotherapy Treatment Path</h3>\r\nMy first doctor was Allen Thomashefsky, a former Iron Man triathlete, who practices in Santa Barbara and Ashland, California. I had gotten to the point, after 20 years of running followed by 15 years of serious hiking, that I was hobbling around on painful feet. I had seriously begun to question whether I would be able even to walk around normally, my feet were so painful. Prolotherapy injections put me back on the hiking trail (okay, the injections hurt, but no pain no gain).\r\n\r\nIn addition to sports, I am a lifelong knitter. I found myself waking up with hands like claws, an attractive image, I know. But beyond the aesthetics, I wanted the use of my hands back. Dr. Tom injected every single one of my knuckles. It was like magic.\r\n\r\nRecently, I’ve taken up bushwhacking in Daniel Boone National Forest in the Appalachian foothills. I was seriously handicapped by a knee that had begun deteriorating from my 20 years of running. Living in LA now, I went to Dr. Peter Fields (pictured here with me), who is one of a few physicians in the US who has both medical and chiropractic degrees. He’s an active Iron Man triathlete and, like Dr. Tom, a wizard in regenerative medicine. <strong>A mere two sessions of prolotherapy and my last hike was pain-free.</strong>\r\n\r\nBoomers have a long history of trailblazing. As I said, women didn’t run before 1974. Exploring the boundaries of human endurance has opened up new horizons for subsequent generations. But when it comes to joint damage, our fitness model came with a price tag. And speaking of price, regenerative medicine is not paid for by insurance companies or Medicare. They will replace a knee or hip at astronomical costs, but they will not pay a fraction of those costs for your body to heal itself. I believe they will wake up, eventually. For now, I would rather have brand new cartilage in my knee that my body made itself than have a new outfit. My body has always been my priority.1\r\n\r\nRead the original article in <a href=\"https://thethreetomatoes.com/needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration\">The Three Tomatoes by Nancy Deville</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thethreetomatoes.com/needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 http://thethreetomatoes.com/needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Needles, Not Knives, To Treat Sports Injuries And Degeneration','','publish','open','closed','','needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration','','','2021-01-21 00:03:23','2021-01-21 00:03:23','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1475',0,'post','',0),(1476,8,'2019-06-12 16:53:04','2019-06-12 16:53:04','BY HEALTH EXPERTS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015\r\n\r\nBy Nancy Deville\r\n\r\nNeedles, Not Knives, to Treat Sports Injuries and Degeneration, nancy deville, the three tomatoes\r\nMy first pair of running shoes were men’s shoes because they didn’t make them for women in 1974. That’s how many years I’ve been pounding away at my joints. The first sign of wear began around 1994. On the urging of an orthopedic surgeon, I quit running and started hiking and yoga. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done.\r\n\r\nThough I’ve had both of my rotator cuffs worked on after trashing them doing Ashtanga, I don’t want knee or hip replacements. Call me vain, but I want to be able to do a full lotus for the duration.\r\n\r\nFortunately, for me and millions of boomers like me who have been athletic our entire adult lives, we now have regenerative medicine to turn to rather than cortisone injections, which merely provide temporary relief (and can ultimately cause more damage), or joint replacement, the extreme fix.\r\n\r\nThere are several modalities of regenerative medicine, a system of medicine that employs your body to heal itself.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\nThe most common (and least expensive) of regenerative medicine is prolotherapy, which involves injecting a mild irritant such as dextrose, along with tapping the damaged area with the needle. The irritant combination causes an inflammatory response, which stimulates the immune system to rush in and begin healing whatever particular damage you have.\r\n\r\nIf your injury or degeneration requires a bigger gun, the next step is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), which is essentially your own blood. Your blood is drawn and spun down to filter out the platelets. These concentrated platelets are injected into the area to be treated. Blood platelets contain potent growth factors that begin the repair naturally.\r\n\r\nMy first doctor was Allen Thomashefsky, a former Iron Man triathlete, who practices in Santa Barbara and Ashland, California. I had gotten to the point, after 20 years of running followed by 15 years of serious hiking, that I was hobbling around on painful feet. I had seriously begun to question whether I would be able to even walk around normally, my feet were so painful. Injections of prolotherapy put me back on the hiking trail (okay, the injections hurt, but no pain no gain).\r\n\r\nIn addition to sports, I am a lifelong knitter. I found myself waking up with hands like claws, an attractive image, I know. But beyond the aesthetics, I wanted the use of my hands back. Dr. Tom injected every single one of my knuckles. It was like magic.\r\n\r\nRecently, I’ve taken up bushwhacking in Daniel Boone National Forest in the Appalachian foothills. I was seriously handicapped by a knee that had begun deteriorating from my 20 years of running. Living in LA now, I went to Dr. Peter Fields, (pictured here with me) who is one of a few physicians in the US who has both medical and chiropractic degrees. He’s an active Iron Man triathlete and, like Dr. Tom, a wizard in regenerative medicine. A mere two sessions of prolotherapy and my last hike was pain free.\r\n\r\nBoomers have a long history of trail blazing. Like I said, women didn’t run before 1974. Exploring the boundaries of human endurance has opened up new horizons for subsequent generations. But when it comes to joint damage, our fitness model came with a price tag. And speaking of price, regenerative medicine is not paid for by insurance companies or Medicare. They will replace a knee or hip, at astronomical costs, but they will not pay a fraction of those costs for your body to heal itself. I believe they will wake up, eventually. For now, I would rather have brand new cartilage in my knee that my body made itself, than have a new outfit. My body has always been my priority.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thethreetomatoes.com/needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://thethreetomatoes.com/needles-not-knives-to-treat-sports-injuries-and-degeneration</a>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Needles, Not Knives, To Treat Sports Injuries And Degeneration','','inherit','closed','closed','','1475-revision-v1','','','2019-06-12 16:53:04','2019-06-12 16:53:04','',1475,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1475-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1480,8,'2019-06-13 06:06:14','2019-06-13 06:06:14','<h2>Knee And Hip Replacements Increase Heart Attack Risk</h2>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-4894 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/heart-attack-1-359x500.png\" alt=\"Heart Attack (1)\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nOver 27 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis (OA),  a chronic degenerative disease of the joints. And when the pain gets unbearable, many people opt to have joint replacement surgery. Surgery is a common go-to, especially considering how often it is recommended.  But remember, all surgery has risks! And knee and hip replacements increase heart attack risk.\r\n\r\nIn this article, we\'ll take a look at a few studies and the conclusions the researchers came to. Interestingly, in one of the studies, the researchers were trying to prove that knee and hip replacement surgery decrease heart attack risk. However, the results showed that overall risks were substantially increased in both the total knee and total hip groups.\r\n<h3>What Is the Reason for the Elevated Risk?</h3>\r\n\'The reason for the elevated risks is unclear at this point\", said senior author Yuqing Zhang of Boston University School of Medicine. Regardless, he said, the findings suggest that the risk of a heart attack in the weeks after total <a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News/Joint-Surgery-Think-Again-Learn-About-Prolotherapy\">joint replacement surgery</a> “may have been previously underappreciated,” and ways to prevent this serious complication may need to be considered.\r\n\r\nZhang and colleagues studied roughly 40,000 patients age 50 or older, all with osteoarthritis. They compared 13,849 patients who underwent total knee replacement to 13,849 closely matched people who did not have surgery. They also compared about 6,000 patients who had hip replacement surgery to 6,000 who did not.\r\n\r\nWithin a month after the operations, there were 35 heart attacks among knee replacement patients, compared to four in the control group. In that same period, there were 13 heart attacks in the hip replacement group vs three in the control group.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\nHeart attack risk was highest in that first month following surgery and declined again over time, the authors reported in Arthritis &amp; Rheumatology. By three years after the operations, heart attack rates had evened out for the surgery groups and the control groups.\r\n<h3>Blood Clot Risk with Joint Replacement</h3>\r\nAs for a type of blood clot known as venous thromboembolism, the knee replacement patients had 190 in the first month, compared to three in the control group. The hip surgery patients had 78; the control group had just one. So that is a significant rate of blood clots.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1125\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/knee-illustration-200.jpg\" alt=\"Knee Illustration 200\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" />Five years later, the odds of having venous thromboembolism were still significantly higher in the surgery groups\r\n\r\nIndeed, Zhang said, the health risks and benefits of joint replacement surgery remain complicated. And this study’s findings cannot quantify them for an individual patient.\r\n<h3>Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation (AF)</h3>\r\nA 2021 study in the medical journal Gerontology showed an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia, after knee and hip replacement surgery. They studied 280 patients compared to a group of 280 control patients with no AF. New-onset AF was defined as AF demonstrated postoperatively in patients with no previous clinical history of atrial fibrillation. One-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing total knee or total hip replacement is significantly increased in the patients that develop new postoperative atrial fibrillation.2\r\n\r\nClinical consequences of AF include decreased cardiac output and risk of thromboembolism, and the presence of AF is associated with increased mortality. AF has also been associated with an increased 30-day mortality rate (6.4%) after noncardiac surgery.\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>SOURCE: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/1NIXl8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://bit.ly/1NIXl8o</a> Arthritis &amp; Rheumatology, online August 31, 2015.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n2. Varon, Ben, et al. \"New-Onset Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated with Increased All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Patients Undergoing Total Knee   and Hip Replacements.\" <i>Gerontology</i> (2021): 1-6.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Knee And Hip Replacements Increase Heart Attack Risk','','publish','open','closed','','knee-and-hip-replacements-increase-heart-attack-risk','','','2021-09-25 22:46:04','2021-09-25 22:46:04','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1480',0,'post','',0),(1481,8,'2019-06-13 06:06:14','2019-06-13 06:06:14','REUTERS\r\n<em>By Kathryn Doyle August 31, 2015</em>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/man-heart-attack-200.jpg\" alt=\"Man Heart Attack 200\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1123\" />(Reuters Health) - Operations to replace a knee or a hip appear to increase heart attack risk in the short term and the risk of blood clots in the long term, according to a new study.\r\n\r\nThe heart attack risk falls again over time, but blood clot risk is still elevated years later, the researchers found.\r\n\r\nThe reason for the elevated risks is unclear at this point, said senior author Yuqing Zhang of Boston University School of Medicine in email to Reuters Health.\r\n\r\nRegardless, he said, the findings suggest that the risk of a heart attack in the weeks after total <a href=\"/Articles/Prolo-News/Joint-Surgery-Think-Again-Learn-About-Prolotherapy\">joint replacement surgery</a> “may have been previously underappreciated,” and ways to prevent this serious complication may need to be considered.\r\n\r\nZhang and colleagues studied roughly 40,000 patients age 50 or older, all with osteoarthritis. They compared 13,849 patients who underwent total knee replacement to 13,849 closely matched people who did not have surgery. They also compared about 6,000 patients who had hip replacement surgery to 6,000 who did not.\r\n\r\nWithin a month after the operations, there were 35 heart attacks among knee replacement patients, compared to four in the control group. In that same period, there were 13 heart attacks in the hip replacement group vs three in the control group.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\nHeart attack risk was highest in that first month following surgery and declined again over time, the authors reported in Arthritis &amp; Rheumatology. By three years after the operations, heart attack rates had evened out for the surgery groups and the control groups.\r\n\r\nAs for a type of blood clot known as a venous thromboembolism, the knee replacement patients had 190 in the first month, compared to three in the control group. The hip surgery patients had 78; the control group had just one.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/knee-illustration-200.jpg\" alt=\"Knee Illustration 200\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1125\" />Five years later, the odds of having a venous thromboembolism were still significantly higher in the surgery groups.\r\n\r\nDr. Frank de Vries of Maastricht University Medical Center in The Netherlands told Reuters Health by email that the excess risk may have appeared to stay high because some of the patients in this study would likely have required further surgeries on the affected joint or elsewhere, though that was not accounted for in the analysis.\r\n\r\nA previous study had suggested that joint replacement may actually decrease heart risk in the long run and help protect the cardiovascular system.\r\n\r\nIn that earlier study, the researchers analyzed not just heart attacks but also strokes and coronary revascularization, and they took arthritis severity into account, Dr. Bheeshma Ravi of the University of Toronto told Reuters Health by email.\r\n\r\nThe new study does not negate the previous findings, said Ravi, who worked on the earlier study.\r\n\r\nde Vries, who wasn’t involved in the new study, said orthopedic surgeons need to discuss the risk of heart attack with their patients well before the surgery.\r\n\r\nIndeed, Zhang said, the health risks and benefits of joint replacement surgery remain complicated and this study’s findings cannot quantify them for an individual patient.\r\n\r\nSOURCE: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/1NIXl8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://bit.ly/1NIXl8o</a> Arthritis &amp; Rheumatology, online August 31, 2015.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Knee And Hip Replacements Increase Heart Attack Risk Briefly','','inherit','closed','closed','','1480-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:06:14','2019-06-13 06:06:14','',1480,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1480-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1482,8,'2019-06-13 06:07:50','2019-06-13 06:07:50','<div id=\"dnn_ctr610_ModuleContent\" class=\"DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC\">\r\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr610_HtmlModule_lblContent\" class=\"Normal\">\r\n\r\nMany Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume substantial amounts of dairy products—and government policies still promote them—despite scientific evidence that questions their health benefits and indicates their potential health risks.\r\n\r\n<strong>Osteoporosis</strong>\r\nMilk’s main selling point is calcium, and milk-drinking is touted for building strong bones in children and preventing osteoporosis in older persons. However, clinical research shows that dairy products have little or no benefit for bones. A 2005 review published in Pediatrics showed that milk consumption does not improve bone integrity in children.<sup>1</sup> Similarly, the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study,<sup>2</sup> which followed more than 72,000 women for 18 years, showed no protective effect of increased milk consumption on fracture risk. While calcium is important for bone health, studies show that increasing consumption beyond approximately 600 mg per day—amounts that are easily achieved without dairy products or calcium supplements—does not improve bone integrity.<sup>2</sup>\r\n\r\nIn studies of children and adults, exercise has been found to have a major effect on bone density.<sup>3-5</sup> You can decrease your risk of osteoporosis by reducing sodium and animal protein intake in the diet,<sup>6-9</sup> increasing intake of fruits and vegetables,<sup>9,10</sup> exercising,<sup>4,11</sup> and ensuring adequate calcium intake from plant foods such as kale, broccoli, and other leafy green vegetables and beans. You can also use calcium-fortified products such as breakfast cereals and juices, although these products provide more concentrated calcium than is necessary.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fat Content and Cardiovascular Disease</strong>\r\nDairy products—including cheese, ice cream, milk, butter, and yogurt—contribute significant amounts of cholesterol and saturated fat to the diet.<sup>12</sup> Diets high in fat and saturated fat can increase the risk of heart disease, among other serious health problems. A low-fat vegetarian diet that eliminates dairy products, in combination with exercise, smoking cessation, and stress management, can not only prevent heart disease, but may also reverse it.<sup>13,14</sup> Non-fat dairy products are available; however, they pose other health risks as noted below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cancer</strong>\r\nProstate and breast cancers have been linked to consumption of dairy products, presumably related to increases in a compound called insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I).<sup>15</sup> IGF-I is found in cow’s milk and has been shown to occur in increased levels in the blood of individuals consuming dairy products on a regular basis.<sup>16</sup> Other nutrients that increase IGF-I are also found in cow’s milk.\r\n\r\nCase-control studies in diverse populations have shown a strong and consistent association between serum IGF-I concentrations and prostate cancer risk.<sup>17</sup> One study showed that men who had the highest levels of IGF-I had more than four times the risk of prostate cancer compared with those who had the lowest levels.<sup>18</sup> Other findings show that prostate cancer risk was elevated with increased consumption of low-fat milk, suggesting that too much dairy calcium could be a potential threat to prostate health.<sup>19,20</sup>\r\n\r\nOvarian cancer may also be related to the consumption of dairy products. The milk sugar lactose is broken down in the body into another sugar, galactose. Research suggests that the dairy sugar galactose might be toxic to ovarian cells.<sup>21</sup> In a study conducted in Sweden, consumption of lactose and dairy products was positively linked to ovarian cancer.<sup>22</sup> A similar study, the Iowa Women’s Health Study, found that women who consumed more than one glass of milk per day had a 73 percent greater chance of ovarian cancer than women who drank less than one glass per day.<sup>23</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Lactose Intolerance</strong>\r\nLactose intolerance is common among many populations, affecting approximately 95 percent of Asian Americans, 74 percent of Native Americans, 70 percent of African Americans, 53 percent of Mexican Americans, and 15 percent of Caucasians.<sup>24</sup> Symptoms, which include gastrointestinal distress, diarrhea, and flatulence, occur because these individuals do not have the enzyme lactase that digests the milk sugar lactose. For those who can digest lactose, its breakdown products are two simple sugars: glucose and galactose. Nursing children have active enzymes that break down galactose. As we age, many of us lose much of this capacity.<sup>25</sup> Additionally, along with unwanted symptoms, milk-drinkers also put themselves at risk for development of other chronic diseases and ailments.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Vitamin D</strong>\r\nIndividuals often drink milk in order to obtain vitamin D in their diet, unaware that they can receive vitamin D through other sources. The natural source of vitamin D is sunlight. Five to fifteen minutes of sun exposure to the arms and legs or the hands, face, and arms can be enough to meet the body’s requirements for vitamin D, depending on the individual’s skin tone.<sup>26</sup> Darker skin requires longer exposure to the sun in order to obtain adequate levels of vitamin D. In colder climates during the winter months the sun may not be able to provide adequate vitamin D. During this time the diet must be able to provide vitamin D. Fortified cereals, grains, bread, orange juice, and soy- or rice milk are healthful foods that provide vitamin D. All common multiple vitamins also provide vitamin D.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contaminants</strong>\r\nMilk contains contaminants that range from pesticides to drugs. Milk naturally contains hormones and growth factors produced within a cow’s body. In addition, synthetic hormones such as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are commonly used in dairy cows to increase the production of milk.<sup>27</sup> Because treated cows are producing quantities of milk nature never intended, the end result can be mastitis, or inflammation of the mammary glands. Treatment of this condition requires the use of antibiotics, and antibiotic traces have occasionally been found in samples of milk and other dairy products. Pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxins are other examples of contaminants found in milk. These toxins do not readily leave the body and can eventually build to harmful levels that may affect the immune and reproductive systems. The central nervous system can also be affected. Moreover, PCBs and dioxins have also been linked to cancer.<sup>28</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Milk Proteins and Diabetes</strong>\r\nInsulin-dependent (type 1 or childhood-onset) diabetes is linked to consumption of dairy products.<sup>29</sup> A 2001 Finnish study of 3,000 infants with genetically increased risk for developing diabetes showed that early introduction of cow’s milk increased susceptibility to type 1 diabetes.<sup>30</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Health Concerns of Infants and Children</strong>\r\nMilk proteins, milk sugar, fat, and saturated fat in dairy products pose health risks for children and encourage the development of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.\r\n\r\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants below one year of age not be given whole cow’s milk,<sup>31</sup> as iron deficiency is more likely on a dairy-rich diet. Cow’s milk products are very low in iron.<sup>32</sup> If dairy products become a major part of one’s diet, iron deficiency is more likely. Colic is an additional concern with milk consumption. Up to 28 percent of infants suffer from colic during the first month of life.<sup>33</sup> Pediatricians learned long ago that cow’s milk was often the reason. We now know that breastfeeding mothers can have colicky babies if the mothers consume cow’s milk. The cow’s antibodies can pass through the mother’s bloodstream, into her breast milk, and to the baby.<sup>34,35</sup> Additionally, food allergies appear to be common results of cow’s milk consumption, particularly in children.<sup>36,37</sup> Cow’s milk consumption has also been linked to chronic constipation in children. Researchers suggested that milk consumption resulted in perianal sores and severe pain on defecation, leading to constipation.<sup>38</sup>\r\n\r\nMilk and dairy products are not necessary in the diet and can, in fact, be harmful to health. It is best to consume a healthful diet of grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fortified foods including cereals and juices. These nutrient-dense foods can help you meet your calcium, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin D requirements with ease—and without health risks.\r\n\r\n<strong>References on request</strong>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Health Concerns about Dairy Products','','publish','open','closed','','health-concerns-about-dairy-products','','','2019-06-13 06:07:50','2019-06-13 06:07:50','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1482',0,'post','',0),(1483,8,'2019-06-13 06:07:50','2019-06-13 06:07:50','<div id=\"dnn_ctr610_ModuleContent\" class=\"DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC\">\r\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr610_HtmlModule_lblContent\" class=\"Normal\">\r\n\r\nMany Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume substantial amounts of dairy products—and government policies still promote them—despite scientific evidence that questions their health benefits and indicates their potential health risks.\r\n\r\n<strong>Osteoporosis</strong>\r\nMilk’s main selling point is calcium, and milk-drinking is touted for building strong bones in children and preventing osteoporosis in older persons. However, clinical research shows that dairy products have little or no benefit for bones. A 2005 review published in Pediatrics showed that milk consumption does not improve bone integrity in children.<sup>1</sup> Similarly, the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study,<sup>2</sup> which followed more than 72,000 women for 18 years, showed no protective effect of increased milk consumption on fracture risk. While calcium is important for bone health, studies show that increasing consumption beyond approximately 600 mg per day—amounts that are easily achieved without dairy products or calcium supplements—does not improve bone integrity.<sup>2</sup>\r\n\r\nIn studies of children and adults, exercise has been found to have a major effect on bone density.<sup>3-5</sup> You can decrease your risk of osteoporosis by reducing sodium and animal protein intake in the diet,<sup>6-9</sup> increasing intake of fruits and vegetables,<sup>9,10</sup> exercising,<sup>4,11</sup> and ensuring adequate calcium intake from plant foods such as kale, broccoli, and other leafy green vegetables and beans. You can also use calcium-fortified products such as breakfast cereals and juices, although these products provide more concentrated calcium than is necessary.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fat Content and Cardiovascular Disease</strong>\r\nDairy products—including cheese, ice cream, milk, butter, and yogurt—contribute significant amounts of cholesterol and saturated fat to the diet.<sup>12</sup> Diets high in fat and saturated fat can increase the risk of heart disease, among other serious health problems. A low-fat vegetarian diet that eliminates dairy products, in combination with exercise, smoking cessation, and stress management, can not only prevent heart disease, but may also reverse it.<sup>13,14</sup> Non-fat dairy products are available; however, they pose other health risks as noted below.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cancer</strong>\r\nProstate and breast cancers have been linked to consumption of dairy products, presumably related to increases in a compound called insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I).<sup>15</sup> IGF-I is found in cow’s milk and has been shown to occur in increased levels in the blood of individuals consuming dairy products on a regular basis.<sup>16</sup> Other nutrients that increase IGF-I are also found in cow’s milk.\r\n\r\nCase-control studies in diverse populations have shown a strong and consistent association between serum IGF-I concentrations and prostate cancer risk.<sup>17</sup> One study showed that men who had the highest levels of IGF-I had more than four times the risk of prostate cancer compared with those who had the lowest levels.<sup>18</sup> Other findings show that prostate cancer risk was elevated with increased consumption of low-fat milk, suggesting that too much dairy calcium could be a potential threat to prostate health.<sup>19,20</sup>\r\n\r\nOvarian cancer may also be related to the consumption of dairy products. The milk sugar lactose is broken down in the body into another sugar, galactose. Research suggests that the dairy sugar galactose might be toxic to ovarian cells.<sup>21</sup> In a study conducted in Sweden, consumption of lactose and dairy products was positively linked to ovarian cancer.<sup>22</sup> A similar study, the Iowa Women’s Health Study, found that women who consumed more than one glass of milk per day had a 73 percent greater chance of ovarian cancer than women who drank less than one glass per day.<sup>23</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Lactose Intolerance</strong>\r\nLactose intolerance is common among many populations, affecting approximately 95 percent of Asian Americans, 74 percent of Native Americans, 70 percent of African Americans, 53 percent of Mexican Americans, and 15 percent of Caucasians.<sup>24</sup> Symptoms, which include gastrointestinal distress, diarrhea, and flatulence, occur because these individuals do not have the enzyme lactase that digests the milk sugar lactose. For those who can digest lactose, its breakdown products are two simple sugars: glucose and galactose. Nursing children have active enzymes that break down galactose. As we age, many of us lose much of this capacity.<sup>25</sup> Additionally, along with unwanted symptoms, milk-drinkers also put themselves at risk for development of other chronic diseases and ailments.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Vitamin D</strong>\r\nIndividuals often drink milk in order to obtain vitamin D in their diet, unaware that they can receive vitamin D through other sources. The natural source of vitamin D is sunlight. Five to fifteen minutes of sun exposure to the arms and legs or the hands, face, and arms can be enough to meet the body’s requirements for vitamin D, depending on the individual’s skin tone.<sup>26</sup> Darker skin requires longer exposure to the sun in order to obtain adequate levels of vitamin D. In colder climates during the winter months the sun may not be able to provide adequate vitamin D. During this time the diet must be able to provide vitamin D. Fortified cereals, grains, bread, orange juice, and soy- or rice milk are healthful foods that provide vitamin D. All common multiple vitamins also provide vitamin D.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contaminants</strong>\r\nMilk contains contaminants that range from pesticides to drugs. Milk naturally contains hormones and growth factors produced within a cow’s body. In addition, synthetic hormones such as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are commonly used in dairy cows to increase the production of milk.<sup>27</sup> Because treated cows are producing quantities of milk nature never intended, the end result can be mastitis, or inflammation of the mammary glands. Treatment of this condition requires the use of antibiotics, and antibiotic traces have occasionally been found in samples of milk and other dairy products. Pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and dioxins are other examples of contaminants found in milk. These toxins do not readily leave the body and can eventually build to harmful levels that may affect the immune and reproductive systems. The central nervous system can also be affected. Moreover, PCBs and dioxins have also been linked to cancer.<sup>28</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Milk Proteins and Diabetes</strong>\r\nInsulin-dependent (type 1 or childhood-onset) diabetes is linked to consumption of dairy products.<sup>29</sup> A 2001 Finnish study of 3,000 infants with genetically increased risk for developing diabetes showed that early introduction of cow’s milk increased susceptibility to type 1 diabetes.<sup>30</sup>\r\n\r\n<strong>Health Concerns of Infants and Children</strong>\r\nMilk proteins, milk sugar, fat, and saturated fat in dairy products pose health risks for children and encourage the development of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.\r\n\r\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants below one year of age not be given whole cow’s milk,<sup>31</sup> as iron deficiency is more likely on a dairy-rich diet. Cow’s milk products are very low in iron.<sup>32</sup> If dairy products become a major part of one’s diet, iron deficiency is more likely. Colic is an additional concern with milk consumption. Up to 28 percent of infants suffer from colic during the first month of life.<sup>33</sup> Pediatricians learned long ago that cow’s milk was often the reason. We now know that breastfeeding mothers can have colicky babies if the mothers consume cow’s milk. The cow’s antibodies can pass through the mother’s bloodstream, into her breast milk, and to the baby.<sup>34,35</sup> Additionally, food allergies appear to be common results of cow’s milk consumption, particularly in children.<sup>36,37</sup> Cow’s milk consumption has also been linked to chronic constipation in children. Researchers suggested that milk consumption resulted in perianal sores and severe pain on defecation, leading to constipation.<sup>38</sup>\r\n\r\nMilk and dairy products are not necessary in the diet and can, in fact, be harmful to health. It is best to consume a healthful diet of grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fortified foods including cereals and juices. These nutrient-dense foods can help you meet your calcium, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin D requirements with ease—and without health risks.\r\n\r\n<strong>References on request</strong>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Health Concerns about Dairy Products','','inherit','closed','closed','','1482-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:07:50','2019-06-13 06:07:50','',1482,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1482-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1484,8,'2019-06-13 06:08:56','2019-06-13 06:08:56','Dementia is a growing problem, according to the “Delphi Consensus Study”, appearing in the Lancet (2005; 366(9503): 2112-7). There is a new case of dementia every seven seconds, and the authors predict that the number of cases of dementia will double in developed countries between 2001 and 2040. Currently there are 23.4 million cases of dementia worldwide, with 4.6 million additional new cases each year.\r\n\r\nDiet may, in part, help to prevent dementia. Research appearing in the<em> Archives of Neurology</em> (Dec 2006; 63: 1709–17) indicates that the Mediterranean diet may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers analyzed the diets of 194 Alzheimer’s patients and 1,790 people without the disease. Subjects were rated on their adherence to the Mediterranean diet on a scale from 0 to 9, and using a 61-item version of Willett\'s semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Strictly following the diet was associated with a decreased incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. The risk was lowered between 19 and 24% for each point (on the 0-9 scale used by the researchers). Those in the top 1/3 of dietary compliance had a 68% reduced risk when compared to those not following the diet.\r\n\r\nObesity seems to increase the risk of dementia, according to research appearing in the <em>British Medical Journal</em> (2005; 330(7504): 1360). Researchers gathered data from 10,276 men and women over a 27 year period. Between 1964 and 1973, subjects aged 40 to 45 years were given health evaluations. Follow-up exams were performed about 20 years later, between 1994 and 2003. Subjects who were obese at the time of initial evaluation had a 74% greater chance of developing dementia compared to subjects who were of normal weight.\r\n\r\nExercise also may help to prevent dementia. Research appearing in <em>The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences</em> (63:529-535 (2008)) looked at physical activity in 2263 men aged 71–92 years without dementia. There were 173 incident cases of dementia with a mean follow-up of 6.1 years. The incidence of dementia was lower with increasing physical activity and function. For men with low physical function, high levels of physical activity were associated with half the risk of dementia versus men who were the least active. The authors concluded that increasing general physical activity in elderly men with poor physical function can possibly have a protective effect and delay the onset of dementia. Like so many other diseases, diet and exercise play a role in dementia.\r\n\r\nSupplementation is always a good idea to help prevent dementia. Also, sometimes when someone is a little forgetful, supplementing with rubidium is helpful. According to Dr. Harry Eidenier, elderly folks who keep their vitality into old age have higher levels of rubidium. Also some of the CRS (can’t remember stuff) suffered by the elderly can be remedied with supplementation with vitamin B<sub>12</sub>. To prevent dementia, consider improving the diet and supplementing with antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','Dementia – Diet, Exercise and Supplements Can Help','','publish','open','closed','','dementia-diet-exercise-and-supplements-can-help','','','2019-06-13 06:08:56','2019-06-13 06:08:56','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1484',0,'post','',0),(1485,8,'2019-06-13 06:08:56','2019-06-13 06:08:56','Dementia is a growing problem, according to the “Delphi Consensus Study”, appearing in the Lancet (2005; 366(9503): 2112-7). There is a new case of dementia every seven seconds, and the authors predict that the number of cases of dementia will double in developed countries between 2001 and 2040. Currently there are 23.4 million cases of dementia worldwide, with 4.6 million additional new cases each year.\r\n\r\nDiet may, in part, help to prevent dementia. Research appearing in the<em> Archives of Neurology</em> (Dec 2006; 63: 1709–17) indicates that the Mediterranean diet may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers analyzed the diets of 194 Alzheimer’s patients and 1,790 people without the disease. Subjects were rated on their adherence to the Mediterranean diet on a scale from 0 to 9, and using a 61-item version of Willett\'s semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Strictly following the diet was associated with a decreased incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. The risk was lowered between 19 and 24% for each point (on the 0-9 scale used by the researchers). Those in the top 1/3 of dietary compliance had a 68% reduced risk when compared to those not following the diet.\r\n\r\nObesity seems to increase the risk of dementia, according to research appearing in the <em>British Medical Journal</em> (2005; 330(7504): 1360). Researchers gathered data from 10,276 men and women over a 27 year period. Between 1964 and 1973, subjects aged 40 to 45 years were given health evaluations. Follow-up exams were performed about 20 years later, between 1994 and 2003. Subjects who were obese at the time of initial evaluation had a 74% greater chance of developing dementia compared to subjects who were of normal weight.\r\n\r\nExercise also may help to prevent dementia. Research appearing in <em>The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences</em> (63:529-535 (2008)) looked at physical activity in 2263 men aged 71–92 years without dementia. There were 173 incident cases of dementia with a mean follow-up of 6.1 years. The incidence of dementia was lower with increasing physical activity and function. For men with low physical function, high levels of physical activity were associated with half the risk of dementia versus men who were the least active. The authors concluded that increasing general physical activity in elderly men with poor physical function can possibly have a protective effect and delay the onset of dementia. Like so many other diseases, diet and exercise play a role in dementia.\r\n\r\nSupplementation is always a good idea to help prevent dementia. Also, sometimes when someone is a little forgetful, supplementing with rubidium is helpful. According to Dr. Harry Eidenier, elderly folks who keep their vitality into old age have higher levels of rubidium. Also some of the CRS (can’t remember stuff) suffered by the elderly can be remedied with supplementation with vitamin B<sub>12</sub>. To prevent dementia, consider improving the diet and supplementing with antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','Dementia – Diet, Exercise and Supplements Can Help','','inherit','closed','closed','','1484-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:08:56','2019-06-13 06:08:56','',1484,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1484-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1486,8,'2019-06-13 06:09:49','2019-06-13 06:09:49','<h2>Bio-Identical Hormones</h2>\r\nA balanced program of exercise and the consumption of whole foods takes you far down the road of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. But when necessary, the inclusion of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy as recommended by your physician might be the boost you need for a happier and healthier life.\r\n<h3><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1129\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/health-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"Health Insurance\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />How to Achieve Optimal Aging</h3>\r\nAs people age, they may encounter symptoms that make them feel less than optimal. Even those that follow healthy eating programs. It is possible to stop much of the undesirable aspects and symptoms  associated with aging. Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is a science which has shown to improve the quality of your life.\r\n<h4><em>Your Physician Will Take A Detailed History and Perform Lab Testing</em></h4>\r\nPhysicians who prescribe these hormones will take a detailed history of the symptoms you experience. Following this, a laboratory evaluation of your hormone levels will be done. With these results, a personalized hormone supplementation program can be prescribed for you.\r\n\r\nAfter initiating the therapy, you will be monitored and the hormone replacements will be balanced for optimal benefits. Many patients experience how natural hormone supplementation can help with healthy aging.\r\n<h3>Bio-Identical Hormones Are Not the Same As Synthetic Hormones</h3>\r\nBio-identical hormones are prescribed, but they are natural substances that function as messengers to stimulate cells to heal, reproduce, and rejuvenate. Disease and symptoms of aging occur when hormone levels decline.\r\n\r\nNatural, bio-identical hormones are preferred over synthetic hormones, so you can achieve all of the benefits of hormone replacement without the risks and side effects associated with synthetic hormones.\r\n<h3>Common Bio-Identical Hormones To Boost A Happier and Healthier Lifestyle</h3>\r\n<strong>DHEA</strong>\r\nBy age 40, DHEA has declined markedly. Replacement results in immune enhancement, therefore making DHEA extremely important in cancer and infection prevention. DHEA is a precursor to the sex hormones and is therefore an important building block in the production of these hormones. DHEA helps the breakdown of fats and cholesterol, while reducing the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.\r\n\r\n<strong>ESTROGEN</strong>\r\nReplacement with natural estrogen protects against heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer\'s disease, and osteoporosis in women. Estrogen prevents symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, temperature deregulation, mood swings, urogenital atrophy, decreased libido, and depression. Estrogen lowers LDL cholesterol and raises HDL (the good cholesterol).\r\n\r\n<strong>PROGESTERONE</strong>\r\nReplacement with natural progesterone protects against uterine and breast cancer , and also osteoporosis. Progesterone reduces symptoms of menopause. Progesterone occurs naturally with estrogen and should be prescribed concurrently to balance estrogen.\r\n\r\n<strong>MELATONIN</strong>\r\nThis hormone is produced by the pineal gland and declines significantly by age 40. Melatonin controls circadium rhythm and sleep cycles. It induces sleep, improves quality of sleep, and increases REM sleep and deep stage IV sleep. During this deep stage of sleep, the immune system is stimulated. It has anti-cancer effects and modulates immune function by activating the cytokine system (lymphocytic function).\r\n\r\n<strong>TESTOSTERONE</strong>\r\nThis hormone is necessary in both men and women and declines steadily after age 30. Testosterone is responsible for sustaining libido, muscle mass, and immunity. It protects against disease in men plus the degeneration of muscle, bone, tendon and joints. It is a great mood enhancer and imparts a sense of well being in aging men and women.\r\n\r\n<strong>THYROID</strong>\r\nThis metabolic hormone decreases steadily with age. Lack of thyroid hormone results in cold intolerance, fatigue, lassitude, weight gain, increased cholesterol, thin and dry skin, hair loss, thin and brittle nails. Replenishment results in reversal of these symptoms plus increased energy and metabolism.\r\n\r\n<strong>PREGNENOLONE</strong>\r\nDecline of this hormone occurs after age 30. This hormone aids in cellular repair of the central nervous system and is the most potent memory enhancer of all the hormones.\r\n\r\nIf you are not feeling optimal even though you are exercising and eating right, ask your doctor about bio-identical hormone replacement.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Bio-Identical Hormones and Aging','','publish','open','closed','','bio-identical-hormones-for-a-happier-and-healthier-lifestyle','','','2021-12-15 02:58:22','2021-12-15 02:58:22','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1486',0,'post','',0),(1487,8,'2019-06-13 06:09:49','2019-06-13 06:09:49','A balanced program of hormone replacement therapy might be the best health insurance you can buy!\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/health-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"Health Insurance\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1129\" />\r\nIt is possible to stop much of the undesirable aspects, symptoms and diseases associated with aging. Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is a science which has shown to improve the quality of your life. During your initial consultation, a detailed history with symptoms will be taken. Following this, laboratory evaluation will be done. With these results, a personalized hormone supplementation program will be prescribed for you. Each individual will be monitored and balanced for optimal benefits. Natural hormone supplementation can help your healthy aging.\r\n\r\nHormones are not drugs. Hormones are natural substances which function as messengers to stimulate cells to heal, reproduce and rejuvenate. Disease and symptoms of aging occur when hormone levels decline. Only natural hormones will be prescribed. You will achieve all of the benefits of hormone replacement without the risks and side effects associated with synthetic hormones. The following is a list of the hormones that will be measured and monitored:\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>DHEA</strong>\r\nBy age 40, DHEA has declined markedly. Replacement results in immune enhancement, therefore making DHEA extremely important in cancer and infection prevention. DHEA is a precursor to the sex hormones and is therefore a important building block in the production of these hormones. DHEA helps the breakdown of fats and cholesterol, while reducing the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.\r\n\r\n<strong>ESTROGEN</strong>\r\nReplacement with natural estrogen protects against heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer\'s disease and osteoporosis in women. Estrogen prevents symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, temperature deregulation, mood swings, urogenital atrophy, decreased libido and depression. Estrogen lowers LDL cholesterol and raises HDL (the good cholesterol).\r\n\r\n<strong>PROGESTERONE</strong>\r\nReplacement with natural progesterone protects against uterine and breast cancer plus osteoporosis. Progesterone reduces symptoms of menopause. Progesterone occurs naturally with estrogen and should be prescribed concurrently to balance estrogen.\r\n\r\n<strong>MELATONIN</strong>\r\nThis hormone is produced by the pineal gland and declines significantly by age 40. Melatonin controls circadium rhythm and sleep cycles. It induces sleep, improves quality of sleep and increases REM sleep and deep stage IV sleep. During this deep stage of sleep, the immune system is stimulated. It has anti-cancer effects and modulates immune function by activating the cytokine system (lymphocytic function).\r\n\r\n<strong>TESTOSTERONE</strong>\r\nThis hormone is necessary in both men and women and declines steadily after age 30. Testosterone is responsible for sustaining libido, muscle mass and immunity. It protects against disease in men plus the degeneration of muscle, bone, tendon and joints. It is a great mood enhancer and imparts a sense of well being in again men and women.\r\n\r\n<strong>THYROID</strong>\r\nThis metabolic hormone decreases steadily with age. Lack of thyroid hormone results in cold intolerance, fatigue, lassitude, weight gain, increases cholesterol, thin and dry skin, hair loss, thin and brittle nails. Replenishment results in reversal of these symptoms plus increased energy and metabolism.\r\n\r\n<strong>PREGNENOLONE</strong>\r\nDecline of this hormone occurs after age 30. This hormone aids in cellular repair of the central nervous system and is the most potent memory enhancer of all the hormones.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Your best health insurance','','inherit','closed','closed','','1486-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:09:49','2019-06-13 06:09:49','',1486,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1486-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1488,8,'2019-06-13 06:11:21','2019-06-13 06:11:21','A double-blind, placebo-controlled study, in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (2008; 5(1): 8) looked at CoQ10 supplementation and athletic performance. The participants of the study were 22 trained athletes and 19 untrained subjects. An hour before a series of exercise tests they were randomly given either a placebo or 200 mg of Coenzyme Q10. Blood samples and muscle biopsies were taken before and after exercise. The subjects were then given either a placebo or 100 mg of Coenzyme Q10 twice each day for a period of two weeks. At the end of the period they performed the same exercises and were tested in the same way. Results indicate that both acute and chronic supplementation with coenzyme Q10 may improve anaerobic and aerobic exercise performance. In addition a trend for increased time to exhaustion was observed following 2 weeks of CoQ10 supplementation\r\n\r\nAnother study appearing in the British Journal of Nutrition (2008, 100: 903-9097) looked at coenzyme Q10 supplementation and muscle damage after intense exercise. This was a double-blind, placebo controlled study involving 18 athletes who were given either 300 mg of CoQ10 or a placebo for 20 days. During the course of the study they exercised intensely for 5 1/2 hours each day for six days. Blood tests to indicate the level of muscle damage were taken (myoglobin, and creatine kinase). The muscle-damage indicators increased in both groups, but were significantly lower in the group receiving the supplement.\r\n\r\nQuality CO-Q is essential.\r\nAt Pacific Prolotherpay and Medical Wellness Centre we offer you only the best products.\r\nPlease see our store for additional information.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Improve Sports Performance With Co-Q','','publish','open','closed','','improve-sports-performance-with-co-q','','','2019-06-13 06:11:21','2019-06-13 06:11:21','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1488',0,'post','',0),(1489,8,'2019-06-13 06:11:21','2019-06-13 06:11:21','A double-blind, placebo-controlled study, in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (2008; 5(1): 8) looked at CoQ10 supplementation and athletic performance. The participants of the study were 22 trained athletes and 19 untrained subjects. An hour before a series of exercise tests they were randomly given either a placebo or 200 mg of Coenzyme Q10. Blood samples and muscle biopsies were taken before and after exercise. The subjects were then given either a placebo or 100 mg of Coenzyme Q10 twice each day for a period of two weeks. At the end of the period they performed the same exercises and were tested in the same way. Results indicate that both acute and chronic supplementation with coenzyme Q10 may improve anaerobic and aerobic exercise performance. In addition a trend for increased time to exhaustion was observed following 2 weeks of CoQ10 supplementation\r\n\r\nAnother study appearing in the British Journal of Nutrition (2008, 100: 903-9097) looked at coenzyme Q10 supplementation and muscle damage after intense exercise. This was a double-blind, placebo controlled study involving 18 athletes who were given either 300 mg of CoQ10 or a placebo for 20 days. During the course of the study they exercised intensely for 5 1/2 hours each day for six days. Blood tests to indicate the level of muscle damage were taken (myoglobin, and creatine kinase). The muscle-damage indicators increased in both groups, but were significantly lower in the group receiving the supplement.\r\n\r\nQuality CO-Q is essential.\r\nAt Pacific Prolotherpay and Medical Wellness Centre we offer you only the best products.\r\nPlease see our store for additional information.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Improve Sports Performance With Co-Q','','inherit','closed','closed','','1488-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:11:21','2019-06-13 06:11:21','',1488,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1488-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1490,8,'2019-06-13 06:12:11','2019-06-13 06:12:11','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/almonds-heart.jpg\" alt=\"Almonds Heart\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1133\" />It’s easy to get plenty of satisfying protein in your meals while still eating low on the food chain. While you don’t have to go full-time vegetarian, many people are surprised to learn that simply cutting back on meat consumption is one of the most significant ways to help the planet.\r\n\r\n<strong>QUINOA</strong>\r\nYour kitchen is not complete without highly nutritious quinoa. Known as the “Mother Grain” of the Andes, quinoa (pronounced KEE-nwah) comes complete with all necessary amino acids, high iron content, a delicious nutty flavor, and a faster cooking time than rice. Try it hot with steamed vegetables, cold in a salad, or in the ingenious form of quinoa pasta.\r\n\r\n<strong>VEGGIE BURGER </strong>\r\nEven carnivores love a veggie burger – they no longer resemble sorry imitations of meat that isn’t that choice to begin with. You’ve got a variety of flavors to choose from, each typically made with protein-rich soy and organic vegetables.\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp; </p>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALMONDS</strong>\r\nKing of the nuts, the amazing almond is high in both protein and calcium (it’s a great low-carb snack with only a few grams of non-fiber carbohydrate per serving). Try almond milk or Living Tree’s naturally sweet organic almond butter, too. For a real splurge, go for raw.\r\n\r\n<strong>YOGURT</strong>\r\nWith a 4,500 year history, organic yogurt is here to stay. Boasting protein, calcium and living cultures, organic yogurt with fruit slices makes for a healthy and filling breakfast or dessert. Buy plain, organic, full-fat yogurt – it’s the best for your body. Low-fat yogurt is highly processed and flavored yogurts are very high in sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup.\r\n\r\n<strong>TEMPEH</strong>\r\nOrganic and non-GMO tempeh, made from fermented soy beans and rice, is high in fiber and protein. It’s much nuttier and chewier than tofu, which will satisfy a serious protein craving. It tastes amazing in a stir-fry or on a kabob.\r\n\r\n<strong>LEGUMES</strong>\r\nLegumes, like lentils, black beans and chickpeas are filling and high in protein and fiber. A Middle Eastern staple, hummus is simple to make, making it one of my favorite foods!\r\n\r\n<strong>CHEESE</strong>\r\nThough it’s not a vegan option, you can find cheeses that come from animals raised humanely (look for artisan or organic choices). Cheddar and mozzarella top the list of organic cheeses for protein content Try raw dairy if you’re comfortable with that.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Delicious Meat Alternatives','','publish','open','closed','','delicious-meat-alternatives','','','2019-06-13 06:12:11','2019-06-13 06:12:11','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1490',0,'post','',0),(1491,8,'2019-06-13 06:12:11','2019-06-13 06:12:11','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/almonds-heart.jpg\" alt=\"Almonds Heart\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1133\" />It’s easy to get plenty of satisfying protein in your meals while still eating low on the food chain. While you don’t have to go full-time vegetarian, many people are surprised to learn that simply cutting back on meat consumption is one of the most significant ways to help the planet.\r\n\r\n<strong>QUINOA</strong>\r\nYour kitchen is not complete without highly nutritious quinoa. Known as the “Mother Grain” of the Andes, quinoa (pronounced KEE-nwah) comes complete with all necessary amino acids, high iron content, a delicious nutty flavor, and a faster cooking time than rice. Try it hot with steamed vegetables, cold in a salad, or in the ingenious form of quinoa pasta.\r\n\r\n<strong>VEGGIE BURGER </strong>\r\nEven carnivores love a veggie burger – they no longer resemble sorry imitations of meat that isn’t that choice to begin with. You’ve got a variety of flavors to choose from, each typically made with protein-rich soy and organic vegetables.\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp; </p>\r\n\r\n<strong>ALMONDS</strong>\r\nKing of the nuts, the amazing almond is high in both protein and calcium (it’s a great low-carb snack with only a few grams of non-fiber carbohydrate per serving). Try almond milk or Living Tree’s naturally sweet organic almond butter, too. For a real splurge, go for raw.\r\n\r\n<strong>YOGURT</strong>\r\nWith a 4,500 year history, organic yogurt is here to stay. Boasting protein, calcium and living cultures, organic yogurt with fruit slices makes for a healthy and filling breakfast or dessert. Buy plain, organic, full-fat yogurt – it’s the best for your body. Low-fat yogurt is highly processed and flavored yogurts are very high in sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup.\r\n\r\n<strong>TEMPEH</strong>\r\nOrganic and non-GMO tempeh, made from fermented soy beans and rice, is high in fiber and protein. It’s much nuttier and chewier than tofu, which will satisfy a serious protein craving. It tastes amazing in a stir-fry or on a kabob.\r\n\r\n<strong>LEGUMES</strong>\r\nLegumes, like lentils, black beans and chickpeas are filling and high in protein and fiber. A Middle Eastern staple, hummus is simple to make, making it one of my favorite foods!\r\n\r\n<strong>CHEESE</strong>\r\nThough it’s not a vegan option, you can find cheeses that come from animals raised humanely (look for artisan or organic choices). Cheddar and mozzarella top the list of organic cheeses for protein content Try raw dairy if you’re comfortable with that.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Delicious Meat Alternatives','','inherit','closed','closed','','1490-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:12:11','2019-06-13 06:12:11','',1490,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1490-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1492,8,'2019-06-13 06:12:53','2019-06-13 06:12:53','<h3>Benefits of Vitamin Supplementation in COVID-19: The Anti-Oxidants, A, C &amp; D</h3>\r\nSince treatment options to prevent and even treat COVID-19 are limited, the use of vitamins and mineral supplementation is worth exploring. Let\'s look at what some of the research says about the benefits of vitamin supplementation in COVID-19.\r\n<h3>The Immune-mediating, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Roles of Vitamins A</h3>\r\nIncreasing the level of antioxidant nutrients within the body is thought to have a beneficial effect. And the dietary supplementation of nutrients has been recognized to alter the clinical course and health of patients. Vitamin A supplementation is helpful in many conditions. For example, vitamin A improves pulmonary function test results, has been found to have antimicrobial qualities, addresses vitamin A deficiency to effectively aid in tuberculosis prevention, and has antioxidative properties.\r\n\r\n<strong>How does this relate to the benefits of vitamin A in COVID-19?</strong> The pulmonary, immunomodulatory, and antimicrobial roles of vitamin A may provide a crucial element in the fight against viral diseases, including COVID-19! Both oxidative\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4410\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"425\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4410\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Antioxidants-500x500.png\" alt=\"Antioxidants\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" /> <strong>                      <em>The Benefits of Vitamins During COVID-19</em></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\ndamage and the regenerative capacity of the lungs may be mediated through vitamin A-dependent mechanisms. Plus, vitamin A may combat viral infections. Because of its role in helping with pulmonary conditions and building the immune system, oral supplementation of vitamin A is a current topic of investigation in the treatment of COVID-19. 1\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>What About Vitamin C? Does it Help During COVID-19?</h3>\r\nOther antioxidants are being studied concerning their role to combat COVID-19. The role these vitamins play in the body and how each boosts the immune system, their role in respiratory infections, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and COVID-19...are all being examined. Vitamin C has an important antioxidant role, plus it may help in the stress response. Vitamin C has been encouraged as a treatment for respiratory infections since the 1930s. We are all familiar with its popularity in the prevention and alleviation of the common cold. And it may also have an antiviral effect.\r\n\r\nStudies support the beneficial role of vitamin C in reducing bacterial and viral infections\' incidence and severity. Vitamin C is being investigated as a possible treatment to offset the effects of inflammation and oxidative stress seen in sepsis and ARDS. And there is evidence suggesting that vitamin C helps regulate the process that occurs in the damaging \'cytokine storm\' in COVID-19. Its possible benefits, plus low cost and safety profile, make it an attractive candidate to help prevent and treat COVID-19. 1\r\n<h3>What Are the Potential Benefits from Vitamin D Supplementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic?</h3>\r\nThe protective role of vitamin D in cardiovascular disease is well established, as it may significantly increase a person\'s risk of stroke, heart disease, and even death. Plus, as most of us are aware, vitamin D intake plays a key role in bone health. Check out our other article, which discusses the many benefits of vitamin D called \"<a title=\"Vitamin D: It’s Not Just For Bones Anymore\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/vitamin-d-its-not-just-for-bones-anymore/\">Vitamin D: It’s Not Just For Bones Anymore.\"</a>\r\n<h4><em><strong>But are there any potential benefits from vitamin D supplementation during the COVID-19 pandemic?</strong></em></h4>\r\nVitamin D benefits the immune system. It plays a role in helping in chronic and acute inflammatory disorders, including autoimmune disease and infections. In fact, higher levels of vitamin D are associated with reduced risk for developing multiple sclerosis, gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, type 1 diabetes, and other immune-mediated diseases. In addition, it has been suggested that vitamin D could reduce the effect on the exacerbation of the immune response and the complications in the ARDS condition in COVID-19. And therefore, it may play a promising role in COVID-19 treatments.1,2\r\n\r\nResearchers are studying how vitamin D helps with the immune and inflammatory response in the body. Some studies show that vitamin D supplementation could lower the risk of acute respiratory infections. The British Dietetic Association recommends taking a daily supplement containing 10 µg to ensure a healthy vitamin D status (for adults and children over the age of one).3 And ‘The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing\' says that vitamin D could benefit vulnerable adults, particularly those over 70 years. (<a href=\"https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/reports/pdf/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-action=\"click_feat_suppl\">https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/reports/pdf/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdf)4</a>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nEven though appropriate vitamin D doses have been shown to provide benefits, especially considering that vitamin D deficiency leaves people vulnerable to other diseases, there has been some concern that higher doses may be harmful to those who also use ACE inhibitors.5 With that in mind, one study suggests a limiting consumption to a daily dose of 800-1000 IU of vitamin D to sufficiently meet the needs of most of the population.6\r\n<h3>We\'ll Need to Continue Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for COVID-19.</h3>\r\nFurther clinical trials are needed to assess the potential benefits of vitamin and mineral supplementation, including the anti-oxidants A, C &amp; D, to prevent and treat the COVID-19 infection. In the meantime, follow your physician\'s recommendations for the best vitamin and mineral supplementation to benefit you personally, eat healthy foods, stay active, and try your best to limit stress in your life to maintain your overall health.\r\n<h3>References:</h3>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n1 Jovic, Thomas H., et al. \"Could vitamins help in the fight against COVID-19?.\" <i>Nutrients</i> 12.9 (2020): 2550.\r\n\r\n2 Khare D, Godbole NM, Pawar SD, Mohan V, Pandey G, Gupta S, et al.<span class=\"ref-title\">Calcitriol [1, 25[OH]2 D3] pre-and post-treatment suppresses inflammatory response to influenza A (H1N1) infection in human lung A549 epithelial cells</span>. <span class=\"ref-journal\">Eur J Nutr</span> 2013; <span class=\"ref-vol\">52</span>:1405–15.\r\n\r\n3 Verdoia, Monica, and Giuseppe De Luca. \"Potential role of hypovitaminosis D and Vitamin D supplementation during COVID-19 pandemic.\" <i>QJM: An International Journal of Medicine</i> (2020).\r\n\r\n4https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/reports/pdf/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdf. Accessed January 23, 2021.\r\n\r\n5Fang L, Karakiulakis G, Roth M. Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Lancet Respir Med. 2020;8(4): e21.\r\n\r\n6Mansour, Asieh, Mohammad Reza Mohajeri-Tehrani, and Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi. \"Vitamin D supplementation in COVID-19: A friend or foe?.\" <i>EXCLI journal</i> 19 (2020): 1166-1168.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Benefits of Vitamin Supplementation in COVID-19','','publish','open','closed','','benefits-of-vitamin-supplementation-in-covid-19','','','2021-01-24 02:52:13','2021-01-24 02:52:13','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1492',0,'post','',0),(1493,8,'2019-06-13 06:12:53','2019-06-13 06:12:53','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hands-holding-heart.jpg\" alt=\"Hands Holding Heart\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1138\" />WASHINGTON (AFP) – Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person\'s risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a US study said Monday.\r\n\r\nExamining 27,686 Utah patients aged 50 or older with no history of cardiovascular disease, the study found those with very low vitamin D levels were 77 percent more likely to die early than those with normal levels.\r\n\r\nThey were also found to be 45 percent more likely to develop coronary artery disease and 78 percent were more likely to have a stroke, said the research by the Heart Institute at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.\r\n\r\nThose with very low levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to develop heart failure, said the study which was due to be presented later Monday at a conference organized by the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida.\r\n\r\n\"If increasing levels of vitamin D can decrease some risk associated with these cardiovascular diseases, it could have a significant public health impact,\" said study co-author Heidi May, noting that vitamin D deficiency is easily treatable.\r\n\r\n\"When you consider that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in America, you understand how this research can help improve the length and quality of people\'s lives.\"\r\n\r\nStudies have shown that Vitamin D also helps regulated key body functions such as blood pressure, inflammation and glucose control -- all related to heart disease -- and that deficiency of the vitamin is associated with musculoskeletal disorders.\r\n\r\nBrent Muhlestein, another co-author of the study and the director of cardiovascular research at Intermountain, stressed that because the study was only observational, definitive links between vitamin D deficiency and heart disease could not be established.\r\n\r\nHe called for randomized treatment trials of patients with insufficient levels of the vitamin.\r\n\r\nTwo thirds of the Utah population does not get enough vitamin D, according to the study.\r\n\r\nThe researchers chose Utah -- home to the Mormon church -- in part because the population consumes low levels of tobacco and alcohol, thus allowing them to focus the study on vitamin D\'s effects on the cardiovascular system, explained Muhlestein.\r\n\r\nThe patients were divided into three groups based on their vitamin D levels -- normal (over 30 nanograms per milliliter), low (15-30 ng/ml) or very low (less than 15 ng/ml) -- and were followed for a year to determine whether they developed some form of heart disease.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Strokes, Heart Disease','','inherit','closed','closed','','1492-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:12:53','2019-06-13 06:12:53','',1492,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1492-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1494,8,'2019-06-13 06:14:19','2019-06-13 06:14:19','<h3>Are The Supplements You\'re Taking Good Quality Supplements?</h3>\r\nWhile everyone loves a bargain, there are some problems with shopping for supplements using only price as a guideline. The difference in quality between different brands of supplements is often considerable. And taking quality supplements to help stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic is especially important!\r\n<h3>Coronavirus and Supplementation</h3>\r\n<em><strong>Plus, since people with low immunity are at a higher risk for coronavirus, then it would be a good idea to boost our immune systems in order to reduce our risk of acquiring it</strong></em>. Supplementation is one part of boosting our immunity. Following a healthy lifestyle, and eating a proper diet will help as well.\r\n\r\nThere are many micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.) that research has shown are very beneficial to our health. And in particular, very beneficial to our immune systems.\r\n<h4><strong>Vitamin D Helps Reduce Viral Upper Respiratory Infections </strong></h4>\r\nVitamin D is associated with a reduction in the incidence of colds and influenza.  People with lower vitamin D levels have a higher the prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections from viruses like coronaviruses, rhinoviruses, and influenza. And a single high-dose of vitamin D, combined with antibiotics has been shown to improve and resolve pneumonia.1\r\n\r\nOther antioxidants, such as alpha lipoic acid, vitamin C, and vitamin E, if  already in the system, are effective for the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress.\r\n\r\nGetting overly stressed increases our chance of getting sick. Keep in mind that the immune system is suppressed from excessive exercise, emotional stress, and lack of sleep.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4356\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4356\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Quality-Supplements-500x500.png\" alt=\"Quality Supplements\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong><em>Boost Your Immune System with Quality Supplements</em></strong>[/caption]\r\n<h4><strong>Various Flavonoid Antioxidants, Such as Quercetin and Grape Seed Extract, Demonstrate Anti-Viral Activity</strong></h4>\r\nFlavonoid antioxidants, such as quercetin and resveratrol exhibit anti-viral activity against common viruses that cause upper respiratory tract infections, including influenza A (H1N1) and B. And the compounds found in green tea extract, have shown anti-viral activity against the SARS coronavirus. <b>2</b> Since COVID-19 is essentially SARS2, it wouldn\'t be a bad idea to take these micronutrients.\r\n\r\nGrape seed extract exhibits potent antioxidant capacity, as well as anti‑bacterial, anti‑viral, anti‑carcinogenic, anti‑inflammatory and anti‑allergic actions. Respiratory viruses cause inflammation in the epithelial cells of the lungs (as does COVID-19), and increase the risk of respiratory distress and pneumonia. Grape seed extract inhibits the abnormal release of proinflammatory cytokines caused by the virus. <strong>3,4</strong>\r\n<h3>Boost Your Immune System with Quality Supplements</h3>\r\nAgain, since a low immunity increases the risk of infections, then it makes sense that boosting immunity will help you to remain healthy. And by boosting immunity, your immune system will be better able to deal with the onslaught of viruses and bacteria.\r\n\r\nIf you are not taking quality nutritional supplements, you might want to consider doing so, after first consulting with your own licensed health care professional.\r\n<h3>Choose Quality Supplements</h3>\r\nQuality pure raw ingredients and quality manufacturing of potent supplements make a huge difference in effectiveness. Not all supplements are created equally.\r\n\r\nWe want our supplements to help provide better healthy. When you choose your wine or ice cream, the only physiologic concern is taste. But what a difference between the quality of a cheap product and a good one. Compare the taste of a premium ice cream to the cheap store brand. Compare inexpensive wine to Lafite Rothschild. It should be obvious that the difference between the quality of supplements should be at least as great.\r\n<h4><em>Quality and Bioavailability Are Important</em></h4>\r\nBioavailability has to do with how well the supplement is utilized by the body. There is gasoline in coal. But you can’t just run your car on it. Similarly, there are ingredients listed on a supplement’s label that are as useless to your body as coal is to your automobile.\r\n\r\nWhat about the quality of components? Take calcium, for example. Oyster shell has calcium, but the body can’t use it (just like your car can’t use the gasoline in coal). Calcium carbonate is cheap, but is not well absorbed. Calcium citrate is much more expensive than the oyster shell or the carbonate. A high quality supplement will use the citrate, a poor one will use oyster shell. There are similar quality issues for just about every vitamin and herb.\r\n<h4><em>Read the Label on Supplements</em></h4>\r\nMany companies don’t actually produce their own vitamins, and they don’t test what they buy. Without testing, you can be lied to about the content of the product. Second, by the time the product changes hands several times, anywhere along the line someone can substitute cheaper or even phony ingredients and not be held accountable. The product can be contaminated when it changes hands. Familiarize yourself with ingredients, and read the label.\r\n<h4><em>Do Your Research</em></h4>\r\nAre the products tested for quality or for contaminants? Where did the materials come from? Most of the botanicals purchased in the US come from the Far East. There are manufacturing practices in some Third World countries that would surprise many Americans.\r\n\r\nHow is the tablet or capsule made? Bioavailability can be affected by something as simple as how the tablet is made. Many manufacturers use inert ingredients that interfere with the absorption of the nutrients. Even capsules can contain inert ingredients that interfere with absorption.\r\n\r\nThere’s a lot to know when buying supplements and herbs. Educate yourself about the product quality, and realize that self-treatment with bargain basement supplements is not a good idea.\r\n<h3>A Combination Approach For Staying Healthy</h3>\r\nFinally, just taking even quality nutritional supplements is not sufficient. We all need to eat well, get regular restorative sleep, reduce stress, exercise, maintain a healthy weight, not smoke, and use alcohol in moderation. All of these factors affect your immune system’s ability to keep you healthy. Now, as always, it is important to try to follow all of these recommendations as much as possible in order to stay healthy.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Slow S, et al. Effect of adjunctive single high-dose vitamin D3 on outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised adults: The VIDCAPS randomised controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2018 Sep 14;8(1):13829.</li>\r\n 	<li>Park HR, et al. Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of 7-O-arylmethylquercetin derivatives against SARS-associated coronavirus (SCV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Arch Pharm Res. 2012 Jan;35(1):77-85.</li>\r\n 	<li>Kim SJ, et al. Pretreatment with a grape seed proanthocyanidin extract downregulates proinflammatory cytokine expression in airway epithelial cells infected with respiratory syncytial virus. Mol Med Rep. 2019 Apr;19(4):3330-3336.</li>\r\n 	<li>McNamara, Ladd. \"Covid-19fighting fear and the coronavirus pandemic with precautions and quality supplements.\" <i>medRxiv</i>(2020).</li>\r\n</ol>','Quality Supplements and COVID-19','','publish','open','closed','','quality-supplements-and-co','','','2020-12-18 00:02:22','2020-12-18 00:02:22','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1494',0,'post','',0),(1495,8,'2019-06-13 06:14:19','2019-06-13 06:14:19','While everyone loves a bargain, there are some problems with shopping for supplements using only price as a guideline. The difference in quality between different brands of supplements is often considerable. The supplement quality issue alone makes in important that you get professional help with your nutritional supplementation.\r\n\r\nHerbs, vitamins and minerals are meant to be utilized by the body, to help with physiology and biochemistry. Think of wine or ice cream. The only physiologic concern with these products is taste, but what a difference between the quality of a cheap product and a good one. Compare the taste of a premium ice cream to the cheap store brand. Compare inexpensive wine to Lafite Rothschild. It should be obvious that the difference between the quality of vitamins and herbs should be at least as great.\r\n\r\nQuality and bioavailability are important. Bioavailability has to do with how well the supplement is utilized by the body. There is gasoline in coal, you just can’t run your car on it. Similarly, there are ingredients listed on a supplement’s label that are as useless to your body as coal is to your automobile.\r\n\r\nWhat about the quality of components? Take calcium, for example. Oyster shell has calcium, but the body can’t use it (just like your car can’t use the gasoline in coal). Calcium carbonate is cheap, but is not well absorbed. Calcium citrate is much more expensive than the oyster shell or the carbonate. A high quality supplement will use the citrate, a poor one will use oyster shell. There are similar quality issues for just about every vitamin and herb.\r\n\r\nMany companies don’t actually produce their own vitamins, and they don’t test what they buy. Without testing, you can be lied to about the content of the product. Second, by the time the product changes hands several times, anywhere along the line someone can substitute cheaper or even phony ingredients and not be held accountable. The product can be contaminated when it changes hands. Sometimes the label claims are fraudulent.\r\n\r\nAre the products tested for quality or for contaminants? Where did the materials come from? Most of the botanicals purchased in the US come from the Far East. There are manufacturing practices in some Third World countries that would surprise many Americans.\r\n\r\nHow is the tablet or capsule made? Bioavailability can be affected by something as simple as how the tablet is made. Many manufacturers use inert ingredients that interfere with the absorption of the nutrients. Even capsules can contain inert ingredients that interfere with absorption.\r\n\r\nThere’s a lot to know when buying supplements and herbs. When you learn about product quality, they will realize that self-treatment with bargain basement supplements is not a good idea.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>\r\n','Is it a Good Supplement','','inherit','closed','closed','','1494-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:14:19','2019-06-13 06:14:19','',1494,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1494-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1496,8,'2019-06-13 06:15:02','2019-06-13 06:15:02','<h3><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1142\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Healthy-Breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Breakfast\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />Protein Foods and Our Health</h3>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nNo matter our age, an intake of high-quality protein foods is necessary in adequate amounts to maintain health. Protein intake is necessary for the growth, development, and maintenance of skeletal muscle tissue.\r\n\r\nSkeletal muscle helps us to be physically strong. And building muscle over the years also helps to safeguard against the muscle mass decline that results with age. Both physical activity and dietary factors, such as protein intake, influence growth of muscle mass.  And many protein recommendations, like the RDA, are only set to cover basic needs. But higher protein intake might be necessary for optimizing muscle mass.(1)\r\n<h3>Eat A Variety of High Quality Protein Foods</h3>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nConsuming a variety of high quality protein foods to ensure a sufficient supply of amino acids for lean mass and an overall healthy diet quality (2). And many have chosen to get their protein from plant-based sources. \"Indeed, there has been a shift toward plant-based dietary patterns within dietary guidelines to presumably maximize population health benefits and to support environmental sustainability \"(3). Studies have shown that minimizing red meat consumption is favorable to reduce disease the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions. (4,5).\r\n<h3>Plant-Based Diets</h3>\r\nAre plant based diets healthier? Interestingly, when compared with regular meat-eaters, those who eat lower quantities of meat, and non-meat-eaters were younger, had a higher education level, a lower socio-economic status, were less likely to smoke and consume alcohol, had higher levels of physical activity, a a lower BMI (6).\r\n<h4>Protein for Breakfast</h4>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nBy eating a breakfast high in protein, not only increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day, but it reduces the brain signals controlling food motivation and reward-driven eating behavior.\r\n<h4><em>What Do Researchers Say About Eating Breakfast?</em></h4>\r\nHeather J. Leidy, from University of Missouri (Missouri, USA), and colleagues assessed physiological hunger and satiety by measuring perceived appetite sensations and hormonal markers in combination with psychological reward-driven motivation to eat, using functional MRI imaging (fMRI) to identify brain activation in specific regions related to food motivation and reward.(7)\r\n<h4>Breakfast Skipping Is Linked to Unhealthy Snacking and Weight Gain</h4>\r\nThe researchers focused on teenagers, who often skip breakfast. Interestingly, breakfast skipping has been strongly associated with unhealthy snacking, overeating (especially at night), weight gain and obesity. For three weeks, the teens either continued to skip breakfast or consumed 500-calorie breakfast meals containing cereal and milk (which contained normal quantities of protein) or higher protein meals prepared as Belgium waffles, syrup and yogurt. At the end of each week, the volunteers completed appetite and satiety questionnaires. Right before lunch, the volunteers completed a brain scan, using fMRI, to identify brain activation responses.\r\n\r\nCompared to breakfast skipping, both breakfast meals led to increased fullness and reductions in hunger throughout the morning. fMRI results showed that brain activation in regions controlling food motivation and reward was reduced prior to lunch time when breakfast was consumed in the morning. Additionally, the higher protein breakfast led to even greater changes in appetite, satiety and reward-driven eating behavior compared to the normal protein breakfast. The team concluded, “The addition of breakfast led to alterations in brain activation in regions previously associated with food motivation and reward with additional alterations following the higher-protein breakfast.”(7)\r\n<h3>Choose Fresh, Non-Processed Food</h3>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nWhether you are a meat eater or not, a healthy eating pattern will include a variety of high-quality protein foods throughout the day. And staying away from processed and sugary foods is also encouraged. Instead, try to stick to fresh, non-processed foods when choosing your protein food sources for a healthier you.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\nWant more information on healthy eating? Read our article about <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/fat-fighting-foods/\">Fat Fighting Foods</a> by clicking <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/fat-fighting-foods/\">here.</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\n1Burd, Nicholas A., et al. \"Dietary protein quantity, quality, and exercise are key to healthy living: a muscle-centric perspective across the lifespan.\" <i>Frontiers in nutrition</i> 6 (2019): 83.\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\n2Phillips SM, Fulgoni VL III, Heaney RP, Nicklas TA, Slavin JL, Weaver CM. Commonly consumed protein foods contribute to nutrient intake, diet quality, and nutrient adequacy. Am J Clin Nutr. (2015) 101:1346S−52S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084079\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\n3Committee DGA. Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Advisory Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC (2015).\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\n4Micha R, Wallace Sarah K, Mozaffarian D. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of incident coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus. Circulation. (2010) 121:2271–83. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.924977\r\n\r\n5Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Changes in red meat consumption and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: three cohorts of US men and womenred meat consumption and type 2 diabetes riskred meat consumption and type 2 diabetes risk. JAMA Internal Med. (2013) 173:1328–35. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6633\r\n\r\n6Papier, Keren, et al. \"Comparison of major protein-source foods and other food groups in meat-eaters and non-meat-eaters in the EPIC-Oxford cohort.\" <i>Nutrients</i> 11.4 (2019): 824.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nHeather J. Leidy, Rebecca J. Lepping, Cary R. Savage, Corey T. Harris.” Neural Responses to Visual Food Stimuli After a Normal vs. Higher Protein Breakfast in Breakfast-Skipping Teens: A Pilot fMRI Study.” Obesity, 5 May 2011.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\"> Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Protein Foods','','publish','open','closed','','protein-foods','','','2020-12-16 01:57:10','2020-12-16 01:57:10','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1496',0,'post','',0),(1497,8,'2019-06-13 06:15:02','2019-06-13 06:15:02','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Healthy-Breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Breakfast\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1142\" /><strong>Protein-Rich Breakfast Prompts Healthy Brain Signals</strong>\r\n\r\nBy eating a breakfast high in protein, not only does one increase satiety and reduce hunger throughout the day, but it reduces the brain signals controlling food motivation and reward-driven eating behavior. Heather J. Leidy, from University of Missouri (Missouri, USA), and colleagues assessed physiological hunger and satiety by measuring perceived appetite sensations and hormonal markers in combination with psychological reward-driven motivation to eat, using functional MRI imaging (fMRI) to identify brain activation in specific regions related to food motivation and reward. The researchers focused on teenagers, who often skip breakfast:  breakfast skipping has been strongly associated with unhealthy snacking, overeating (especially at night), weight gain and obesity.  For three weeks, the teens either continued to skip breakfast or consumed 500-calorie breakfast meals containing cereal and milk (which contained normal quantities of protein) or higher protein meals prepared as Belgium waffles, syrup and yogurt. At the end of each week, the volunteers completed appetite and satiety questionnaires. Right before lunch, the volunteers completed a brain scan, using fMRI, to identify brain activation responses. Compared to breakfast skipping, both breakfast meals led to increased fullness and reductions in hunger throughout morning. fMRI results showed that brain activation in regions controlling food motivation and reward was reduced prior to lunch time when breakfast was consumed in the morning.  Additionally, the higher protein breakfast led to even greater changes in appetite, satiety and reward-driven eating behavior compared to the normal protein breakfast. The team concludes that: “The addition of breakfast led to alterations in brain activation in regions previously associated with food motivation and reward with additional alterations following the higher-protein breakfast.”\r\n\r\nHeather J. Leidy, Rebecca J. Lepping, Cary R. Savage, Corey T. Harris.” Neural Responses to Visual Food Stimuli After a Normal vs. Higher Protein Breakfast in Breakfast-Skipping Teens: A Pilot fMRI Study.”  Obesity, 5 May 2011.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"buttonlink\" href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">  Schedule Your Appointment Today!</a>','Healthy Breakfast','','inherit','closed','closed','','1496-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:15:02','2019-06-13 06:15:02','',1496,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1496-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1498,8,'2019-06-13 06:16:35','2019-06-13 06:16:35','<h1>Body Cleansing Foods</h1>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1144\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Body-Cleansing-Foods.jpg\" alt=\"Body Cleansing Foods\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />The body can do a great job at getting rid of toxins. And we can help it by providing the right foods to do that. Body cleansing foods help your body cleanse itself. Simple as that; eat more of these and your body does its own internal “cleaning,\" Food is really your best medicine.\r\n\r\nThe liver is a big part of the cleansing process. It is essential for proper body functioning, as it purifies toxins, and produces the necessary digestive substances. Plus, it stores the vitamins and minerals the body needs for distribution throughout the body.1 Eating overly processed and fried foods overstresses the liver.  As do environmental pollutants.\r\n<h3>Detox with Body Cleansing Foods</h3>\r\nYou can detox or remove toxic substances from the body when you eat a healthier diet. Here are some nourishing foods that can promote a healthier liver and a healthier body. These foods cleanse the body’s detoxification organs including the liver, intestines, kidneys, and skin, preventing harmful toxic buildup.\r\n\r\nHelp ward off the harmful effects of pollution, food additives, second-hand smoke, and other toxins with delicious fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, and beans (eating organic whenever possible is always the best way to go).\r\n<h2>List of Body Cleansing Foods</h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Apples</strong></h3>\r\nApples are high in pectin, a type of soluble fiber that helps remove toxins from the digestive tract helping to eliminate toxic build up while cleanse the intestines. It also binds to cholesterol and heavy metals in the body.\r\n<h3><strong>Avocados</strong></h3>\r\nWe rarely think of avocados as a cleansing food but these nutritional powerhouses and dense super foods lower cholesterol and dilate blood vessels while blocking artery-destroying toxicity. Avocados contain a nutrient called glutathione, which blocks at least thirty different carcinogens and is necessary for the liver to detoxify harmful toxins and synthetic chemicals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beets</strong>\r\n\r\nTime to whip up some delicious borscht soup since its main ingredient, beets, contain a unique mixture of natural plant compounds that make them superb blood purifiers and liver cleansers. Beets protect bile ducts in the liver from damage from toxins. They are high in potassium, magnesium, fiber, phosphorous, iron, and vitamins A, B, C, and folic acid. They can also be used as a natural energy source that is better for you than caffeine. Want a great duo to improve liver function? Then combine carrots and beets for a high amount of plant-flavonoids and beta-carotene.\r\n<h3><strong>Blueberries</strong></h3>\r\nTruly one of the most powerful healing foods, blueberries contain natural aspirin that helps lessen the tissue-damaging effects of chronic inflammation, while lessening pain. Blueberries also act as antibiotics by blocking bacteria in the urinary tract, thereby helping to prevent infections. They also have antiviral properties and help to block toxins from crossing the blood-brain barrier to gain access to the delicate brain.\r\n<h3><strong>Cabbage</strong></h3>\r\nCabbage contains numerous anticancer and antioxidant compounds and helps the liver break down excess hormones. Cabbage also cleanses the digestive tract and neutralizes some of the damaging compounds found in cigarette smoke (and second-hand smoke). It also strengthens the liver’s ability to detoxify. Try eating more kimchi, coleslaw, cabbage soup, and sauerkraut.\r\n<h3><strong>Celery and Celery Seeds</strong></h3>\r\nCelery and celery seeds are excellent blood cleansers and contain many different anti-cancer compounds that help detoxify cancer cells from the body. Celery seeds contain over twenty anti-inflammatory substances. It is particularly good for detoxifying substances found in cigarette smoke.\r\n<h3><strong>Cranberries</strong></h3>\r\nCleanse your body from harmful bacteria and viruses that may be lingering in your urinary tract with cranberries since they contain antibiotic and antiviral substances.\r\n<h3>Lemons and Limes</h3>\r\nTry drinking freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice first thing in the morning to stimulate the liver\'s production of bile, which pushes toxins out. It also helps to prevent gallstone buildup, promotes digestion, and liver function. Excellent liver detoxifiers, lemons and limes contain high amounts of vitamin C, a vitamin needed by the body to make an important substance called glutathione. Glutathione helps the liver detoxify harmful chemicals. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice (not the bottled variety) to pure water to support your cleansing efforts on a daily basis.\r\n<h3><strong>Flaxseeds and Flaxseed Oil</strong></h3>\r\nLoaded with essential fatty acids, particularly the Omega-3s, flaxseeds and flaxseed oil are essential for many cleansing functions throughout the body.\r\n<h3><strong>Garlic</strong></h3>\r\nEat garlic to cleanse harmful bacteria, intestinal parasites and viruses from your body, especially from the blood and intestines. It also helps cleanse build-up from the arteries and has anti-cancer and antioxidant properties that help detoxify the body of harmful substances. Additionally, garlic assists with cleansing the respiratory tract by expelling mucous build-up in the lungs and sinuses. Garlic aids the liver in flushing out toxins too. And it\'s sulfur compounds activate liver enzymes. For the health benefits, choose only fresh garlic, not garlic powder, which has virtually none of the above properties.\r\n<h3><strong>Grapefruit</strong></h3>\r\nAdd a ruby red grapefruit to your breakfast to benefit from pectin fiber that binds to cholesterol, thereby cleansing the blood. Pectin also binds to heavy metals and helps escort them out of the body. It also has antiviral compounds that cleanse harmful viruses out of the body. Grapefruit is an excellent intestinal and liver detoxifier, and is rich in Vitamin C.\r\n<h3><strong>Kale</strong></h3>\r\nSteam some kale to benefit from its powerful anti-cancer and antioxidant compounds that help cleanse the body of harmful substances. It is also high in fiber, which helps cleanse the intestinal tract. Like cabbage, kale helps neutralize compounds found in cigarette smoke and strengthens liver cleansing.\r\n<h3><strong>Legumes</strong></h3>\r\nAdd a handful of cooked beans to your next meal since they loaded with fiber that helps lower cholesterol, cleanses the intestines, and regulates blood sugar levels. Legumes also help protect the body against cancer.\r\n<h3><strong>Seaweed</strong></h3>\r\nSeaweed could be the most underrated vegetable in the western world. Studies at McGill University in Montreal showed that seaweeds bind to radioactive waste in the body. Seaweed also binds to heavy metals to help eliminate them from the body. In addition, they are powerhouses of minerals and trace minerals.\r\n<h3><strong>Watercress</strong></h3>\r\nIf you haven’t tried watercress add this delicious green to your next sandwich since it increases detoxification enzymes and acts on cancer cells in the body. In a study at the Norwich Food Research Centre in the United Kingdom, smokers who were given 170 grams of watercress per day eliminated higher than average amounts of carcinogens in their urine, thereby eliminating them from their body.\r\n<h3>Eat a Variety of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables As Body Cleansing Foods</h3>\r\nEating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables assists with detoxifying harmful substances from your body. So what are you waiting for? Who knew cleansing could taste so good.\r\n\r\nWant more ideas on using food to promote health. Read our article on <em>\"Fat Fighting Foods\"</em> by clicking <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/articles/health-news/fat-fighting-foods/\">here</a>.\r\n\r\n1 Thilagavathi, T., et al. \"Foods That Cleanses The Liver.\" <i>Biotica Research Today</i> 2.5 Spl. (2020): 300-302.','Body Cleansing Foods','','publish','open','closed','','body-cleansing-foods','','','2020-12-05 02:48:52','2020-12-05 02:48:52','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1498',0,'post','',0),(1499,8,'2019-06-13 06:16:35','2019-06-13 06:16:35','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Body-Cleansing-Foods.jpg\" alt=\"Body Cleansing Foods\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1144\" />Here is a list of foods that can help your body cleanse itself. Simple as that; eat more of these and your body does its own internal “cleaning”. Food is really your best medicine.\r\n\r\nThese foods cleanse the body’s detoxification organs like the liver, intestines, kidneys, and skin, preventing harmful toxic buildup. Help ward off the harmful effects of pollution, food additives, second-hand smoke, and other toxins with delicious fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, and beans (eating organic whenever possible is always the best way to go).\r\n\r\n<strong>Apples.</strong> Because apples are high in pectin, a type of fiber that binds to cholesterol and heavy metals in the body, they help eliminate toxic build up and to cleanse the intestines.\r\n\r\n<strong>Avocados.</strong> We rarely think of avocados as a cleansing food but these nutritional powerhouses lower cholesterol and dilate blood vessels while blocking artery-destroying toxicity. Avocados contain a nutrient called glutathione, which blocks at least thirty different carcinogens while helping the liver detoxify synthetic chemicals.\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Beets.</strong> Time to whip up some delicious borscht soup since its main ingredient, beets, contain a unique mixture of natural plant compounds that make them superb blood purifiers and liver cleansers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blueberries.</strong> Truly one of the most powerful healing foods, blueberries contain natural aspirin that helps lessen the tissue-damaging effects of chronic inflammation, while lessening pain. Blueberries also act as antibiotics by blocking bacteria in the urinary tract, thereby helping to prevent infections. They also have antiviral properties and help to block toxins from crossing the blood-brain barrier to gain access to the delicate brain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cabbage.</strong> Cabbage contains numerous anticancer and antioxidant compounds and helps the liver break down excess hormones. Cabbage also cleanses the digestive tract and neutralizes some of the damaging compounds found in cigarette smoke (and second-hand smoke). It also strengthens the liver’s ability to detoxify.\r\n\r\n<strong>Celery and Celery Seeds.</strong> Celery and celery seeds are excellent blood cleansers and contain many different anti-cancer compounds that help detoxify cancer cells from the body. Celery seeds contain over twenty anti-inflammatory substances. It is particularly good for detoxifying substances found in cigarette smoke.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cranberries.</strong> Cleanse your body from harmful bacteria and viruses that may be lingering in your urinary tract with cranberries since they contain antibiotic and antiviral substances.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flaxseeds and Flaxseed Oil.</strong> Loaded with essential fatty acids, particularly the Omega-3s, flaxseeds and flaxseed oil are essential for many cleansing functions throughout the body.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garlic.</strong> Eat garlic to cleanse harmful bacteria, intestinal parasites and viruses from your body, especially from the blood and intestines. It also helps cleanse build-up from the arteries and has anti-cancer and antioxidant properties that help detoxify the body of harmful substances. Additionally, garlic assists with cleansing the respiratory tract by expelling mucous build-up in the lungs and sinuses. For the health benefits, choose only fresh garlic, not garlic powder, which has virtually none of the above properties.\r\n\r\n<strong>Grapefruit.</strong> Add a ruby red grapefruit to your breakfast to benefit from pectin fiber that binds to cholesterol, thereby cleansing the blood. Pectin also binds to heavy metals and helps escort them out of the body. It also has antiviral compounds that cleanse harmful viruses out of the body. Grapefruit is an excellent intestinal and liver detoxifier.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kale.</strong> Steam some kale to benefit from its powerful anti-cancer and antioxidant compounds that help cleanse the body of harmful substances. It is also high in fiber, which helps cleanse the intestinal tract. Like cabbage, kale helps neutralize compounds found in cigarette smoke and strengthens liver cleansing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Legumes.</strong> Add a handful of cooked beans to your next meal since they loaded with fiber that helps lower cholesterol, cleanses the intestines, and regulates blood sugar levels. Legumes also help protect the body against cancer.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lemons.</strong> Excellent liver detoxifiers, lemons contain high amounts of vitamin C, a vitamin needed by the body to make an important substance called glutathione. Glutathione helps the liver detoxify harmful chemicals. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice (not the bottled variety) to pure water to support your cleansing efforts on a daily basis.\r\n\r\n<strong>Seaweed.</strong> Seaweed could be the most underrated vegetable in the western world. Studies at McGill University in Montreal showed that seaweeds bind to radioactive waste in the body. Seaweed also binds to heavy metals to help eliminate them from the body. In addition, they are powerhouses of minerals and trace minerals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Watercress.</strong> If you haven’t tried watercress add this delicious green to your next sandwich since it increases detoxification enzymes and acts on cancer cells in the body. In a study at the Norwich Food Research Centre in the United Kingdom, smokers who were given 170 grams of watercress per day eliminated higher than average amounts of carcinogens in their urine, thereby eliminating them from their body.\r\n\r\nEating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables assists with detoxifying harmful substances from your body. So what are you waiting for? Who knew cleansing could taste so good.\r\n','Body Cleansing Foods','','inherit','closed','closed','','1498-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:16:35','2019-06-13 06:16:35','',1498,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1498-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1500,8,'2019-06-13 06:17:29','2019-06-13 06:17:29','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Drfields Bio Img\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-955\" />\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Peter A. Fields, M.D., D.C.</strong>\r\n(Prolotherapy, Holistic Medicine, Sports Medicine)\r\nOrthoRegen<sup>®</sup>\r\n2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 220\r\nSanta Monica, CA 90403\r\nPhone: [phone]\r\nFax: 310-453-1212\r\n\r\n<strong>Eleanor Hynote, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Metabolism, and\r\nIntegrative Medicine)\r\nPhoenix Well Care\r\n3417 Valle Verde Drive\r\nNapa, CA 94558\r\nPhone: 707-255-4172\r\nFax: 707-255-2605\r\n\r\n<strong>James F. Lineback, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Internal and Chest Medicine, Chronic Disease\r\nManagement, Anti-Aging)\r\nNewport Longevity Medical Group\r\n400 Newport center Drive, Suite 401\r\nNewport Beach, CA 92660-5303\r\nPhone: 949-760-8600\r\nFax: 949-721-9121\r\n\r\n<strong>Robert E. Markison, M.D., F.A.C.S</strong>\r\n(Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF\r\nHand Surgeon)\r\nMedical Arts Building\r\n2000 Van Ness Ave., Suite 204\r\nSan Francisco, can CA 94109-3017\r\nPhone: 415-929-5900\r\nFax: 415-929-5909\r\n\r\n<strong>Ron Rothenberg, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Anti-Aging)\r\nCalifornia Healthspan Institute\r\n320 Sante Fe Drive, Suite 211\r\nEncinitas, CA 92024\r\nToll-Free Number: 800-943-3331\r\nPhone: 760-635-1996\r\nFax: 760-635-1994\r\n\r\n<strong>Julian Whitaker, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Alternative Medicine, Anti-Aging)\r\nWhitaker Wellness Institute\r\n4321 Birch Street, Suite 100\r\nNewport Beach, CA 92660\r\nToll-Free Number: 800-488-1500\r\nPhone: 949-851-1550\r\n','Dr. Sinatra\'s List of Top Doctors List','','publish','open','closed','','dr-sinatras-list-of-top-doctors-list','','','2020-06-30 21:05:32','2020-06-30 21:05:32','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1500',0,'post','',0),(1501,8,'2019-06-13 06:17:29','2019-06-13 06:17:29','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/drfields-bio-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Drfields Bio Img\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-955\" />\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Peter A. Fields, M.D., D.C.</strong>\r\n(Prolotherapy, Holistic Medicine, Sports Medicine)\r\nOrthoRegen\r\n2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 220\r\nSanta Monica, CA 90403\r\nPhone: 310-956-0569\r\nFax: 310-453-1212\r\n\r\n<strong>Eleanor Hynote, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Metabolism, and\r\nIntegrative Medicine)\r\nPhoenix Well Care\r\n3417 Valle Verde Drive\r\nNapa, CA 94558\r\nPhone: 707-255-4172\r\nFax: 707-255-2605\r\n\r\n<strong>James F. Lineback, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Internal and Chest Medicine, Chronic Disease\r\nManagement, Anti-Aging)\r\nNewport Longevity Medical Group\r\n400 Newport center Drive, Suite 401\r\nNewport Beach, CA 92660-5303\r\nPhone: 949-760-8600\r\nFax: 949-721-9121\r\n\r\n<strong>Robert E. Markison, M.D., F.A.C.S</strong>\r\n(Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF\r\nHand Surgeon)\r\nMedical Arts Building\r\n2000 Van Ness Ave., Suite 204\r\nSan Francisco, can CA 94109-3017\r\nPhone: 415-929-5900\r\nFax: 415-929-5909\r\n\r\n<strong>Ron Rothenberg, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Anti-Aging)\r\nCalifornia Healthspan Institute\r\n320 Sante Fe Drive, Suite 211\r\nEncinitas, CA 92024\r\nToll-Free Number: 800-943-3331\r\nPhone: 760-635-1996\r\nFax: 760-635-1994\r\n\r\n<strong>Julian Whitaker, M.D.</strong>\r\n(Alternative Medicine, Anti-Aging)\r\nWhitaker Wellness Institute\r\n4321 Birch Street, Suite 100\r\nNewport Beach, CA 92660\r\nToll-Free Number: 800-488-1500\r\nPhone: 949-851-1550\r\n','Dr. Sinatra\'s List of Top Doctors List','','inherit','closed','closed','','1500-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:17:29','2019-06-13 06:17:29','',1500,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1500-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1502,8,'2019-06-13 06:18:07','2019-06-13 06:18:07','<h3><strong>Dr. Fields Talks About the Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines: An I</strong><strong>nterview on KCAL/CBS </strong></h3>\r\nPeter A. Fields, MD, DC is an expert lecturer on Regenerative Orthopedic therapies and is a sought after speaker for his medical knowledge as both a chiropractor and medical doctor. And in this video, Dr. Fields gives some insight into some of the problems people can encounter when taking too many anti-inflammatories. Check out this <strong>Interview with Dr. Fields on KCAL/CBS About </strong><strong>the Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines.</strong>\r\n\r\nAnti-inflammatories, such as Ibuprofen and Naproxen, can result in the eventual destruction of a joint, because they actually interfere with the healing process. Dr. Fields discusses this in greater detail in this video.\r\n<h3>Watch the Video</h3>\r\n[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=\"I0HcX8Kcy2k\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" anchor=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dextrose-Prolotherapy-Overview.jpg\" alt=\"Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines\'\"]\r\n<h3>Want More Information On Treating the Painful Joint Without NSAIDS?</h3>\r\nProlotherapy, a regenerative therapy, is a non-surgical treatment for joint and spine pain. The treatments are a natural method of assisting the body to heal injured or weakened joints, ligaments, and tendons. They actually boost the body’s own healing abilities.\r\n\r\nWith Prolotherapy (also called Dextrose Prolotherapy), the weakened areas are injected with a solution that stimulates healthy, strong tissues. And as the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and vibrant, the pain is alleviated, and motion is restored.\r\n\r\nIs a joint, ligament, or tendon is causing you pain or limited movement? Then Prolotherapy might be the right choice for you! Prolotherapy can help with arthritis, <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/conditions/sports-injuries/knee-injury-treatment/\">knee injuries</a>, tendonitis (tennis elbow), hip dysfunction, bulging discs, lumbar or cervical spine instability, bursitis, ACL Tears, <a href=\"#\">rotator cuff injuries</a> and more.\r\n<h3>Visit Our Website</h3>\r\nFor more information about Prolotherapy and other Regenerative Orthopedic techniques, please visit our website at <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com\">drfields.com</a>, where you will find many, many articles that describe the various conditions effectively treated with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n\r\nSimilar to NSAID\'s, cortisone injections are another common treatment that can end up destroying the joint. Find out more by reading articles we have written about the effects of cortisone. Click <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/?s=cortisone\">here</a>.\r\n<h3>We Would Be Happy to Answer Your Questions!</h3>\r\nIf you have any questions about Regenerative Orthopedic treatments like Prolotherapy, PRP, and Stem Cell Therapy, please contact us by calling <span class=\"wsm_phone\"><a title=\"phone\" href=\"tel:+310-453-1234\">310-453-1234</a>. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Dr. Fields Talks About the Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines','','publish','open','closed','','dr-fields-talks-about-the-dangers-of-anti-inflammatory-medicines','','','2021-01-16 01:23:59','2021-01-16 01:23:59','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1502',0,'post','',0),(1503,8,'2019-06-13 06:18:07','2019-06-13 06:18:07','[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=\"I0HcX8Kcy2k\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" anchor=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dextrose-Prolotherapy-Overview.jpg\" alt=\"Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines\'\"]\r\n<strong>Dr. Fields Interviewed on KCAL/CBS <br>About \'Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory<br> Medicines\'</strong>','Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Dangers of Anti-Inflammatory Medicines\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','1502-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:18:07','2019-06-13 06:18:07','',1502,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1502-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1504,8,'2019-06-13 06:19:13','2019-06-13 06:19:13','[caption id=\"attachment_4393\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4393 size-medium\" title=\"Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Prolotherapy\'\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Prolotherapy-copy-2-500x500.png\" alt=\"Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Prolotherapy\'\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong>Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS  about Prolotherapy</strong>[/caption]\r\n<h3>Dr. Fields Interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Prolotherapy\'</h3>\r\nPeter A. Fields, MD, DC is an expert lecturer on Regenerative Orthopedic therapies like Prolotherapy. And in this video, Dr. Fields explains one of the regenerative methods in this<strong> Interview on KCAL/CBS About \'Prolotherapy.\' </strong>One of his patients also describes her experience with Prolotherapy in this video, after coming to see Dr. Fields for the knee pain she was experiencing.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve wondered what Prolotherapy is, watching this video is a great way to familiarize yourself with the treatment. And it\'s quick and interesting too! We hope you enjoy it.\r\n<h3>Want More Information about Prolotherapy?</h3>\r\nProlotherapy is a non-surgical treatment for joint and spine pain. The treatments are a natural method of assisting the body to heal injured or weakened joints, ligaments, and tendons. They actually boost the body\'s own healing abilities.\r\n\r\nWith Prolotherapy (also called Dextrose Prolotherapy), the weakened areas are injected with a solution that stimulates the growth of healthy, strong tissues. And as the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and vibrant, the pain is alleviated, and motion is restored.\r\n\r\nIs a joint, ligament, or tendon is causing you pain or limited movement? Then Prolotherapy might be the right choice for you! Prolotherapy can help with arthritis, <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/conditions/sports-injuries/knee-injury-treatment/\">knee injuries</a>, tendonitis (tennis elbow), hip dysfunction, bulging discs, lumbar or cervical spine instability, bursitis, ACL Tears, <a href=\"#\">rotator cuff injuries</a> and more.\r\n<h3>Visit Our Website</h3>\r\nFor more information about Prolotherapy and other Regenerative Orthopedic techniques, please visit our website at <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com\">drfields.com</a>, where you will find many, many articles that describe the various conditions effectively treated with Regenerative Orthopedics.\r\n<h3>We Would Be Happy to Answer Your Questions!</h3>\r\nIf you have any questions, please contact us by calling <span class=\"wsm_phone\"><a title=\"phone\" href=\"tel:+310-453-1234\">310-453-1234</a>. </span>\r\n\r\n[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=\"3JIY8OCt1FY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" anchor=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Peter-A.-Fields-MD-DC.jpg\" alt=\"About Prolotherapy\'\"]\r\n<strong> </strong>','Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about Prolotherapy','','publish','open','closed','','dr-fields-interviewed-on-kcal-cbs-about-prolotherapy-2','','','2021-01-14 01:53:29','2021-01-14 01:53:29','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1504',0,'post','',0),(1505,8,'2019-06-13 06:19:13','2019-06-13 06:19:13','[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=\"3JIY8OCt1FY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" anchor=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Peter-A.-Fields-MD-DC.jpg\" alt=\"About Prolotherapy\'\"]\r\n<strong>Dr. Fields Interviewed on KCAL/CBS About \'Prolotherapy\'</strong>','Dr. Fields interviewed on KCAL/CBS about \'Prolotherapy\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','1504-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:19:13','2019-06-13 06:19:13','',1504,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1504-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1506,8,'2019-06-13 06:20:08','2019-06-13 06:20:08','[caption id=\"attachment_1159\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"355\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1159 \" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Soft-Drinks.jpg\" alt=\"Soft Drinks Increase Risk for Disease\" width=\"355\" height=\"463\" /> <em>         <strong>Soft Drinks Increase Risk for Disease</strong></em>[/caption]\r\n<h3>Soft Drinks Increase Risk for Disease</h3>\r\nSugary beverages are the leading sources of added sugars in diets in the US. Did you know a single can of sugar-sweetened soda contains about the upper limit of the recommended 25 to 50 g per day?1 Sucrose-sweetened soft drinks increase the risk of disease and have been implicated for decades in cardiometabolic diseases.\r\n\r\nSugary beverages are any liquids sweetened with added sugars. And there are many of them like brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, and more.\r\n<h3>What kind of drinks are considered sugary beverages?</h3>\r\nExamples of sugary drinks include regular soda (not sugar-free), fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened waters, hot chocolate, chai, and coffee and tea beverages with added sugars.\r\n\r\nAll of this sugar has harmful effects. Sugary beverage intake boosts the risk for weight gain, <span class=\"ej-keyword\" data-value=\"metabolic syndrome\">metabolic syndrome</span>, <span class=\"ej-keyword\" data-value=\"type 2 diabetes\">type 2 diabetes</span>, coronary heart diseases, hypertension, and stroke. In one study, over 50,000 deaths from cardiac reasons were attributed to high sugar consumption. 2\r\n<h3>The Framingham Heart Study</h3>\r\nThe Framingham Heart Study released the results of an observational study that associates the consumption of sugary drinks to an increased risk for coronary vascular disease and with adverse changes in high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations and may contribute to the development of dyslipidemia.3\r\n<h4><em>Both Diet and Regular Soft Drinks Increase Disease Risk</em></h4>\r\nThe researchers expressed surprise that it did not matter whether the soft drink was diet or regular. \"We were struck by the fact that it didn’t matter…the association with increased risk was present.\" said Ramachandron Vasan, M.D., and senior author of the study and professor of medicine at Boston University. \"In those who drink one or more soft drinks daily, there was an association of an increased risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.\"\r\n<h4><em>Metabolic Syndrome</em></h4>\r\nMetabolic syndrome is a relatively new term to describe a cluster of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, including high blood pressure, excess waist circumference, high triglycerides, low HDL, and high fasting glucose.\r\n\r\nThe study, which included approximately 9000 person observations of middle-aged men and women, showed that those who consumed one or more soft drinks per day had a 48% percent increase in metabolic syndrome prevalence compared to those consuming less than one soft drink per day.\r\n\r\nThere has been some press regarding the potential health effects of high fructose corn syrup, a common but relatively new sweetener. However, the Framingham Heart Study shows an equal risk increase regardless of the soft drink\'s sweetener type.\r\n<h4><em>How Do Soft Drinks Cause Problems in the Body?</em></h4>\r\nTheories by the research group include that, potentially, the drinks\' high sweetness makes a person more prone to eat sweet items, that the caramel content in soft drinks may promote the development of advanced glycation end products. And potential complexes of sugars can then result in insulin resistance, which can cause inflammation in experimental models.\r\n\r\nThe journal, <i>Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition &amp; Metabolic Care</i> says, \"sugary drinks enhance levels of circulating triglycerides and the accumulation of fat in the liver, muscle, and in the visceral fat depot.  Concerning the mechanisms for SSB to induce these metabolic aberrations? It is mainly <span class=\"ej-keyword\" data-value=\"fructose\">fructose</span> (free or as part of the sucrose molecule) that is the main driver of these metabolic aberrations presumably primarily by inducing lipid synthesis in and release from the liver.\"4\r\n<h3>Other observations noted in the Framingham Heart Study for people who drink at least one soft drink per day include:</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>31 percent greater risk of developing new-onset obesity (defined as a body mass index [BMI] of 30 kilograms/meter2 or more)</li>\r\n 	<li>30 percent increased risk of developing increased waist circumference.</li>\r\n 	<li>25 percent increased risk of developing high blood triglycerides or high fasting blood glucose.</li>\r\n 	<li>32 percent higher risk of having low HDL levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>A trend towards an increased risk of developing high blood pressure that was not statistically significant</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Framingham Heart Study was established in 1948 to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) by following its development over a long period of time in a large group of participants who had not yet developed overt symptoms of CVD or suffered a heart attack or stroke. The Framingham Heart Study is a joint project of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and Boston University.3\r\n<h3>Summary</h3>\r\n<h4><em>A recommended amount of soda consumption to maintain health has not been determined. But intake of soft drinks should generally be reduced as much as possible to improve health.Whatever the ultimate mechanism leading to increased risk, it seems like a wise recommendation would be to substitute water for soft drinks.</em></h4>\r\n<h3>References</h3>\r\n1World Health Organization. WHO Calls on Countries to Reduce Sugars Intake Among Adults and Children. <a class=\"references__uri\" href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/\">http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/sugar-guideline/en/</a>. Accessed December 30, 2020.\r\n\r\n2Micha R, Peñalvo JL, Cudhea F, Imamura F, Rehm CD, Mozaffarian D. <span class=\"references__article-title\">Association between dietary factors and mortality from heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the United States. </span><span class=\"references__source\"><strong>JAMA</strong></span>. <span class=\"references__year\">2017</span>; <i>317</i>:912–924. DOI: 10.1001/JAMA.2017.0947.\r\n\r\n3Haslam, Danielle E., et al. \"Beverage consumption and longitudinal changes in lipoprotein concentrations and incident dyslipidemia in US adults: The Framingham Heart Study.\" <i>Journal of the American Heart Association</i> 9.5 (2020): e014083.\r\n\r\n4Richelsen, Bjørn. \"Sugar-sweetened beverages and cardio-metabolic disease risks.\" <i>Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition &amp; Metabolic Care</i> 16.4 (2013): 478-484.','Soft Drinks Increase Risk for Disease','','publish','open','closed','','soft-drinks-increase-risk-for-disease','','','2020-12-31 20:43:28','2020-12-31 20:43:28','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1506',0,'post','',0),(1507,8,'2019-06-13 06:20:08','2019-06-13 06:20:08','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Soft-Drinks.jpg\" alt=\"Soft Drinks\" width=\"200\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1159\" />The Framingham Heart Study released the results of an observational study that associates the consumption of soft drinks to an increased risk for coronary vascular disease. The results were published in the July, 2007 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.\r\n\r\nThe researchers expressed surprise at that fact that it did not matter whether the soft drink was diet or regular. \"We were struck by the fact that it didn’t matter…the association with increased risk was present.\" said Ramachandron Vasan, M.D., and senior author of the study and professor of medicine at Boston University. \"In those who drink one or more soft drinks daily, there was an association of an increased risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.\"\r\n\r\nMetabolic syndrome is a relatively new term to describe a cluster of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors that include high blood pressure, excess waist circumference, high triglycerides, low HDL, and high fasting glucose.\r\n\r\nThe study, which included approximately 9000 person observations of middle aged men and women showed that those who consumed one or more soft drinks per day had a 48% percent increase of prevalence in metabolic syndrome as compared to those consuming less than one soft drink per day.\r\n\r\nThere has been some press regarding the potential health affects of high fructose corn syrup, a common but relatively new sweetener; however this study shows equal risk increase regardless of the sweetener type contained in the soft drink.\r\n\r\nTheories by the research group include that, potentially, the high sweetness of the drinks makes a person more prone to eat sweet items, that the caramel content in soft drinks may promote the development of advanced glycation end products, and potential complexes of sugars that can result in insulin resistance can cause inflammation in experimental models.\r\n\r\nWhatever the ultimate mechanism leading to increased risk, it seems all too simple to substitute water for soft drinks.\r\n\r\nOther observations for people who drink at least one soft drink per day include:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>31 percent greater risk of developing new-onset obesity (defined as a body mass index [BMI] of 30 kilograms/meter2 or more)</li>\r\n 	<li>30 percent increased risk of developing increased waist circumference.</li>\r\n 	<li>25 percent increased risk of developing high blood triglycerides or high fasting blood glucose.</li>\r\n 	<li>32 percent higher risk of having low HDL levels.</li>\r\n 	<li>A trend towards an increased risk of developing high blood pressure that was not statistically significant</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Framingham Heart Study was established in 1948 to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its development over a long period of time in a large group of participants who had not yet developed overt symptoms of CVD or suffered a heart attack or stroke. The Framingham Heart Study is joint project of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Boston University.','American Heart Association: Soft Drinks, Diet or Regular, Increase Risk for Heart Disease','','inherit','closed','closed','','1506-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:20:08','2019-06-13 06:20:08','',1506,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1506-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1508,8,'2019-06-13 06:21:39','2019-06-13 06:21:39','<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1162\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Supplementation.jpg\" alt=\"Supplementation\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />Dietary supplements are used by more than half of adults. Most of these adults use supplements to improve or even to maintain their health. For example, women commonly supplement with calcium to help with bone health. And men may choose supplements that help with heart health or to lower cholesterol.1 Interestingly, people don\'t just take supplements because their doctor recommended them. Rather, over 75% choose supplementation on their own.1\r\n<h3>But Do Dietary Supplements Improve Health?</h3>\r\nA study in the medical journal <em>\" </em><i>JAMA Internal Medicine\" </i>says dietary supplements do improve health. \"Use of supplements was related to more favorable health and lifestyle choices.\"1\r\n\r\nAnd another study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reported that a substantial proportion of people 51 years of age or older do not get enough vitamins and minerals from their diets alone and less than half take supplements.\r\n\r\nThe article states that older men and women who regularly take nutritional supplements are more likely to get adequate amounts of several vitamins and minerals than peers who do not take supplements. Analyzing data on 4,384 men and women aged 51 or older showed conclusively that those persons who took supplements were better nourished. 2\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n<h3>Malnourishment Is Still A Problem, Even in Modern Society</h3>\r\nInterestingly, 1 in 4  adults who live in an urban community (≥55 years of age) was at nutrition risk. 3 That\'s a lot of people who are malnourished, especially considering the availability of so many programs. Compared to adequately nourished patients, malnourished patients are at increased risk of death and have fewer quality-adjusted years of life.3\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>Who Takes Dietary Supplements?</h3>\r\nMore people are taking supplements now than they did in years past. And most people take more than one type. What are the characteristics of people who take supplements? Dietary supplement users tend to be older, more physically active, non-smokers, educated, and with lower BMI compared with non-supplement users.1\r\n<h3>What Do People Take?</h3>\r\nMultivitamin-minerals (MVMs) were the most common type of dietary supplements reported.1 Omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils were the third most common supplement taken. And these were used most commonly for “heart health or to lower cholesterol.” 1\r\n\r\nThe studies indicate that certain dietary supplement ingredients may cause health problems if ingested in excess. For instance, too much iron consumption may be harmful to the heart, while too much zinc may impair immune function and decrease HDL (good cholesterol).\r\n\r\nKeep in mind the importance of not only using dietary supplements to ensure proper nutritional intake and health. But also remember to use reputable, high-quality products formulated based on scientific and clinical evidence.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n1Bailey, Regan L., et al. \"Why US adults use dietary supplements.\" <i>JAMA internal medicine</i> 173.5 (2013): 355-361.\r\n\r\n2Sebastian, Rhonda S., et al. \"Older adults who use vitamin/mineral supplements differ from nonusers in nutrient intake adequacy and dietary attitudes.\" <i>Journal of the American Dietetic Association</i> 107.8 (2007): 1322-1332.\r\n\r\n3Sulo, Suela, et al. \"Community-Dwelling Adults at Nutrition Risk: Characteristics in Relation to the Consumption of Oral Nutritional Supplements.\" <i>Journal of Primary Care &amp; Community Health</i> 11 (2020): 2150132720922716.','Do Dietary Supplements Improve Health?','','publish','open','closed','','dietary-supplements-in-older-adults','','','2020-12-01 02:08:35','2020-12-01 02:08:35','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1508',0,'post','',0),(1509,8,'2019-06-13 06:21:39','2019-06-13 06:21:39','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Supplementation.jpg\" alt=\"Supplementation\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1162\" />A recent study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, August 2007, reports that a substantial proportion of people 51 years of age or older do not get enough vitamins and minerals from their diets alone and that less than half take supplements.\r\n\r\nThe article states that older men and women who take nutritional supplements on a regular basis are more likely to get adequate amounts of several vitamins and minerals than peers who do not take supplements.\r\n\r\nAnalyzing data on 4,384 men and women aged 51 or older showed conclusively that those persons who took supplements were better nourished. However, only approximately 40% of the study population reported taking supplements daily.\r\n\r\nThe majority of supplement users (80%) were receiving enough vitamin A, B-6, B-12, C, and E; folate; iron; and zinc from diet and supplements. However, 20% of the supplement takers and nearly 100% of the non supplement takers had less folate, vitamin E, and magnesium than needed for their dietary requirements.\r\n\r\nUSDA statistics report that upwards of 60% of all Americans are deficient in Magnesium. Magnesium, arguably one of the most important mineral in the human body, is a cofactor in thousands of enzymatic processes and helps to regulate calcium homeostasis in the blood, serum and tissues. A deficiency in magnesium may expedite calcification of the soft tissues leading to severe health consequences\r\n\r\nThe reported deficiency in folate may be explained in part by examining the dates of collection of the data, 1994-1996, that was just prior to the 1998 introduction of fortified grain products with folate.\r\n\r\nThe report went on to comment that certain dietary supplement ingredient may cause health problems if ingested in excess, for instance: to much iron consumption may be harmful to the heart, while too much zinc may impair immune function and decrease HDL (good cholesterol).\r\n\r\nThe study further substantiates the importance of not only using dietary supplements to ensure proper nutritional intake and health, but also in using reputable products, high quality products that have been formulated based on scientific and clinical evidence.\r\n\r\nSOURCE: Journal of the American Dietetic Association, August 2007. Copyright Reuters','The Importance of Supplementation: Upwards of Half the Population 51 Years or Older do Not Get Adequate Nutrition from Their Diets','','inherit','closed','closed','','1508-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:21:39','2019-06-13 06:21:39','',1508,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1508-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1510,8,'2019-06-13 06:22:13','2019-06-13 06:22:13','In September of 2007, Dr. Fields completed his 7th half Ironman triathlon in Santa Cruz, CA. This was his second half Ironman this year having completed one in June in Ensenada, Mexico. He also participated in two half Ironman races each year in 2005 and in 2006.\r\n\r\nA half <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/about-the-athletic-doc/\">Ironman</a> Triathlon is a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run.\r\nThis distant race takes many hours a week of training. Swimming, biking and running must all be fit into each week of training in addition to daily stretching.\r\n\r\nOn most weekends, Dr Fields can be found on long training rides with the Los Angeles Triathlon Club. He is not only a member of the LA TRI Club but a sponsor too. Besides being outdoors and keeping himself very physically active, Dr Fields enjoys the camaraderie of his training partners.\r\n\r\nIn total Dr. Fields has done over 35 triathlons. Outside of the above distance the other races were Olympic distant races (0.9 mile swim, 26 mile bike, 6.2 mile run).\r\n\r\nHe says that even with all the years of racing and training, he still enjoys the physical and mental aspects of training.\r\n\r\nTo help him stay in top physical shape, he utilizes a daily vitamin and <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/Articles/Health-News/The-Importance-of-Supplementation-Upwards-of-Half-the-Population-51-Years-or-Older-do-Not-Get-Adequate-Nutrition-from-Their-Diets/\">supplement</a> regime as well as message therapy, chiropractic and of course, Prolotherapy for those injuries that just won’t heal. In addition, he gets plenty of sleep, drinks lots of water and eats mostly organic, unprocessed foods to help him maintain optimal health.\r\n\r\nHis motto is not only train hard but smart – as if your body depended on it.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1166\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LATC-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Latc Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"88\" />\r\n<a style=\"margin: 0 auto; display: table;\" href=\"www.latriclub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sponsor of the Los Angeles Triclub</a>','Dr. Fields Completes His 7th Half Ironman Triathlon','','private','open','closed','','dr-fields-completes-his-7th-half-ironman-triathlon','','','2020-06-21 23:36:39','2020-06-21 23:36:39','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1510',0,'post','',0),(1511,8,'2019-06-13 06:22:13','2019-06-13 06:22:13','In September of 2007, Dr. Fields completed his 7th half Ironman triathlon in Santa Cruz, CA.  This was his second half Ironman this year having completed one in June in Ensenada, Mexico. He also participated in two half Ironman races each year in 2005 and in 2006.\r\n\r\nA half <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/about-the-athletic-doc/\">Ironman</a> Triathlon is a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run.\r\nThis distant race takes many hours a week of training. Swimming, biking and running must all be fit into each week of training in addition to daily stretching.\r\n\r\nOn most weekends, Dr Fields can be found on long training rides with the Los Angeles Triathlon Club. He is not only a member of the LA TRI Club but a sponsor too. Besides being outdoors and keeping himself very physically active, Dr Fields enjoys the camaraderie of his training partners.\r\n\r\nIn total Dr. Fields has done over 35 triathlons. Outside of the above distance the other races were Olympic distant races (0.9 mile swim, 26 mile bike, 6.2 mile run).\r\n\r\nHe says that even with all the years of racing and training, he still enjoys the physical and mental aspects of training.\r\n\r\nTo help him stay in top physical shape, he utilizes a daily vitamin and <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/Articles/Health-News/The-Importance-of-Supplementation-Upwards-of-Half-the-Population-51-Years-or-Older-do-Not-Get-Adequate-Nutrition-from-Their-Diets/\">supplement</a> regime as well as message therapy, chiropractic and of course, Prolotherapy for those injuries that just won’t heal.  In addition, he gets plenty of sleep, drinks lots of water and eats mostly organic, unprocessed foods to help him maintain optimal health.\r\n\r\nHis motto is not only train hard but smart – as if your body depended on it.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/LATC-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Latc Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"88\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1166\" />\r\n<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;display: table;\" href=\"www.latriclub.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sponsor of the Los Angeles Triclub</a>','Dr. Fields Completes His 7th Half Ironman Triathlon','','inherit','closed','closed','','1510-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:22:13','2019-06-13 06:22:13','',1510,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1510-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1512,8,'2019-06-13 06:23:02','2019-06-13 06:23:02','<h3><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1174\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Napping.jpg\" alt=\"Napping\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />Workplace Napping May Boost Productivity</h3>\r\nDaytime nappers may be in luck. New research shows taking a midday nap, and workplace napping can actually improve productivity.\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nSleep deficiency is a pretty prevalent problem. It results from short sleep duration, poorly timed sleep, or poor quality of sleep. \"The Institute of Medicine estimates that 50 to 70 million American adults have a chronic sleep disorder that hinders daily function and contributes to poor health.\"1\r\n<h3>Sacrificing Sleep Is Part of American Culture</h3>\r\nAmerican culture is all about productivity. And that is true even if sleep needs to be sacrificed. Why sleep a lot when you can get more done without it, right? But that\'s not what studies show. Sleep boosts our productivity because it helps our memory. \"Not only does a daytime nap appear to facilitate the formation of direct associative memories, but we now conclude that napping also facilitates the formation of relational memories, such that associations between items in memory acquired before sleep are strengthened and reorganized by sleep to be flexibly retrieved at a later time.\"2\r\n\r\nWe all know that young children need to nap. And some adults maintain that habit. But most don\'t. Work and life demand way too much time and make naps difficult to fit in. But other countries think differently. For instance, Spain and Italy incorporate mid-afternoon <em>siestas</em> and <em>riposos</em> into the workday schedules to allow for napping. Most Americans would balk at that idea!\r\n<h3 class=\"chapter-para\">But what is the cost of working in a state of fatigue?</h3>\r\n<p class=\"chapter-para\">\"According to a fatigue cost estimator from the National Safety Council and Brigham and Women’s Sleep Matters Initiative, the health-related cost of lost productivity is $136 billion a year.\"3 The result of sleep deficiency is reduced productivity in the workplace. Furthermore, it results in increased absenteeism, more workplace injuries, higher health care costs, and higher rates of car accidents during commutes. What does that mean to the employer? Likely higher costs in the long-run. Therefore, a short workplace nap to increase productivity and actually reduce costs in the long-run may be the smart way to go.</p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"chapter-para\">Does Workplace Napping Only Help the Sleep Deprived?</h3>\r\n<p class=\"chapter-para\">Naps do not just benefit those who are sleep deprived. That\'s right! Even individuals who have rested sufficiently reap the rewards of improved alertness, performance, and productivity. Naps relieve stress too. And reduced stress results in added health benefits. Why push through fatigue when you could take a nap instead?</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>It\'s Really Doesn\'t Make You Tough To Be Sleep Deprived.</h3>\r\nAlthough many may be proud of \"having gotten only a few hours of sleep,\" it\'s really not that good for you. The habit of getting the recommended 7–9 hours of sleep per night is really your best bet. Plus, companies are integrating workplace naps as part of a change in workplace culture. In fact, some of the world’s largest companies are doing it. Google, Uber, Nike, Cisco, Zappos, Huffington Post, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Proctor &amp; Gamble, and Ben &amp; Jerry’s are some of them. Moreover, they are also providing the accommodations necessary to take better naps, like secluded rooms equipped with nap pods or beds.3\r\n<h3>Spread the Good News of the Benefits of Napping</h3>\r\n<p class=\"chapter-para\">Since workplace napping goes against the grain for many Americans, the challenge is to spread the news regarding how beneficial it really is.  Napping combats many physical, mental, and financial consequences of fatigue. Once Americans understand the health benefits, they will be more responsive to workplace napping as part of the scheduled workweek. Give them evidence, and they will be more prone to accept it.  \"Building and disseminating this evidence will push us closer to a society that values napping and works to remove the stigma of taking that mid-day snooze.\"3</p>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nIf workplace napping is not a part of your work environment, it may be coming soon! And you can try different things to make it a part of your life now. For example, napping may be as easy as closing your eyes for 5-15 minutes. You can lie down if possible. Or sit in your car. But also just sitting in your chair or leaning over a desk will work too. Be creative, and you can find a way.\r\n\r\nRedeker, Nancy S., et al. \"Workplace interventions to promote sleep health and an alert, healthy workforce.\" <i>Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine</i> 15.4 (2019): 649-657.\r\n\r\n2Lau, H., M. A. Tucker, and W. Fishbein. \"Daytime napping: Effects on human direct associative and relational memory.\" <i>Neurobiology of learning and memory</i> 93.4 (2010): 554-560.\r\n\r\n3Alger, Sara E., Allison J. Brager, and Vincent F. Capaldi. \"Challenging the stigma of workplace napping.\" <i>Sleep</i> 42.8 (2019): zsz097.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Workplace Napping Boosts Productivity','','publish','open','closed','','workplace-napping-increase-productivity','','','2020-11-07 03:37:50','2020-11-07 03:37:50','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1512',0,'post','',0),(1513,8,'2019-06-13 06:23:02','2019-06-13 06:23:02','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Napping.jpg\" alt=\"Napping\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1174\" />Published in Scientific America, February 12, 2007\r\n\r\nDaytime nappers may be in luck. New research shows that taking a midday nap may reduce the risk of fatal heart problems. Naps might benefit the heart by reducing stress, and jobs are a common source of stress. Exactly how stress is related to heart disease is uncertain. Some researchers think it may be related due to the unhealthy effects of stress hormones. Stress can contribute to heart disease by keeping people from exercising or causing them to over eat or smoke.\r\n\r\nMidday napping (siesta) is common in populations with low coronary mortality. This is the largest study to date on the health effects of napping. Researchers tracked 23,681 healthy Greek adults for an average of six years. The adults who napped for a half an hour at least three times a week, had a 37 percent lower risk of dying from heart problems and heart attacks than the adults who did not nap. Most of the adults who participated were in their 50\'s. Working men seemed to have the best result. Researchers in this study factored in diet, exercise, smoking and other habits that affect the heart. They concluded that taking a nap reduced the risk of heart problems and heart attacks. Siestas are not a common practice in the U.S. culture, but maybe they should be.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Dr Fields’ comment: Napping may be as easy as closing your eyes for 5-15 minutes. You can lie down if possible. Or sit in your car. But also just sitting in your chair or leaning over a desk will work too. Be creative and even you can find a way. </strong></em>','Napping at the Office May Help Your Heart','','inherit','closed','closed','','1512-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:23:02','2019-06-13 06:23:02','',1512,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1512-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1514,8,'2019-06-13 06:23:39','2019-06-13 06:23:39','<img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1178\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Vitamin-D.jpg\" alt=\"Vitamin D\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" />New research around vitamin D shows that those deficient in the vitamin may have more far-reaching implications than just bone health. A deficiency may even be implicated in a COVID‐19 prognosis.1 And the importance of healthy levels continues to expand.\r\n\r\nDeficiency of this vitamin has been widely known to cause rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Contraversely, those women with the highest intake have been able to reduce their fracture risk. Overall, supplementation has been shown to improve bone health in older subjects.2\r\n<h3>Vitamin D: More Than Bone Health Is Involved</h3>\r\nBut the effects of this vitamin are so much broader than bone health alone. According to researchers, vitamin D may reduce or eliminate <a href=\"/chronic-pain-overview/\">chronic pain</a> due to arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, headaches, and other types of pain.2\r\n\r\nMoreover, the vitamin can help with hypertension, psoriasis, several autoimmune diseases (including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis), and reduced fractured bones incidence.\r\n\r\nResearch has also indicated that deficiency is linked to colon cancer and, more recently, to breast cancer. And researchers have found that individuals who had higher levels had a 50 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with low levels. A deficiency has also been associated with a higher risk of a heart attack in men. And a recent study in the journal <em>JAMA Network Open</em> reported about its affect on our newest pandemic stating, \"In this single-center, retrospective cohort study, likely deficient vitamin D status was associated with increased COVID-19 risk.\"3\r\n<h3>Maintaining Adequate Levels</h3>\r\nMore than half of the people in the United States, and the rest of the world, are deficient in vitamin D. \"In order to maintain levels associated with the lowest risk of several types of cancers, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, and all-cause mortality with minimal sunlight exposure, a person would require ingestion of 4000–6000 IUs of vitamin D daily, which would maintain serum vitamin D levels in the range of 20–40 ng/mL (50–100 nmol/L) and serum 25(OH)D levels in the range of 40–60 ng/mL (50–100 nmol/L).\"4\r\n\r\nThere are basically two types of Vitamin D. The natural one is D3 (cholecalciferol), which is similar to what your body makes when exposed to sunshine. The synthetic one (also made by plants) is vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). In your body, both need to be converted to a more active form. Here is the catch: Vitamin D3 is converted 500 percent faster than vitamin D2.\r\nTherefore, Vitamin D3 is the preferred supplement.\r\n<h3>The Sunshine Vitamin</h3>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nVitamin D is best known as the sunshine vitamin and its best source is from sunrays. It is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts like a hormone in your body to help you absorb calcium. Your body makes it when your skin is exposed to sunlight, although you can also get a little  from fish and some fortified foods. However,, even with proper sun exposure and eating the right foods, one may become deficient in this important vitamin.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nWhat level is optimal? Authors in the medical journal <a href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/7/2097/htm?fbclid=IwAR0W1FofI_w0VV11-tH0LwTiljf-h9lLvjI3vx2Wz-9mTlAJDc25on5IJ5w\"><em>Nutrients</em></a> report, \"Although it is still debatable what level of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is optimal, it is advisable to increase vitamin D intake and have sensible sunlight exposure to maintain serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at least 30 ng/mL (75 nmol/L), and preferably at 40–60 ng/mL (100–150 nmol/L) to achieve the optimal overall health benefits of vitamin D. If tested, the optimal value that you’re looking for is 115-128 nmol/L (50-55 ng/ml).\"4\r\n\r\nKeeping your level in this range, and even erring toward the higher numbers in this range, is going to give you the most protective benefit.\r\n\r\nVitamin D supplements are generally safe to take. But be sure you speak with your healthcare provider first.\r\n\r\n1Munshi, Ruhul, et al. \"Vitamin D insufficiency as a potential culprit in critical COVID‐19 patients.\" <i>Journal of medical virology</i> (2020).\r\n\r\n2Martens, Pieter-Jan, Conny Gysemans, and Annemieke Verstuyf. \"Vitamin D’s Effect on Immune Function.\" <i>Nutrients</i>12.5 (2020): 1248.\r\n\r\n3Meltzer, David O., et al. \"Association of vitamin D status and other clinical characteristics with COVID-19 test results.\" <i>JAMA network open</i> 3.9 (2020): e2019722-e2019722.\r\n\r\n4Charoenngam, Nipith, and Michael F. Holick. \"Immunologic effects of vitamin D on human health and disease.\" <i>Nutrients</i>12.7 (2020): 2097.','Vitamin D: It’s Not Just For Bones Anymore','','publish','open','closed','','vitamin-d-its-not-just-for-bones-anymore','','','2020-11-04 23:44:12','2020-11-04 23:44:12','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1514',0,'post','',0),(1515,8,'2019-06-13 06:23:39','2019-06-13 06:23:39','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Vitamin-D.jpg\" alt=\"Vitamin D\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1178\" />New research around vitamin D is showing that those deficient in the vitamin may have more far reaching implications than just bone health.\r\n\r\nAccording to researchers, vitamin D may help to reduce or eliminate <a href=\"/chronic-pain-overview/\">chronic pain</a> due to arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, headaches and other types of pain as well as help with hypertension, psoriasis, several autoimmune diseases (including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis), and reduce the incidence of fractured bones.\r\n\r\nVitamin D also helps to maintain normal blood levels of calcium which may prevent or slow the progression of osteoporosis. In the Nurses Health Study, vitamin D intake was inversely associated with hip fracture risk compared with women with the lowest vitamin D intake. Women with the highest vitamin D intake reduced their fracture risk by 37 percent. Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to improve bone health in older subjects.\r\n\r\nResearch has also indicated that vitamin D deficiency is linked to colon cancer and more recently, to breast cancer. And after assessing data from two other studies, researchers found that individuals who had higher levels had a 50 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with low levels. It also is associated with higher risk of heart attack in men, according to a report in the June 9, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.\r\n\r\nResearchers also have determined that more than half of the people in the United States, and the rest of the world, are deficient in vitamin D. They also believe the currently recommended daily adequate intake of vitamin D – up to 600 IU per day – is outdated and too low. According to the study, most children and adults need at least 1000 IU per day, and persons with chronic musculoskeletal pain would benefit from 2000 IU or more per day of supplemental vitamin D.\r\n\r\nThere are basically two types of Vitamin D. The natural one is D3 (cholecalciferol), which is the same vitamin D your body makes when exposed to sunshine.   The synthetic one (also made by plants) is vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). In your body, both need to be converted to a more active form. Here is the catch: Vitamin D3 is converted 500 percent faster than vitamin D2.\r\nTherefore, Vitamin D3 is the preferred supplement.\r\n\r\nVitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts like a hormone in your body to help you absorb calcium. Your body makes vitamin D when your skin is exposed to sunlight (which is the best source), although you can also get a little vitamin D from fish and some fortified foods. However even with proper sun exposure and eating the right foods, one may become deficient in vitamin D.\r\n\r\nIf tested, the optimal value that you’re looking for is 115-128 nmol/L (50-55 ng/ml).\r\nKeeping your level in this range, and even erring toward the higher numbers in this range, is going to give you the most protective benefit.\r\n\r\nVitamin D supplements are generally safe to take; just be sure you speak with your healthcare provider first.\r\n','Vitamin D: It’s Not Just For Bones Anymore','','inherit','closed','closed','','1514-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:23:39','2019-06-13 06:23:39','',1514,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1514-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1516,8,'2019-06-13 06:24:18','2019-06-13 06:24:18','[caption id=\"attachment_4147\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4147\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2020-09-15-at-4.52.16-PM-500x260.png\" alt=\"Brain fitness\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" /> <em>                                      Exercise boosts brain fitness</em>[/caption]\r\n<h3><strong>Exercise for Body and Brain Fitness</strong></h3>\r\nWe all know that exercise is good for the body. But did you know that new scientific evidence also confirms that exercise strengthens the brain? It sure does! In fact, moderate exercise nourishes the brain, improves our ability to learn, boosts mental performance, remodels the brain, and helps prevent the brain from aging. Exercise helps us to enjoy both body and brain fitness.\r\n\r\nScientists used to think the adult brain structure was fixed. They thought that no new cells could be made. And they thought the brain could not be altered in any way after adolescence.\r\n\r\n<strong>But exercise can change that!</strong> Physical activity can boost blood flow all through the body, even to the brain. And this boost of blood flow increases the ability of brain cells to connect with each other. Increased connectivity can occur by simply walking.\r\n\r\nAnd if you exercise more vigorously, like when running, faster reaction times and improved learning will result. Physical activity has been linked to a lower risk of the development of cognitive decline. That\'s because it is, in essence, a fertilizer for the brain. Exercise nourishes the brain, and improves attention, memory, and information processing. And exercise can even help reduce the risk of Parkinson\'s Disease.\r\n<h3><strong>What Does the Literature Say About Exercise and Parkinson\'s Disease?</strong></h3>\r\nA June 2020 article in <em>Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience</em> reports that \"Epidemiological studies of prospectively followed cohorts have shown a <strong>lower risk</strong> for later developing Parkinson\'s Disease in healthy people who report <strong>moderate to high levels of physical activity</strong>, and slower rates of motor and non-motor symptom progression in people with Parkinson\'s Disease who report higher baseline physical activity.\"1\r\n\r\n<strong>As you can see, the literature shows a direct benefit of exercise on the brain.</strong> Dementia is the most feared aspect of Parkinson’s Disease. But adults who engage in exercise during midlife, are able to significantly reduce the risks of dementia and cognitive impairment later in life.\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nThe <em>American College of Sports Medicine</em> recommends the following:<em> \"</em>Because Parkinson\'s Disease is a chronic and progressive disorder, an exercise program should be prescribed early when the individual is first diagnosed, should continue throughout life and should be reviewed and revised as the disease progresses. Exercise prescription should ultimately aim to slow the rate at which the signs of the disease progress, limit comorbidities, minimize complications associated with muscle disuse, and maintain the ability to live an independent life.\"<a href=\"https://www.revdesportiva.pt/files/para_publicar/Exercising_for_People_with_Parkinson_s_Disease_and.pdf\">2</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h4><em>Exercise reshapes the brain. </em></h4>\r\nWhen we don’t use our muscles, they atrophy. And the brain is no different. Boost the health of brain cells, stimulate the growth of new blood vessels in the brain, and encourage new neuronal connections through exercise.\r\n\r\nStart your day with exercise! Because exercise helps us to be fit in so many capacities. Are you a morning exerciser? If so, that\'s really great. Because exercising in the morning prepares you for the day by enhancing brain activity. And it also improves information retention, and fine-tunes your ability to react to the situations and stressors that come your way through the day. Exercise is so beneficial. True, it helps our body to be fit. But it also boosts brain fitness and reduces the risk of Parkinson\'s Disease.\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li>Crotty, Grace F., and Michael A. Schwarzschild. \"Chasing Protection in Parkinson’s Disease: Does Exercise Reduce Risk and Progression?.\" <i>Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience</i> 12 (2020): 186.</li>\r\n 	<li>Corcos, Daniel M., and Elizabeth M. Skender. \"Exercising for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Support Group.\" <i>ACSM\'s Health &amp; Fitness Journal</i> 24.2 (2020): 5-7.</li>\r\n</ol>','Improve Brain Fitness and Reduce Parkinson\'s Risk with Exercise','','publish','open','closed','','exercise-improves-brain-fitness-and-reduces-parkinsons-disease-risk','','','2020-09-15 21:58:29','2020-09-15 21:58:29','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1516',0,'post','',0),(1517,8,'2019-06-13 06:24:18','2019-06-13 06:24:18','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Sleeping.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeping\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1181\" />By Tara Parker-Pope NY Times June 17, 2009\r\n\r\nMost people training for a race or sport focus on adding more miles, workouts or weight training to improve their fitness. But new research suggests that simply getting more sleep can improve athletic performance.\r\n\r\nThe small study included five members of the Stanford women’s tennis team. For two to three weeks, the athletes maintained their regular schedules, sleeping and working out as usual. They took part in sprinting and hitting drills to measure their performance. Then the players were told to extend their sleep to 10 hours a night for five to six weeks.\r\n\r\nAfter increasing sleep, the athletes performed better on all the drills. Sprinting drill times dropped on average to 17.56 seconds from 19.12 seconds. Hitting accuracy, measured by valid serves, improved to 15.61 serves, up from 12.6 serves, and a hitting depth drill improved to 15.45 hits, up from 10.85 hits.\r\n\r\nThe findings were presented last week at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. The study was small, and some of the improvement may have been the result of additional practice time. However, the size of the change suggests the athletes received a direct benefit from more sleep.\r\n\r\nThe study’s lead author, Cheri Mah, a researcher at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory at Stanford University, said the athletes who took part in the study also felt better and realized for the first time the real effect sleep could have on performance.\r\n\r\nKatherine Hobson, who writes the “On Fitness” column for U.S. News and World Report, said she decided to hang up her running shoes and catch up on sleep during a recent vacation.\r\n\r\nI expected my first run back in Brooklyn to be a death march. Instead, I felt the best and went the fastest that I have in weeks. One possible explanation came to mind: I erased my chronic sleep debt on vacation, thanks to sleeping in as long as I wanted in the mornings and napping most afternoons, which made me extremely well rested when I took that run.\r\n\r\nOver at Runner’s World, Mark Remy notes that many runners focus on “carb-loading” before a race, but perhaps they should also try “sleep-loading.”\r\n\r\nWe runners obsess over speed work, long runs, tempo runs, hill runs, lactate threshold, resting heart rate, carbs, protein, recovery drinks, stretching, massage, ice baths, shoes, technical fabrics, gels, and about a hundred other variables.\r\n\r\nBut most of us, I bet, don’t give sleep a second thought. It’s crazy, if you think about it. How can we expect to run well if we can’t stop yawning?\r\n\r\nWhat do you think? Have you noticed a difference in your workouts depending on how much or how well you sleep?','To Improve Fitness, Try Sleep','','inherit','closed','closed','','1516-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:24:18','2019-06-13 06:24:18','',1516,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1516-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1518,8,'2019-06-13 06:25:06','2019-06-13 06:25:06','<h3>Exercise Provides Health Benefits</h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4578\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-4578 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Spinning-class-500x500.png\" alt=\"Exercise Is Good for You\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /> <strong>                                 Exercise Provides Health Benefits</strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe all know that 30 minutes per day of strenuous exercise provides health benefits.  And studies show that higher levels of physical activity are linked to a remarkable number of health benefits. Recent <a href=\"https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305443\">Federal guidelines</a> from the Department of Health and Human Services1 have even made this official.1\r\n\r\nExercise also improves cognitive functioning, mental health, and memory; plus, it hinders the development of certain neurological conditions.2\r\n\r\nThe real question for most of us is how to find the time to exercise regularly and consistently. All we have is 24 hours each day to get done all the things we need to get done. Exercising often takes a back seat to work, shopping, cooking, cleaning, getting the kids ready for school, and ready for bed. And all of the other million-and-one little details that demand our attention every day.\r\n<h3>Finding the Time to Exercise</h3>\r\nMost of us have the motivation to exercise. We know exercise provides health benefits. Therefore, we want to do it and understand it\'s good for us. But when can we fit it in? A few hardy souls bite the bullet and get up at 5:00 AM - making more time in the day by getting less sleep. Others exercise at the end of a long day. But sometimes that\'s stressful and counterproductive. However they do it, many people make real efforts to exercise a few times each week.\r\n\r\nMost likely, over time,  our good intentions get stymied by our daily concerns. Moreover, deadlines and scheduling take precedence. And the most easy-to-jettison item on our to-do list, exercise, gets lost in the process. And, sooner rather than later, we\'re back to not exercising at all. Public health experts and policymakers have been struggling, too, with this apparent no-win situation.\r\n<h3>Short Bursts of Exercise Provides Health Benefits Too</h3>\r\nThe outcome is brand-new recommendations relating to short bursts of activity during the day. These three- to five-minute bursts have been studied and shown to provide real health benefits to real people under real-world circumstances.3\r\n\r\nInstead of taking coffee breaks at work, people are beginning to take activity breaks. And three to five minutes of climbing office building stairs or brisk walking outside the building or a quick series of calisthenics are all it takes. Six to ten such breaks fulfills the daily requirement of 30 minutes of exercise. Above all, no separately scheduled exercise time is necessary.\r\n\r\nYou\'re already at work, you\'re already taking breaks. So, the breaks become exercise breaks. And you get your exercise done. And you feel great for the entire day, due to bursts of endorphins occurring throughout the day.\r\n\r\nThese bursts of activity are also ideal for people working at home. Plus, they work for school children too. Studies in schools are showing increased attention spans and increased learning as a result of short bursts of intense physical activity.\r\n\r\nEveryone can do this. And everyone can have a workable system for getting the exercise they need.\r\n<h3><strong>Lean Muscle Mass</strong></h3>\r\nWe often hear that building \"lean muscle mass\" is one of the key benefits of strenuous exercise. The human body adapts to environmental stresses. And building lean muscle mass is an important adaptation. Moreover, lean muscle mass is a metabolic furnace. Muscle cells are high-energy cells that actually burn calories when your body is at rest.\r\n\r\nYour internal thermostat is turned up owing to your increased amount of lean muscle mass. And so you burn fat to fulfill these increased energy needs.\r\n\r\nLean muscle mass is not only energy-efficient, but it is also much more shapely than the pounds of fat it replaces. Lean muscle mass creates long lines, outlines, and bulk along your arms, torso, and legs. The result is a supple, shapely body, filled with energy and purpose.\r\n\r\n1Pate, Russell R., James F. Sallis, and Keshia M. Pollack Porter. \"Surveillance of Physical Activity: Actions Needed to Support New Federal Guidelines.\" (2020).\r\n\r\n2Much, How, and How Often is it Recommended. \"10 Neurological Benefits of Exercise.\" <i>Image</i> 10 (2020): 08-01.\r\n\r\n3Stamatakis, Emmanuel, et al. \"Untapping the Health Enhancing Potential of Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA): Rationale, Scoping Review, and a 4-Pillar Research Framework.\" <i>Sports Medicine</i> (2020): 1-10.\r\n\r\n3Vallance JK, et al: Maintenance of physical activity in breast cancer survivors after a randomized trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc 40(1):173-180, 2008.\r\n\r\n4Heckman GE, McKelvie RS: Cardiovascular aging and exercise in healthy older adults. Clin J Sport Med 18(6):479-485, 2008','Exercise Provides Health Benefits For All Ages','','publish','open','closed','','exercise-provides-health-benefits','','','2021-03-22 22:58:55','2021-03-22 22:58:55','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1518',0,'post','',0),(1519,8,'2019-06-13 06:25:06','2019-06-13 06:25:06','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Exercise-Energy.jpg\" alt=\"Exercise Energy\" width=\"200\" height=\"285\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1183\" />We all know that 30 minutes per day of strenuous exercise will provide many health benefits. Recent Federal guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services1 have even made this official.\r\n\r\nThe real question for most of us is how to find the time to exercise regularly and consistently. All we have is 24 hours each day to get done all the things we need to get done. Exercising often takes a back seat to work, shopping, cooking, cleaning, getting the kids ready for school and ready for bed, and all the other million-and-one little details that demand our attention every day.\r\n\r\nMost of us have the motivation to exercise- we want to do it and we know it\'s important and good for us. But when to fit it in? A few hardy souls bite the bullet and get up at 5:00AM - making more time in the day by getting less sleep. Others exercise at the end of a long day, but sometimes that\'s stressful and counterproductive. However they do it, many people make real efforts to exercise a few times each week.\r\n\r\nMost likely - over time - our good intentions get stymied by our daily concerns. Deadlines and scheduling take precedence and the most easy-to-jettison item on our to-do list - exercise - gets lost in the process. And sooner rather than later we\'re back to not exercising at all. Public health experts and policy makers have been struggling, too, with this apparent no-win situation.\r\n\r\nThe outcome is brand-new recommendations relating to short bursts of activity during the day. These three- to five-minute bursts have been studied and shown to provide real health benefits to real people under real-world circumstances.\r\n\r\nInstead of taking coffee breaks at work, people are beginning to take activity breaks. Three to five minutes of climbing office building stairs or brisk walking outside the building or a quick series of calisthenics are all it takes. Six to ten such breaks fulfills the daily requirement of 30 minutes of exercise. No separately scheduled exercise time is necessary. You\'re already at work, you\'re already taking breaks. So the breaks become exercise breaks. And you get your exercise done. And you feel great for the entire day, due to bursts of endorphins occurring throughout the day.\r\n\r\nThese bursts of activity are also ideal for people working at home, as well as for school children. Studies in schools are showing increased attention spans and increased learning as a result of short bursts of intense physical activity.\r\n\r\nEveryone can do this; everyone can have a workable system for getting the exercise they need.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lean Muscle Mass</strong>\r\n\r\nWe often hear that building \"lean muscle mass\" is one of the key benefits of strenuous exercise. The human body adapts to environmental stresses, and building lean muscle mass is an important adaptation. Lean muscle mass is a metabolic furnace - muscle cells are high-energy cells that actually burn calories when your body is at rest.\r\n\r\nYour internal thermostat is turned up owing to your increased amount of lean muscle mass, and so you burn fat to fulfill these increased energy needs.\r\n\r\nLean muscle mass is not only energy efficient, it is also much more shapely than the pounds of fat it replaces. Lean muscle mass creates long lines, outlines, and bulk along your arms, torso, and legs. The result is a supple, shapely body, filled with energy and purpose.\r\n\r\n1U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Washington, DC, DHHS, 2008.\r\n\r\n2Vallance JK, et al: Maintenance of physical activity in breast cancer survivors after a randomized trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc 40(1):173-180, 2008.\r\n\r\n3Heckman GE, McKelvie RS: Cardiovascular aging and exercise in healthy older adults. Clin J Sport Med 18(6):479-485, 2008\r\n','Bursts of Activity, Learn How Exercise Can Give You Energy','','inherit','closed','closed','','1518-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:25:06','2019-06-13 06:25:06','',1518,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1518-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1520,8,'2019-06-13 06:26:33','2019-06-13 06:26:33','<h3><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1185\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Foods-That-Burn-Fat.jpg\" alt=\"Foods That Burn Fat\" width=\"200\" height=\"313\" />Fat Fighting Foods</h3>\r\nTired of that spare tire? Sick of your love handles? You can increase your body’s fat-burning power by eating more fat fighting foods that strengthen your liver (your body’s main fat-metabolizing organ) to burn fat better. The result? A leaner you! There are many great liver boosting foods, but here are some of my favorites:\r\n<h3><strong>Leafy Greens</strong>:</h3>\r\nSpinach, spring mix, mustard greens, and other dark leafy greens are good sources of fiber and powerhouses of nutrition. Research demonstrates that their high concentration of vitamins and antioxidants helps prevent hunger while protecting you from heart disease, cancer, cataracts, and memory loss.\r\n<h3><strong>Beans and Legumes:</strong></h3>\r\nLegumes are the best source of  fiber of any foods. They help to stabilize blood sugar while keeping you regular. They are also high in potassium, a critical mineral that reduces dehydration and the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.\r\n<h3><strong>Garlic and Onions:</strong></h3>\r\nThis dynamic duo of foods contains phytochemicals that break down fatty deposits in the body. They also breakdown cholesterol; kill viruses, bacteria, and fungi; and protect against heart disease. With a little help from garlic and onions, you can burn fat while warding off illness.\r\n<h3><strong>Cayenne:</strong></h3>\r\nThis hot spice lessens the risk of excess insulin in the body by speeding metabolism and lowering blood glucose (sugar) levels before the excess insulin can result in fat stores. Spice up your next meal with cayenne and lessen those love handles.\r\n<h3><strong>Turmeric:</strong></h3>\r\nThe popular spice used primarily in Indian cooking is one of the highest known sources of beta carotene. It is an antioxidant that helps protect the liver from free radical damage. Turmeric also helps strengthen your liver while helping your body metabolize fats by decreasing the fat storage rate in liver cells. Add a teaspoon of turmeric into your next curry dish to help your body fight fat.\r\n<h3><strong>Cinnamon:</strong></h3>\r\nResearchers at the United States Department of Agriculture showed that a quarter to one teaspoon of cinnamon with food helps metabolize sugar up to twenty times better than food not eaten with cinnamon. Excess sugar in the blood can lead to fat storage. Before you sip that chai tea latte or eat your oatmeal, sprinkle on the cinnamon.\r\n<h3><strong>Flax Seeds and Flax Seed Oil:</strong></h3>\r\nThese seeds and oil attract oil-soluble toxins that become lodged in the fatty tissues of the body. Once attracted, they help to escort fat-soluble toxins out. That spells fewer fat stores and a trimmer you.\r\n\r\nAnd if you are having a difficult time choosing to eat healthy foods like vegetables and fruit, it\'s important to remember to make them look good and palatable. Keep in mind that we are bombarded constantly with junk food advertisements. An article in <em>Media Psychology</em> notes...\"promoting healthy foods (Bruce et al.,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span><span class=\"ref-lnk lazy-ref\"><a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584569#\" data-rid=\"CIT0009\" data-reflink=\"_i32 _i33\">2016</a>; Hanks, Just, &amp; Brumberg, <a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584569#\" data-rid=\"CIT0021\" data-reflink=\"_i32 _i33\">2016</a>; Papies, <a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584569#\" data-rid=\"CIT0039\" data-reflink=\"_i32 _i33\">2016;</a> Hanks et al. (<a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584569#\" data-rid=\"CIT0021\" data-reflink=\"_i32 _i33\">2016</a>) revealed that children chose to eat twice as many vegetables when they were advertised through fun appeals: depicting healthy foods as humanized cheerful cartoon characters.\"<a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584569\">[1]</a></span>\r\n\r\n1Samson, Lelia, and Moniek Buijzen. \"Craving healthy foods?! How sensory appeals increase appetitive motivational processing of healthy foods in adolescents.\" <i>Media Psychology</i> 23.2 (2020): 159-183.','Fat Fighting Foods. Learn How Certain Food Can Help Burn Fat','','publish','open','closed','','fat-fighting-foods','','','2020-10-12 17:56:50','2020-10-12 17:56:50','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1520',0,'post','',0),(1521,8,'2019-06-13 06:26:33','2019-06-13 06:26:33','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Foods-That-Burn-Fat.jpg\" alt=\"Foods That Burn Fat\" width=\"200\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1185\" />Tired of that spare tire? Sick of your love handles? You can increase your body’s fat-burning power by eating more foods that strengthen your liver (your body’s main fat-metabolizing organ) to burn fat better. The result? A leaner you! There are many great liver boosting foods, but here are some of my favorites:\r\n\r\n<strong>Leafy Greens</strong>: Spinach, spring mix, mustard greens, and other dark leafy greens are good sources of fibre and powerhouses of nutrition. Research demonstrates that their high concentration of vitamins and antioxidants helps prevent hunger while protecting you from heart disease, cancer, cataracts, and memory loss.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beans and Legumes:</strong> Legumes are the best source of fiber of any foods. They help to stabilize blood sugar while keeping you regular. They are also high in potassium, a critical mineral that reduces dehydration and the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garlic and Onions:</strong> This dynamic duo of foods contains phytochemicals that break down fatty deposits in the body, while also breaking down cholesterol; killing viruses, bacteria, and fungi; and protecting against heart disease. With a little help from garlic and onions, you can burn fat while warding off illness.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cayenne:</strong> This hot spice lessens the risk of excess insulin in the body by speeding metabolism and lowering blood glucose (sugar) levels, before the excess insulin can result in fat stores. Spice up your next meal with cayenne and lessen those love handles.\r\n\r\n<strong>Turmeric:</strong> The popular spice used primarily in Indian cooking is one of the highest known sources of beta carotene, the antioxidant that helps protect the liver from free radical damage. Turmeric also helps strengthen your liver while helping your body metabolize fats by decreasing the fat storage rate in liver cells. Add a teaspoon of turmeric into your next curry dish to help your body fight fat.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinnamon:</strong> Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture showed that a quarter to one teaspoon of cinnamon with food helps metabolize sugar up to twenty times better than food not eaten with cinnamon. Excess sugar in the blood can lead to fat storage. Before you sip that chai tea latte or eat your oatmeal, sprinkle on the cinnamon.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flax Seeds and Flax Seed Oil:</strong> These seeds and oil attract oil-soluble toxins that become lodged in the fatty tissues of the body. Once attracted, they help to escort fat-soluble toxins out. That spells fewer fat stores and a trimmer you.\r\n','Foods that Fight Fat. Learn How Certain Food Can Help Burn Fat','','inherit','closed','closed','','1520-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:26:33','2019-06-13 06:26:33','',1520,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1520-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1524,8,'2019-06-13 06:52:35','2019-06-13 06:52:35','<h3>Stem Cell Prolotherapy</h3>\r\nTake a look at this article published in The<em> Townsend Letter</em> by Peter A. Fields, MD, DC  that covers Stem Cell Prolotherapy. If you\'ve ever wondered what it was all about, this article explains in detail.\r\n\r\nEver wonder how you can regenerative cartilage? Has joint replacement been recommended, but you\'d really rather not go that route? <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/stem-cell-treatment/\">Stem Cell Prolotherapy</a> is an effective treatment option that can meet your non-surgical and regenerative joint repair goals.\r\n\r\nStem Cells therapies are definitely a newer treatment option many are seeking. But not all therapies are the same. It\'s important to educate yourself on what this treatment really offers. This is an in-depth article that discusses bone marrow stem cells and adipose stem cells. Peter A. Fields, MD, DC will tell you what they are and how they work.\r\n\r\nThis article is a great place to find out more about a non-surgical alternative to joint replacement with this regenerative injection therapy. And remember...once surgery is done, it cannot be undone! We would like to help you to avoid that scenario!\r\n<h4>Are you a Candidate?</h4>\r\nOur goal at OrthoRegen<sup>®</sup> is for our patients to have an active, healthy, pain-free life. And Stem Cell Prolotherapy is a very safe, affordable option that allows you to keep working, training and living a normal life during the recovery process. Plus, Stem Cell Prolotherapy is one of the few treatments that encourages movement after the treatment. That\'s because movement actually aids the healing process. By contrast, surgery requires you reduce activity after treatment.\r\n\r\nWould you like a <strong>second opinion before you have irreversible surgery</strong>? Are you a candidate for Stem Cell Prolotherapy? The only way to know for sure is to get a consultation. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/contact/\">Contact Us today</a> for a consultation at <a href=\"tel:+[phone_raw]\">[phone]</a>.\r\n\r\nCheck out other articles in the <a href=\"https://www.townsendletter.com\">Townsend Letter</a>.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1207 size-full\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fields-July-article-2014_Page_1.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cell Prolotherapy\" width=\"955\" height=\"1244\" />\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1208\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fields-July-article2014_Page_2.jpg\" alt=\"Fields July Article2014 Page 2\" width=\"1650\" height=\"2150\" />','Townsend Letter: Stem Cell Prolotherapy','','publish','open','closed','','townsend-letter-stem-cell-prolotherapy','','','2022-12-02 06:46:25','2022-12-02 06:46:25','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1524',0,'post','',0),(1525,8,'2019-06-13 06:41:35','2019-06-13 06:41:35','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fields-July-article-2014_Page_1.jpg\" alt=\"Fields July Article 2014 Page 1\" width=\"955\" height=\"1244\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1207\" />\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fields-July-article2014_Page_2.jpg\" alt=\"Fields July Article2014 Page 2\" width=\"1650\" height=\"2150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1208\" />','July 2014 Townsend Article','','inherit','closed','closed','','1524-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:41:35','2019-06-13 06:41:35','',1524,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1524-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1526,8,'2019-06-13 06:51:30','2019-06-13 06:51:30','<h3>Elbow Injuries</h3>\r\nAt one time or another, about 15% of people in the U.S. will have elbow pain from some type of elbow injuries. These injuries can happen in sports, at work, and even at home. The majority involve a ligament injury. Annular ligament injuries from repetitive motion, like constant computer usage, is often the culprit. Other ligaments can be the pain-causing culprit too. And so can tendons.\r\n<h3>How Are the Injuries Treated?</h3>\r\nConventional treatment often involves icing, NSAIDS, or even surgery. But icing and NSAIDS both inhibit healing. And many of us prefer avoiding surgery. Right? Remember...once surgery is done, it cannot be undone. And it\'s better to not get into that predicament if it can be avoided.\r\n\r\nThe great news is that Prolotherapy, a <strong>non-surgical</strong> regenerative treatment option works great at healing both ligament and tendon injuries.\r\n\r\nAnd Regenerative Orthopedics for elbow pain is regenerative. What does that mean? Treatments like <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/dextrose-prolotherapy/prolotherapy-treatment-overview/\">Prolotherapy</a> <strong>regenerate</strong> collagen tissue which means the treatment repairs the injury. And it does it naturally. So that\'s good to know, especially since the treatment fixes both the cause and the effect.\r\n\r\nFind out more about how Regenerative Orthopedics can heal your joint pain non-surgically by reading this article in the <a href=\"https://www.townsendletter.com\">\"Townsend Letter.\"</a>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1212\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"955\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1212 size-full\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-feb-mar-2014-1.gif\" alt=\"Elbow Injuries\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" /> What To Do About Elbow Injuries[/caption]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-feb-mar-2014-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Feb Mar 2014 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />','Townsend Letter: Elbow Injuries','','publish','open','closed','','townsend-letter-elbow-injuries','','','2022-12-02 06:47:31','2022-12-02 06:47:31','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1526',0,'post','',0),(1527,8,'2019-06-13 06:42:30','2019-06-13 06:42:30','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-feb-mar-2014-1.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Feb Mar 2014 1\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1212\" />\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-feb-mar-2014-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Feb Mar 2014 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1213\" />','February March 2014 Townsend Article','','inherit','closed','closed','','1526-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:42:30','2019-06-13 06:42:30','',1526,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1526-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1528,8,'2022-12-02 06:01:39','2019-06-13 06:44:14',' ','','','publish','closed','closed','','1528','','','2022-12-02 06:01:39','2022-12-02 06:01:39','',30,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1528',64,'nav_menu_item','',0),(1530,8,'2019-06-13 06:45:48','2019-06-13 06:45:48','<h3>What Is the Cause of Back Pain?</h3>\r\nAlmost anything can cause back pain. Part of the reason is all of the stress we put on our backs. Weight from the upper body, prolonged sitting, sports, being overweight, and poor flexibility all can put added stress on the back. And at some point, all of this stress adds up and at some point will cause back pain.\r\n<h3>And What Are the Best Treatment Options?</h3>\r\nIt is not unusual to hear our patients say they have tried all kinds of treatments to no avail. That\'s why they are now in our office. They have tried stretching, yoga, pilates, massage, and all kinds of therapies. But their pain persists. And it is a good possibility that surgery has been recommended. But once surgery is done, it cannot be undone. So, many people look for an alternative.\r\n\r\nRegenerative Orthopedics is an effective, non-surgical alternative for back pain relief for most musculoskeletal conditions that cause back pain. <a href=\"https://www.drfields.com/regenerative-techniques/dextrose-prolotherapy/prolotherapy-treatment-overview/\">Prolotherapy</a>, one form of Regenerative Orthopedics, looks at the cause of back pain, and not just the effect. Prolotherapy stimulates repair. It\'s not just a bandaid to cover up back pain. But rather, it gets to the root of the problem, like tendon and ligament injury. And it repairs the injury, which results in the pain relief you seek.\r\n\r\nWhen you want to get to the root of the problem, Regenerative Medicine options like Prolotherapy, PRP, and Stem Cell Therapy, are not just effective, but they are non-surgical treatment options that relieve your back pain, and get you back to doing what you love.\r\n\r\nRead more about back pain in this article by Peter A. Fields, MD, DC in the <a href=\"https://www.townsendletter.com\">Townsend Article</a>, and why surgery may not be the best choice when looking into treatment options.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1219\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"955\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1219 size-full\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-1.gif\" alt=\"What is the Cause of back pain?\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" /> What is the Cause of Back Pain? In this article, Peter A. Fields, MD, DC goes into depth on the anatomy and cause of back pain and the treatment options.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Jan 2014 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1221\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-3.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Jan 2014 3\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />','Townsend Letter: What is the Cause of Back Pain?','','publish','open','closed','','townsend-letter-what-is-the-cause-of-back-pain','','','2022-12-02 06:55:45','2022-12-02 06:55:45','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1530',0,'post','',0),(1531,8,'2019-06-13 06:45:48','2019-06-13 06:45:48','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-1.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Jan 2014 1\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1219\" />\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Jan 2014 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" />\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-jan-2014-3.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Jan 2014 3\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1221\" />','January 2014 Townsend Article','','inherit','closed','closed','','1530-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:45:48','2019-06-13 06:45:48','',1530,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1530-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(1532,8,'2019-06-13 06:43:12','2019-06-13 06:43:12','&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe hip gets a lot of wear and tear! And it can be weakened by a lot of different things. Eventually, the cumulative injuries cause arthritis to develop. And before long, people find themselves in the surgeon\'s office receiving the news that they need a hip replacement. But do they really?\r\n\r\nHip surgeries are going through the roof. With close to 10 million hip surgeries performed annually. That\'s a lot of surgery. And many of us would prefer to avoid surgery if at all possible.\r\n<h3>Are there treatments that can help me avoid surgery?</h3>\r\nDifferent non-surgical treatments are commonly recommended before the surgical recommendation. These include non-inflammatory medications and cortisone injections. But these treatments are not curative. And although they may help you endure the pain, they will not prevent the eventual hip replacement.\r\n\r\nIt is important to address the cause and not just the effect of the wearing out hip. Regenerative Orthopedics, such as Dextrose Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, and Stem Cell Prolotherapy, are all non-surgical treatment options that get to the root of the problem. They actually stimulate ligament, tendon, and cartilage repair. And most people have pain because of injury to one or all of these structures.\r\n\r\nInjury to soft tissue, like the ligaments, tendons, and cartilage, causes the joint to become unstable. And this instability breaks the joint down further. Eventually, the person with a worn-out hip will experience loss of motion. Bone spurs will develop, and the bones will \"bump\" into one another. These symptoms probably sound familiar because they are experienced with arthritis. And pain medication won\'t fix the cause.\r\n\r\nSurgery that takes out parts will alter the structure and function of the joint. Eventually, more surgery will be needed. Yes, surgery is sometimes needed. But unnecessary hip replacements should be avoided. Seek out an experienced Prolotherapist to see if you are a candidate for a regenerative therapy that can help you to avoid surgery.\r\n\r\nRemember, once the surgery is done, it cannot be undone.\r\n\r\nSee testimonials from patients who have received Regenerative Orthopedics by clicking <a href=\"https://www.orthoregen.com/testimonials/\">here</a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1230\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-1.jpg\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 1\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1231\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232\" src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-3.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 3\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" />','Townsend Letter: Hip Replacement - Do You Really Need It?','','publish','open','closed','','townsend-letter-hip-replacement-do-you-really-need-it','','','2022-12-02 06:58:42','2022-12-02 06:58:42','',0,'https://www.drfields.com/?p=1532',0,'post','',0),(1534,8,'2019-06-13 06:47:12','2019-06-13 06:47:12','<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-1.jpg\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 1\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1230\" />\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-2.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 2\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1231\" />\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.drfields.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/townsend-article-dec-2013-3.gif\" alt=\"Townsend Article Dec 2013 3\" width=\"955\" height=\"1249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232\" />','December 2013 Townsend Article','','inherit','closed','closed','','1532-revision-v1','','','2019-06-13 06:47:12','2019-06-13 06:47:12','',1532,'https://www.drfields.com/uncategorized/1532-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),