Orthohealing » CNN http://www.orthohealing.com/blog Providing cutting edge non-surgical orthopedic healing techniques. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 VIDEO: Tiger Woods discusses PRP Platelet Rich Plasma at Press Conference at Augusta Masters http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/04/05/video-tiger-woods-discusses-prp-platelet-rich-plasma-at-press-conference-at-augusta-masters/ http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/04/05/video-tiger-woods-discusses-prp-platelet-rich-plasma-at-press-conference-at-augusta-masters/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:14:23 +0000 dosampson http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/?p=720 tiger woods injuryVIDEO: Tiger Woods Admits Federal Investigators Have Contacted His Agent In Drug Probe | RadarOnline.com.

Tiger woods held a press conference a the Augusta Masters today to address concerns of his medical treatment among other issues that have been circling in the media. Tiger clarified that he has never used performance enhancing drugs (PED’s). However Tiger did confirm that he received 4 injections of PRP Platelet Rich Plasma to his knee ligament (LCL) following a slow post operative recovery from ACL repair. Woods also received treatment for his Achilles tendon which he tore & adversely affected his driving distance . He claims that the treatments were successful & he feels strong.

While Tiger Woods has been surrounded by disappointments  of his family & fans of infidelity, it appears that he has not violated any medical laws or restrictions in sport. PRP has been used to treat many athletes & even more weekend warriors. We are conducting several studies including a 10 multi center clinical trial on tennis elbow as well as a pilot knee arthritis study that was submitted for publication.

So hopefully the bright side of all this media frenzy will be the attention placed on an emerging therapy PRP. In no way is this a panacea but it appears a safe alternative to cortisone. More studies will emerge soon, some pro and some con to best determine which patients and injuries will be proper candidates for PRP.

]]> http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/04/05/video-tiger-woods-discusses-prp-platelet-rich-plasma-at-press-conference-at-augusta-masters/feed/ 12 First US Approved Stem Cell Clinical Trial for ALS http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/02/02/first-us-approved-stem-cell-clinical-trial-for-als/ http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/02/02/first-us-approved-stem-cell-clinical-trial-for-als/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:29:39 +0000 dosampson http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/?p=658 stem cellsALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a devastating disease that affects the neuromuscular system resulting in muscle weakness with eventual difficulty swallowing and breathing. For patients suffering with this condition many of the trreatments are palliative to improve function like rehabilitation. Some of my patients in the recent past have seeked stem cell based therapies in foreign countries like Costa Rica. One patient received Bone Marrow Stem Cells along with Menstural cells which were injected into his spine. These patients termed “pioneer patients” are driving change & are increasing awareness by describing their experiences. Unfortunately his treatment was not successful.  However perhaps it won’t be long before Americans won’t have to travel abroad for these procedures.

According to CNNthe first US FDA approved trial (Neuralstem) utilizing 8 week fetal tissue for stem cells is taking place. The researchers are very noble in their efforts & the patients are very brave.  However these patients have little options to reverse the effects of their disease.

]]> http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2010/02/02/first-us-approved-stem-cell-clinical-trial-for-als/feed/ 1 Dr Sanjay Gupta & Anderson Cooper Discuss Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy in Tiger Woods & Athletes http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/12/17/dr-sanjay-gupta-anderson-cooper-discuss-platelet-rich-plasma-therapy-in-tiger-woods-athletes/ http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/12/17/dr-sanjay-gupta-anderson-cooper-discuss-platelet-rich-plasma-therapy-in-tiger-woods-athletes/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:17:10 +0000 dosampson http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/?p=648 With the recent  news that Tiger Woods  received PRP therapy to accelerate his knee recovery from surgery, there has been lots of media exposure for PRP. Here is a video from CNN last night. cnn gupta

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