Sustaining injuries are inevitable when you play sports. Overtraining, lack of conditioning, and incorrect form or technique can all lead to sports injuries. Sometimes, it might be something you couldn’t have prevented, like impacts, accidents, or collisions with other players. These injuries can range from bruises, sprains, and muscle tears to broken bones and progressive…
non-surgical orthopedic treatments
Using Stem Cells to Help Treat Arthritis and Cartilage Damage
We all want to keep our joints healthy and pain-free so that we can live an active, healthy life. However, the protective cartilage which provides cushioning in our joints naturally wears down over time, and cartilage cannot regrow itself – so we must seek extra help. The good news is that stem cell therapy has…
Get Healthy with the Help of an Orthopedic Doctor
One of the secrets to living life without physical limits is to take care of your orthopedic health. At All-Star Orthopedics of Austin, our foremost goal is to help our patients feel, move, and live better. This fuels our unwavering dedication to providing the highest quality of restorative and preventive care—the latter of which, we…
Is Stem Cell Therapy Safe?
Before you have any type of medical treatment, you will want to understand the procedure’s process, benefits, and risks. You’ve likely heard about some of the hype and the criticism surrounding stem cells – so if your doctor offers this treatment to help heal and reduce joint pain, you may be wondering whether it might…
How Successful Is PRP Therapy?
Just like with any medical treatment, patients’ results vary after having platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy injections. So, you may be wondering whether there’s any way to make an educated guess insofar as whether PRP might work to provide relief from your joint pain. For one thing, patients appreciate the fact that PRP harnesses platelets from…
Common non-surgical orthopedic treatments
The most common orthopedic injuries, such as sprains and strains and simple fractures, can be treated without surgical intervention. Even arthritis, which is the most common cause of orthopedic pain, can be treated using non-surgical treatment methods. With non-surgical orthopedic treatments, there are fewer risks involved, and orthopedic injuries usually respond very well to these…