By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. In 2016, a study published in the “Annals of Internal Medicine” found that physicians spend about 27 percent of their work day treating patients. If that doesn’t sound like a lot of time, well, it really isn’t. Consider that some primary care physicians see up to anywhere from 25… Continue Reading
I had pain in both of my hands. Some of it is just probably how my joints are put together, but it is all aggravated by the repetitive motion issues in the work I do as an artist who makes contemporary quilts and who designs fabric for the quilting industry. I have arthritis in both… Continue Reading
A lifetime of playing competitive baseball was catching up to Hector Toledo. The Venezuelan native had been playing since the age of 6, and also spent much of his youth competing in high-performance water-skiing tournaments, soccer and karate. “Everything that was bad for the knee, I did,” Toledo said with a laugh. Now over the… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. On our clinic’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/DrZaharoff) we recently posted an item that came to our attention thanks to our friends at The Orthobiologic Institute. The post is about news from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center about a new implant device for knees designed to help ease the… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. I recently returned from a workshop in Orlando, Florida called “Dedicated Ultrasound Training: Hands-on Image Guided Techniques & Applications.” Ok maybe it doesn’t sound fascinating, but keeping up with how to best use ultrasound technology for the various Regenerative Injection Techniques I employ at the Non-Surgical Center of Texas… Continue Reading
I was bicycling with my wife in the McAllister Park area a few years ago when my foot slipped and I tore my Achilles tendon on the pedal. I went to the doctor and was told I would need an operation, which would also entail having about 18 months of recovery. I didn’t like the… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. We all know the feeling of stepping on a thorn, or getting a paper cut. What happens next is fascinating in many ways. Microscopic pain receptors, or nociceptors, in the skin are activated by tissue damage. Each pain receptor forms one end of a nerve cell (neuron). It is connected by a long nerve fiber… Continue Reading
I was working as a chef in Los Angeles. After a really, really long day, I came home and sat down on the couch, and when I tried to get up, I couldn’t. I went to a doctor and they said I had a left-leaning disc in my back. I don’t’ know how it happened…. Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. New York Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman was placed on the disabled list on Aug. 22 after being diagnosed with tendinitis in the left knee. On Sept. 19, less than a month later, the team reactivated him. Chapman, an All-Star closer, was treated with Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Injections, a Regenerative… Continue Reading
By Dr. Annette Zaharoff A few final thoughts on my summer mission trip to Greece to provide Prolotherapy treatment to communities in Crete, and to teach doctors from across Europe on the best way to utilize Prolotherapy in treating musculoskeletal injuries We treated nearly 300 patients during this weeklong mission, organized by the European Academy… Continue Reading