Cathy Miedema was living a very active life, going to the gym and playing tennis when a case of the shingles sidelined her in 2018, and led to a near-death experience. She developed pain in her lower back that cascaded down her left leg all the way to her toes. “I could hardly walk, and… Continue Reading
Dr. Annette Zaharoff, Founder and Medical Director of the Non-Surgical Center of Texas, appeared on the “Ask the Experts: South Texas Live” radio show on Saturday, July 13 on 930-AM “The Answer” station KLUP. Dr. Zaharoff, speaking with audiologists Dr. Nicole Davis and Dr. Dawn Bledsoe, talked about her passion for non-surgical regenerative medicine, her… Continue Reading
Susan Skaer loves going to Mexico, where she visited her dad when he worked as an electrical engineer for years, helping erect power plants in communities across Central America. She traveled south of the border three or four times a year for decades, until back pain sidelined the 75-year-old adventurer. “It started 20 years ago… 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
For immediate release: May 28, 2018 San Antonio, TX – The Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation (HHPF) took a big step toward standardizing the way Prolotherapy treatments are effectively administered to patients around the world during a recent group workshop in Los Angeles. Dr. Annette Zaharoff, who is helping lead the non-profit organization’s efforts to develop… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. The San Antonio Missions have been having a lot of fun with the temporary re-brand of their AA Minor League ball club as “The Flying Chanclas.” Every Thursday home game this season starting May 5, the Missions become The Flying Chanclas. Judging from the enthusiastic turnout and clamor for… Continue Reading
I recently returned from my 12th mission trip to Honduras with the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation, where I was honored to work at one of three clinics providing free Prolotherapy injection treatments to indigent patients. I also served as the program director for the educational track for physicians. I keep going back because the work… Continue Reading
By Dr. Annette Zaharoff While I was at the University of Wisconsin last month for the 22nd annual Prolotherapy and Research Symposium, President Trump declared the opioid addiction crisis is officially a national public health emergency. There is no doubt we must do something. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more… Continue Reading
Maybe you or someone you know, woke up with a neck so stiff they couldn’t turn their head, or has had a deep, aching pain in the leg that keeps them up at night. Physicians from around the world will be in Madison Oct 18-21 to learn from leading experts in the field about how… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr Z” Zaharoff, M.D. It may sound like a plot device from a movie featuring Batman and The Joker, but it’s no laughing matter: Doctors are using what is commonly called shockwave therapy to stimulate the human body’s production of laughing gas to reduce pain, improve blood flow, promote bone healing and more…. Continue Reading