Dealing with shoulder pain can significantly impact your daily activities and quality of life, making even simple tasks, like reaching for a coffee mug, difficult. While cortisone shots are a common first step for relief, they don't always provide lasting pain relief. So, what are your options if a cortisone shot doesn't work?

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a prevalent issue that affects millions of men across the globe, with estimates suggesting that nearly 30 million men in the United States alone experience this condition.

Hair loss is an incredibly common issue, affecting millions of adults worldwide. If you’re one of the nearly 50% of women or 80% of men experiencing hair loss, PRP hair treatments might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for.

Sleeping wrong can throw your neck and your entire day out of alignment. We’ve all been there–waking up with neck pain is no fun. Fortunately, neck pain from sleeping wrong can be prevented and alleviated by taking proactive measures at home.

Is your knee pain keeping you from doing what you love? Have you ever considered PRP injections? From osteoarthritis to cartilage, ligament, and tendon damage, knee pain can be debilitating—affecting mobility, activity, and sleep quality. While many treatment options

While the exact weather conditions that trigger joint pain are still debated, there is a proven, well-documented correlation between weather changes and arthritis pain.

If you’ve ever tweaked your shoulder, you know how much shoulder pain interferes with daily life. Shooting pain, dull aches, and decreased ability to move are all symptoms commonly associated with shoulder injury.

Cervical instability, a condition characterized by the abnormal movement of the cervical spine, poses significant, far-reaching, and often surprising challenges for those affected. In this guide, we dig into some of the nuances of this complex condition, offering considerations for diagnosis and treatment.

Sciatica pain refers to the unique tingling, sometimes excruciating pain that radiates from the lower back down through the buttocks and into one or both legs. If you're familiar with sciatica pain, you know how uncomfortable and even debilitating it can be.

When rotator cuff pain gets in the way of your sleep, it’s not just a nuisance—it’s a barrier to the healing process. During sleep, your body releases growth hormone which promotes tissue regeneration and repair—a process critical to recovery.

Affecting about 2 million people in the United States each year, ankle sprains are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, and many people are left wondering what to expect of their recovery. Depending on the grade of injury, sprained ankle healing time can range anywhere from one week to several months.

Ozone has been recognized for its healing properties since the late 19th century, and it has continuously evolved as a powerful therapeutic agent. Over the years, extensive research and development have propelled ozone therapy into diverse medical fields,

Winter is fast-approaching and that means the return of cold weather sports, winter-exclusive activities, and, less exciting, the risk of cold weather injuries. From snowboarding and icy winter jogs to chilly jaunts to the store, cold weather brings its own set of risks—and not just icy fall risks

Do you find yourself bracing for the inevitable discomfort that winter can bring—dreading joint pain in cold weather year after year? The winter months can be harsh on your joints, and while you may not be in a position to remove yourself from the cold entirely, there are steps you can take to reduce your body pain due to cold weather.

Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, has long been recognized as one of the body’s most essential factors for immune function and overall health and wellbeing—with vitamin C deficiencies being linked to all kinds of issues from fatigue and depression to anemia. This is why the rise of IV vitamin therapy

As the dogged search for more conservative and effective orthopedic treatment persists, regenerative medicine continues to prove itself a promising solution. Innovative clinicians are leveraging the mounting research on injection therapies to reveal an even greater potential for treating joint

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy has emerged as a promising treatment option for a variety of conditions, including erectile dysfunction (ED). As the use of PRP in ED treatment has expanded, so has the variability in methods used to administer it.

Hair loss is an incredibly common issue, affecting millions of adults worldwide. In fact, nearly 50% of women, and up to 80% of caucasian men experience androgenetic alopecia (male or female pattern baldness). While there are numerous treatments available for hair loss, most of them fall short, offering insufficient results, causing undesirable side effects,

Regenerative medicine has emerged as a transformative field in recent years, driven by a pressing need for innovative healthcare solutions that can address the limitations of conventional treatments. Conventional treatments for orthopedic issues often involve medications, which focus solely on managing symptoms, or surgeries that are invasive, costly, and sometimes high-risk. Recognizing these limitations,

Jessica Caspar joined us in November of 2022 as an Advanced Practice Nurse and Lead Clinician for AIM Aesthetics. Although she joined us just last year, Jessica has already improved the lives of numerous patients, and she continues to strengthen our team with her expertise and positive personality.

For a long time, conventional orthopedic medicine has been too quick to prioritize surgical treatment—often presenting orthopedic surgery as the only option for patients experiencing chronic and injury-related pain. However, advancements in regenerative medicine are proving that this is not the case, as continuously developing treatments offer

Back pain is one of the most common medical problems that people experience worldwide. In fact, up to 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, many people who suffer from back pain are also misdiagnosed which makes treating back pain very difficult.

If you are one of the millions of adults living with symptomatic arthritis, spine pain, or other persistent joint pain, medication is not your only option for relief.

We originally published this blog at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic as a guide to more safely engaging in fitness and social activities through the local outdoors. But as Spring approaches with beautiful weather, the slew of reasons to go outside continues.

Valentine’s Day can be a loaded holiday—the performative pressure of this culturally buzzing season can be a source of mood-killing anxiety for anyone and their partner—but especially for men struggling with erectile dysfunction (ED).

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Intravenous therapy is a leading wellness treatment that has become accessible to everyone—it’s not just for the rich and famous anymore. IV therapy quickly and effectively delivers nutrients to your body, bypassing your digestive system.

Prolozone therapy is a non-surgical procedure that uses medical oxygen injections to help repair joints, cartilage, ligaments, muscle tendons, and more. It can combat pain while also allowing your body to start healing damaged cartilage through added collagen and nutrients. Collagen can help tighten loose ligaments or damaged connective tissues by reducing inflammation and jump-starting the healing process.

According to the CDC, up to 20% of adults experience knee pain. In many cases, that pain is chronic. This means that it persists for over twelve weeks despite medication and medical treatment. Chronic knee pain is strongly associated with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis can develop from previous injuries, obesity, age, or repetitive stress. While osteoarthritis is common, treatments are limited, mainly focusing on weight loss, self-care, and prescription medication. At Atlanta Innovative Medicine in Atlanta, GA, we provide our patients with all options available to treat chronic knee pain, including groundbreaking treatments like adipose stem cell therapy.

The ability to capture and analyze data is essential to offering reliable treatments to patients. At Atlanta Innovative Medicine, we rely on DataBiologics to help us support our goals of delivering science-based solutions to the health concerns facing our patients.

If you are suffering from osteoarthritis (OA), you are not alone. OA is one of the most common forms of arthritis, affecting 23% of the adult population. Those who experience the pain it causes know and understand how difficult it can be to manage. There is presently no cure for OA and it can be challenging to treat. Safe, effective and nonsurgical treatment methods are needed, but most options only temporarily relieve pain

Over a million knee replacements are performed annually in the US, with the operation being portrayed as a safe and effective means of eliminating pain and helping individuals return to previous activities. At least that’s what initial studies showed as the operation gained in popularity during the latter part of the twentieth Century.

The Basics of PRP Therapy PRP therapy, known as platelet-rich plasma therapy, has been an immensely popular treatment for patients suffering from joint and soft tissue injuries. This immense popularity has increased a lot over the last decade, but PRP itself has been...

When researching a regenerative procedure, patients may decide they want a procedure using their own tissue. This is called receiving an “autologous” procedure, which means the tissue comes from the patient himself/herself.

A new study published in Cell Stem Cell has found that implanted neural stem cells can form connections between themselves and with the host’s neural network in mice. This means there is possibly a new, effective way of repairing spinal cord injuries.

Using platelet rich plasma (PRP) to recover from a sports injury has become commonplace for elite competitors—for runners, golfers, basketballers, tennis players and beyond. Multiple studies have examined outcomes for the use of PRP in treating these injuries. It’s been shown to promote muscle recovery thanks to the growth factors released from activated platelets—and in doing so, reducing pain, swelling, and the time it takes to return to play sports.

When you’re dealing with chronic pain, you want answers. Fast. For the 31 million Americans dealing with osteoarthritis—the most common cause of disability in adults—or another painful joint condition, stem cell therapies offer an alternative to the side effects of drugs or the risks of surgery.

Whether you’re just learning about a knee problem or you think you’ve “tried everything,” you may be relieved to know there are nonsurgical ways of treating knee pain. That includes a world of newer therapies and proven treatments that might be your ticket to getting well and getting active again—without harsh drugs or surgery.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been around for decades as a healing therapy but has seen explosive growth in the medical field in recent years. That’s due in part to people’s desire for treatments that address the root cause of a health problem rather than mask it with potentially harmful drugs or undergo the possible pitfalls of surgery. But is all PRP created equal by different medical providers? Not by a long shot. Before we delve into the factors that make certain forms and deliveries of PRP better than others, let’s recap some basics about this form of regenerative medicine.

Regenerative Injection Therapy is an umbrella term that includes: Stem Therapy, Prolotherapy, Prolozone, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Super Concentrated PRP (SC-PRP). All of these therapies are available at Atlanta Innovative Medicine.