By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published July 4, 2026 · 7 min read Watch the Full Video If you have bone-on-bone arthritis in your knee, you have probably been told that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) won't help you — that you waited too long, and that once the cartilage is this far gone, a knee replacement is your only real option. New research is challenging that assumption. I'm Dr. Jeffrey Peng, a sports medicine physician practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I've helped t
By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published May 16, 2026 · 9 min read Watch the Full Video There is no shortage of recommendations for rotator cuff and shoulder pain — rest the shoulder, get a cortisone injection, try stem cells, get surgery, do physical therapy. But not all of these interventions are created equal, and some of the most popular options have very little evidence behind them. As a sports medicine physician practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, I've helped thousands
By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published May 9, 2026 · 7 min read Watch the Full Video If you are 40 or older and have been told you need surgery for a degenerative meniscus tear, the evidence has shifted dramatically in the past few years — and the most recent long-term data may change your mind. The New England Journal of Medicine has just published 10-year follow-up results from a sham-controlled trial of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, and the findings confirm what many spo
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