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Does Dextrose Prolotherapy Work for Knee Arthritis?
By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published March 6, 2026 · 5 min read Watch the Full Video Dextrose prolotherapy is one of the oldest regenerative injection therapies still in use today, yet most patients have never heard of it. The concept is simple: inject a concentrated sugar solution into or around a damaged joint to trigger the body’s natural healing response. But does the science actually support this approach for knee arthritis ? In this post, we review the clinical trial ev
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Should You Combine PRP and Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Arthritis?
By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published March 6, 2026 · 6 min read Watch the Full Video Both hyaluronic acid (HA) injections and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are well-established treatments for knee osteoarthritis. When used individually, head-to-head trials consistently show that PRP tends to produce more favorable outcomes than HA alone. But a growing body of research is now exploring whether combining the two injections could produce a synergistic effect — offerin
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Myofascial Trigger Points: Why They Are Missed and How Injections and Dry Needling Work
By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published March 6, 2026 · 12 min read Watch the Full Video Myofascial pain syndrome and trigger points are among the most common — and most commonly missed — causes of chronic musculoskeletal pain. In my sports medicine practice, I regularly evaluate patients who have seen multiple providers, undergone extensive imaging, completed months of physical therapy, and sometimes even had surgery — all without relief — because the underlying myofascial tri
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