By Dr. Annette Zaharoff Hospitals across the country are reaching bed capacity as the second surge of the COVID-19 starts to peak. El Paso has 60 people being treated COVID-19 at San Antonio hospitals because theirs are full. Making matters worse, the TSA reported screening more than 1 million people a day in the days… Continue Reading
San Antonio, TX – For Sandy Samuelson, the pain usually went away. The retired high school tennis coach compared it to a golf ball under her shoulder blade, a pain she partially ascribed to decades of play on the court. This time was different. This time, the pain that radiated up her neck, down her… Continue Reading
Fitness professional, former collegiate athlete and Air Force veteran Julia Karlstad referred several clients over the years to the Non-Surgical Center of Texas. Then, she found herself in need of Dr. Annette Zaharoff’s pioneering Regenerative Medicine services. I’ve been battling chronic plantar fasciitis in my right foot for years. It started in college when I… 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
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
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 Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, M.D. Those virtual reality devices have been all the rage the past couple of Christmas seasons are a wondrous piece of technology, using special goggles and your smart phone to allow you to immerse yourself in a world that seems all too real. Now, imagine using the same technology to… Continue Reading