SAN ANTONIO, TX – Sports medicine expert Dr. Annette Zaharoff, a pioneer in the use of regenerative injections to treat pain and musculoskeletal injuries, says her 10th mission trip to Honduras marks a milestone for proponents of Prolotherapy. Dr. Zaharoff served as co-clinical director for the Honduras mission. A major focus of the non-profit Hackett… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr Z” Zaharoff, M.D. Much is made of the pain that women endure to give birth. But often there is constant uncomfortable, sometimes debilitating pain that occurs during and after pregnancy. It’s called sacroiliac joint pain, or SI joint pain. The SI joints are between the sacrum (tailbone) and ilium (hip bone) in… Continue Reading
Non-Surgical Center of Texas providers Annette Zaharoff, MD and Julie Barnett, DPT, were among the featured presenters at this year’s APTA Combined Sections Meeting, the largest gathering of physical therapists in the country More than 150 physical therapists and other healthcare professionals attended their 2-hour presentation “Regenerative Injections: Still Quackery? PT Research and Rehab Pearls…. Continue Reading
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Alan Gingrich lived with sometimes crippling back pain for all of his adult life. “It was so bad. I could be standing at the counter shaving in the morning and I could feel my back tightening up going to the left and I’d end up leaning over,” said Gingrich, a 76-year-old retired… Continue Reading
A patient recently wrote a letter of thanks to me and the Director of Physical Therapy at the Non-Surgical Center of Texas, Julie Barnett, DPT. He had been suffering from back pain, so after a series of steroid shots we instructed him to follow a regimen of home, core-strengthening exercises that he was to do… Continue Reading
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Experienced physical therapist Kara M. Doctor, M.S., P.T., has joined the physical therapy team at The Non-Surgical Center of Texas. Doctor has more than 22 years of experience in the field of physical therapy. A San Antonio native who attended Saint Mary’s Hall and graduated from Churchill High School, Doctor earned… Continue Reading
By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, MD It’s the middle of summer and chances are if you have made a trip to the pool or just put on some shorts and taken a stroll outside, you opted for the convenience of sliding your feet into a pair of flip flops. It’s a summer thing, I know…. Continue Reading
Recently, I returned from my ninth mission trip to Honduras as part of a volunteer medical mission treating more than 1,000 indigent residents with prolotherapy injections. More than 70 physicians and support staff from several countries joined in the mission. Providers also received training on effective techniques for this injection therapy treatment that can heal… Continue Reading
People are willing to try just about anything to get relief from chronic joint pain, even shooting pieces of a chicken into their knees or shoulders. Actually, it’s sometimes referred to as a rooster comb injection, also known as viscosupplementation. The key ingredient is hyaluronate, which is derived from processed combs of rooster or hen…. Continue Reading
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Former pro tennis player Annette Zaharoff, MD, will serve as tournament physician at the inaugural WTA San Antonio Open, tournament organizers have announced. The WTA 125K Series event is slated for March 14-19, 2016 at McFarlin Tennis Center. Dr. Zaharoff, a noted sports medicine physician and orthopedic specialist, competed in the 1980s… Continue Reading