The Regen Doc Podcast

#12 Hip Pain That Won't Go Away? Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ on What's Really Going On

You've been told it's bursitis. Or a labral tear. Or your hip flexor. Go stretch it. Here's a steroid shot. Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ says those aren't diagnoses — they're garbage can terms that explain nothing and treat even less. In this episode he breaks down why the hip is one of the most misdiagnosed joints in sports medicine, why 60 to 70% of people have labral tears on MRI with zero pain, and what's actually going on when runners, cyclists, and active adults can't get their hip pain to go away. Chapters: 00:00 Hip pain that won't go away — and why your diagnosis is probably wrong 00:52 Why bursitis, sciatica, and hip flexor are garbage can terms 02:35 Is this the hip joint, the glutes, the labrum, the SI joint, or the pelvic floor? 03:37 My doctor just wrote "hip pain" and sent me to PT — what that actually means 04:22 My MRI shows a labral tear — does that mean I need surgery? 04:29 60 to 70% of people have labral tears with no pain — it's not a verdict 06:28 Hip labral repair is a big surgery — make sure you've tried everything else first 07:41 How do you figure out what's causing hip pain when imaging doesn't give a clear answer? 08:36 Case study: high level athlete with TFL pain — what dynamic testing found in real time 12:16 Case study: professional cyclist with lateral hip pain — never felt so strong through her pedals 14:55 Pro hockey player case study: more efficient through his skates after Dynamic Core Plus 15:54 Recreational runner with pelvic stress fractures — what was actually driving them 17:27 What Dr. Garg does differently with every hip pain patient 19:34 Hip pain after wearing a boot — a cause nobody thinks to check 20:13 The big takeaways: stop chasing MRI findings, start chasing functional limitations Links: * Dynamic Athlete Homepage: https://dynamicathlete.com/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/] * Meet Dr. Aneesh Garg: https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-gar%EE%80%80g/] * PRP Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com%EE%80%80/prp-therapy/] * Stem Cell Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/stem%EE%80%80-cell-therapy/] * Shockwave Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/sh%EE%80%80ockwave-therapy/] * Exomind: https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/] * Emsella Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-thera%EE%80%80py/] The Regen Doc is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy requires a formal consultation at DynamicAthlete.com.

#11 Why Does My Back Keep Going Out? Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ on the Real Cause

Your back goes out once, you chalk it up to a bad lift. It goes out again. Then again. And every time, you're told to rest, ice, and do PT — and every time it comes back. Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ says the cycle isn't bad luck. It's a sign the tissue hasn't fully healed and the real diagnosis has never been found. In this episode he breaks down why RICE is out, why disc degeneration on an MRI is not a diagnosis, why your back pain might actually be coming from your SI joint, and how a 24-year-old boxer with a failed discectomy got his life back when the right problem was finally treated. Chapters: 00:00 Why your back keeps going out — and what nobody is telling you 00:44 Recurrent back pain means the tissue hasn't fully healed 01:14 Why rest is usually the wrong answer — RICE is out 02:06 Movement is medicine: the difference between rest and active healing 02:43 Is this actually a back problem — or is it your SI joint or hip? 04:25 Disc degeneration on MRI is almost universal after 40 — it's not a diagnosis 05:16 "Just live with it" is one of the laziest answers in medicine 06:18 How Dr. Garg uses forensic sports medicine to find the real pain source 09:04 You can't fix the fridge by repairing the microwave 11:22 Back pain that's actually an SI joint problem — and a surgery that didn't need to happen 12:42 Case study: 24-year-old boxer with a failed discectomy — what everyone missed 16:18 Can you actually fix chronic back pain with regenerative medicine? 17:36 What to do the next time your back goes out instead of waiting for it to pass 19:11 Stop treating the flares — start treating the pattern 21:39 The mind-body connection: how a stressed nervous system amplifies back pain Links: * Dynamic Athlete Homepage: https://dynamicathlete.com/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/] * Meet Dr. Aneesh Garg: https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/] * PRP Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/] * Stem Cell Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/] * Shockwave Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/] * Exomind: https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/] * Emsella Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/] The Regen Doc is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy requires a formal consultation at DynamicAthlete.com.

#10 Torn Rotator Cuff? Why You Might Not Need Surgery — Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ

Your MRI shows a rotator cuff tear and your surgeon says it's time to schedule a repair. Before you commit to 6 to 12 months of surgical recovery, here's what Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ learned during his fellowship at the Andrews Sports Medicine Institute — one of the top programs in the world: knowing the difference between who actually needs surgery and who doesn't is the whole game. Many partial and even some full thickness tears can heal without surgery. In this episode he breaks down how to tell which camp you're in, why function matters more than the image, and how a hockey player in his 60s avoided surgery on both shoulders using stem cells and PRP. Chapters: 00:00 Should you actually have that rotator cuff surgery? 00:49 My MRI shows a tear and my surgeon says I need surgery — is there anything else? 01:04 Partial and full thickness tears that don't need surgery — what the Andrews Institute taught Dr. Garg 04:35 Won't the tear just get worse if I don't fix it? 06:03 The biggest mistake: rushing to fix the image instead of the patient 07:02 Why an MRI alone isn't enough — dynamic ultrasound and what it shows 07:44 Range of motion before the procedure predicts range of motion after 08:22 Rotator cuff surgery is 6 to 12 months of recovery — and 44% still have pain 09:31 Why do you see a surgeon first for a shoulder injury but not for a headache? 13:05 How do I know if I actually need surgery or can treat this differently? 16:49 Case study: hockey player in his 60s avoids surgery on both shoulders — tear visible on ultrasound, then gone 19:01 What to do if you're sitting in a surgeon's waiting room right now 20:18 Questions to ask before agreeing to surgery 21:26 The big takeaway: a torn rotator cuff on MRI is not an automatic surgery sentence Links: * Dynamic Athlete Homepage: https://dynamicathlete.com/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/] * Meet Dr. Aneesh Garg: https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/] * PRP Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/] * Stem Cell Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/] * Shockwave Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/] * Exomind: https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/] * Emsella Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/] The Regen Doc is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy requires a formal consultation at DynamicAthlete.com.

#9 Knee Pain & Avoiding Replacement — Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ on the Treatment Gap

You've been told you have arthritis, given a cortisone shot, and told to wait until you're old enough for a knee replacement. Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ says that's not a treatment plan — it's a waiting room. In this episode he breaks down the massive gap between early knee pain and surgery that most patients don't know exists, why steroid injections may be accelerating your joint degeneration, and how a combination of EMTT, focused shockwave, PRP, and hyaluronic acid got a 50-year-old trail runner back on the trails in 12 weeks after being told he needed a replacement. Chapters: 00:00 Why knee pain patients are stuck waiting for a replacement 00:52 The treatment gap between knee pain and surgery nobody talks about 01:24 Why steroid injections may be fast-tracking your knee replacement 02:05 What actually sits between pain and surgery — EMTT, shockwave, PRP, hyaluronic acid 02:49 Arthritis isn't a light switch — the spectrum between mild and bone on bone 04:13 Why combining PRP with hyaluronic acid outperforms gel injections alone 05:02 My MRI shows a meniscus tear — does that mean I need surgery? 05:08 Your MRI is a picture, not a verdict 07:02 What to ask your doctor before agreeing to anything 09:49 Why dosing matters — substandard PRP and the wrong shockwave won't work 13:21 Even if surgery is coming, regenerative medicine can buy back time 15:03 Case study: 50-year-old trail runner told he needed a knee replacement — back on trails in 12 weeks 17:35 If you came in tomorrow with knee pain, what would Dr. Garg do differently? 19:42 The three things to take away from this episode Links: * Dynamic Athlete Homepage: https://dynamicathlete.com/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/] * Meet Dr. Aneesh Garg: https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/] * PRP Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/] * Stem Cell Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/] * Shockwave Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/] * Exomind: https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/] * Emsella Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/] The Regen Doc is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy requires a formal consultation at DynamicAthlete.com.

#8 "Just Live With It" Is a Lazy Answer — Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ on Finding Real Solutions

"You just have to live with it." Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ says what that sentence really means is: we've run out of ideas. In this episode he breaks down why a doctor's treatment ceiling isn't your ceiling, why age is not a diagnosis, and what questions to start asking when the standard system has nothing left to offer you. Chapters: 00:00 Why "just live with it" gets Dr. Garg fired up 01:18 Three doctors said there's nothing more they can do — now what? 03:49 Their ceiling is not your ceiling 06:17 "You're just getting old" — why that's a lazy answer 08:23 Your age is not a diagnosis 09:44 What questions should you be asking that nobody has asked you? 12:04 How to find a real regenerative medicine specialist vs. someone who just does PRP 14:52 What does success actually look like — and has anyone asked you that? 16:19 The patient who became a shell of who they were — and found a way back 20:25 What Dr. Garg asks when someone walks in after being told to just live with it 21:59 Why running an over 90% success rate still means doing everything possible for the other 10% Links: * Dynamic Athlete Homepage: https://dynamicathlete.com/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/] * Meet Dr. Aneesh Garg: https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/dr-aneesh-garg/] * PRP Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/prp-therapy/] * Stem Cell Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/stem-cell-therapy/] * Shockwave Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/shockwave-therapy/] * Exomind: https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/exomind/] * Emsella Therapy: https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/ [https://dynamicathlete.com/emsella-therapy/] The Regen Doc is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy requires a formal consultation at DynamicAthlete.com.