The Stone Clinic Blog by Kevin R. Stone, MD

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Dr. Stone's Latest Blogs

A cortisone injection interferes with the body’s natural healing process

Cortisone: The end of an era

Cortisone is a therapeutic drug used to fight...

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Memories may be permanent and total

Memories: They are all there

Knowledge is expanding. Lines are blurring between...

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Could a modified polio virus cure cancer?

The end of antibiotics and chemotherapy

Traditional, and clearly awful, treatments to cure...

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Arthritis may in fact be preventable if we are able to stop the production of the enzymes early after injury

The degradative soup of injury and arthritis

Injury to joint tissues used to be thought of in...

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Post op pain: You don’t have to suffer from it

Suffering from pain after surgery is one of the...

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Cartilage Repair: Is it possible? Update from the Orthopedic Research Society symposium

Every year, the top orthopaedic researchers gather...

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ABC news animal tissue repairs human joints

ABC news story on The Stone Clinic

Dr. Stone talks about his work on animal ligaments...

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relieve joint pain with injection of substance which stimulate the body's own healing.

The next generation of joint injections

Joints sometimes hurt. Like well-oiled machines...

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Z-lig animal tissue scaffold device ACL

Animal tissue will build ligaments and tendons of the future

Imagine that in the future, you badly tore a...

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Curved Legs, Fast Bodies, and Spare Parts

The fastest runners in the world often have bowed...

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Avoid skiing injury

Why skiers get injured

Skiing is a phenomenally exciting and fun sport...

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Don't be afraid to fail

Failure is a great option

“Failure is not an option," people sometimes say...

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Skiing on the aging knee

Skiing on the aging knee

Aging knees can be rejuvenated with skiing. Just...

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An injury is an opportunity to spot other related problems

True, True, and not the only thing related

You fall off your bike and land on your shoulder...

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Soccer Long Term Effects of Heading

Soccer Makes Us Dumber

Why is it that the fun and satisfaction of...

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Rest well

Don’t wait until you are dead to rest in peace

Rest in peace. Often said at the wrong time in...

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Injury is a reason to exercise

Injury is a reason to exercise, not an excuse to avoid it

Just because it’s the Holidays doesn’t mean you...

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To become a better athlete, the ideal method is the simple squat exercise.

“Bend ze knees,” to improve more than just your skiing

“Bend ze knees!” he shouted at me, “pretend like...

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Dr. Stone's New Book, Play Forever, is Available Now

Play Forever book by Kevin R. Stone, MD

Dr. Stone's Book, Play Forever, is Available Now

What is Play Forever? Dr. Stone wrote Play Forever to help injured athletes and those with arthritis discover how to stay active for a lifetime.

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