People often treat peptide therapy like magic. A patient comes in with a torn rotator cuff or a stubborn skin lesion that hasn’t closed in months. They read a forum post, buy some vials, pin themselves for a week, and then get angry when they aren’t completely healed by Tuesday. Biology just doesn’t work that …

I see it in the clinic almost every week. Someone comes in, sets their gym bag down awkwardly, and rubs their wrist. The story is usually identical. They tweaked it months ago doing heavy front squats, or maybe catching themselves during a minor fall. Now it just won’t heal. The radiocarpal joint is notoriously stubborn. …

Patients sit in my office every week with the same defeated look. They hand me an MRI report or an X-ray. The radiologist has noted “osteophyte formation” in the medial compartment of the knee, or maybe the AC joint of the shoulder. The doctor probably pointed to a jagged little white hook on the film, …