Knee
Knee Arthritis — Every Option You Have
What’s actually causing your pain, every treatment option — surgical and non-surgical — and the questions worth asking any doctor, including us.
Free patient guides
Every option you actually have — in writing, before you talk to anyone.
Our physicians wrote a plain-English guide for each condition we treat: what’s actually wrong, every treatment side by side — including the ones we don’t perform — what the published studies found, who each option is wrong for, and the questions to ask any doctor, including us. Pick yours below and we’ll email it. No appointment required, and no follow-up phone call unless you ask for one.
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The library
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Every guide covers the whole ladder of treatment for its condition — not only the procedures we perform. Where a guide is still being written, you can ask to be emailed the day it’s ready.
Joints & musculoskeletal
Knee, hip, shoulder, heel · 5 guides
Hip
Hip Pain — Every Option You Have
What’s driving it — arthritis in the joint or bursitis on the outside — what each treatment can and can’t do, from guided injections to embolization to replacement, and how to tell which rung of the ladder fits your hip.
Shoulder
Shoulder Pain — Every Option You Have
What’s driving it — arthritis, tendonitis, or frozen shoulder — what each treatment can and can’t do, from guided injections to embolization to replacement, and how to tell which rung of the ladder fits your shoulder.
Heel & foot
Heel Pain — Every Option You Have
What’s actually wrong with your foot, how long this really lasts, how to make sure it’s really plantar fasciitis, and all fourteen ways it gets treated, side by side — including the twelve we don’t perform.
PRP
The ARV Centers Guide to PRP
What PRP actually is, what the published research shows (and doesn’t), what it costs, who it helps most, and the questions worth asking any clinic that offers it, including us.
Spine & back
SI joint, compression fractures · 2 guides
SI joint
SI Joint Pain — Every Option You Have
Low back pain that isn’t the spine: how to tell SI joint pain from a disc, a nerve, or the hip; how a diagnostic block works; and what each treatment — injections, radiofrequency ablation, fusion — can and can’t do.
Spine
Spinal Compression Fractures — A Guide for Patients & Families
What a compression fracture is, how to tell a fresh one from an old one, what rest and bracing can and can’t do, what the kyphoplasty trials actually found, why the first six weeks matter, and the questions to ask about your bone health before the next fracture.
Women’s health
Fibroids, adenomyosis, pelvic veins · 4 guides
Fibroids
Uterine Fibroids — Every Option You Have
What fibroids are, every treatment option — from watchful waiting to hysterectomy, including the ones nobody mentioned — and the questions worth asking any doctor, including us.
Adenomyosis
Adenomyosis — Every Option You Have
What adenomyosis is, why it takes so many women years to get a name for it, and every treatment option — from the hormonal IUD to hysterectomy, including the ones we don’t perform — plus the questions worth asking any doctor, including us.
Pelvic congestion
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome — Every Option You Have
What pelvic congestion is, why it is so often missed, every treatment option — from medication to embolization to surgery, including the ones we don’t perform — and the questions worth asking any doctor, including us.
Checklist
Ten Questions to Ask Before Anyone Stents Your Vein — Including Us
A one-page, plain-English checklist: what a proper May-Thurner workup includes, the difference between compression and syndrome, what to ask about before and after, and the numbers a good answer should contain.
Men’s health
Varicocele · 1 guide
Varicocele
Varicoceles — Every Option You Have
What a varicocele is and why it aches, every treatment side by side — including the ones we don’t perform — what the studies actually found, who each option is wrong for, and the questions to ask any doctor, including us.
Other conditions
Hemorrhoids · 1 guide
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoid Artery Embolization — The Patient Guide
The non-surgical treatment for hemorrhoids — how it works, what the day is actually like, the real risks, and what recovery looks like. No appointment, no phone call, no questions asked.
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What’s inside every guide
The most complete overview of your options that exists — from anyone.
These are not brochures. Each guide is written to a standard we hold ourselves to on every page of this site: every number traces to a published study, every option is described fairly, and the limits of what we do are printed, not implied.
What’s actually wrong
The condition explained in plain words — what it is, why it hurts or bleeds, and why it so often takes years to get a name for it.
Every treatment, side by side
From doing nothing to surgery, with durability numbers next to each other — including the options we don’t offer and would refer you elsewhere for.
What the studies found
The trials behind each option, in numbers a patient can use, and where the evidence is thin we say so.
Who each option is wrong for
Stated plainly. Including who is not a good candidate for the procedure we perform.
What the day is really like
Preparation, sedation, the access point, how long you’re with us, who drives you home, and what the first two weeks look like.
Questions to ask any doctor
Including us. Written to be asked out loud, so the answers can be compared.
If you finish a guide and choose a different treatment than ours, it did its job.
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