Licata Steven DO

I was a career firefighter and a home-​improvement contractor for many years. Of course I developed severe tendinitis in my left elbow. Sometimes it was so bad I could not use my arm to brush my teeth or comb my hair! I went to dozens of different doctors over the years from MDs, DOs, DCs, massage therapists, acupuncturist, energy workers, a ridiculous amount of supplements, pressure bands and herbal salves — everything except Cortizone injections. Nothing helped UNTIL I saw Dr. Licata.
An ultrasound revealed multiple tears and rips in my tendons and pockets of inflammation. He immediately started me on prolotherapy with a Saraphin cocktail.
It’s been a slow process but it’s definitely incredibly better. I’m also using a prescribed a topical products with both anti-​inflammatory and pain reducing drugs, so I don’t have to take as much orally and natural products. And icing, more icing and more icing. For the 12 weeks of recovery I am to use my arm as little as possible and to massage the area to break up the scar tissue in the muscles and tendons.
My only other option is to surgically remove the damaged part of the tendon and have it reattached to the bone — not an option anybody ever suggested to me and not an option I would generally accept.
Prognosis? Doc says 100% within 12 weeks! Dr. Licada rocks with his bedside manner too. His clinic is a teaching clinic so there’s always an intern around learning something — and so do you. His staff is efficient, friendly, and personable.