New Martinsburg Orthopedic Surgeon to Share Tips for 'Aging Athlete'

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DeGroote's approach also includes attention to nutrition as well as higher-tech options, such as hormone therapy, using adult stem cells to repair cartilage and what's known as PRP, a treatment popularized in the NFL in which a patient's blood is transformed into platelet-rich plasma and injected into the area of injury to speed healing.

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New Martinsburg Orthopedic Surgeon to Share Tips for 'Aging Athlete'

MARTINSBURG--At 25, Russell DeGroote was suffering with backaches from moving lumber at his warehouse job. He decided to forgo physical labor and start college.

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