Still Dealing With Knee Pain? Explore Your Options Before Surgery.
You shouldn't have to give up golf, walks, or keeping up with the people you love. A personalized regenerative medicine consultation in Sarasota may help you understand non-surgical options designed to ease joint pain and keep you active. Individual results vary.
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When Joint Pain Starts Shrinking Your World
You've adjusted your whole life around the pain — and you're tired of it. You're not alone, and surgery isn't your only path.
Chronic Knee & Joint Pain
Aching that flares with stairs, standing, or your favorite activities — and never fully lets up.
Stiffness & Arthritis
Morning stiffness, swelling, and that worn-down feeling that makes simple movement a chore.
Loss of Mobility
Trouble walking, bending, or keeping up — watching your range of motion quietly slip away.
Giving Up What You Love
Golf, tennis, pickleball, travel, playing with grandkids — sidelined by pain you didn't choose.
Wary of Surgery
Not ready for the operating room, the downtime, or the long, uncertain recovery it brings.
Temporary Fixes Only
Tired of pills and injections that mask symptoms without addressing the root cause.
Many Patients Wait Too Long Because They Think…
The most common reasons people delay are also the easiest to clear up in a consultation.
Care Built Around Your Goals — Not a One-Size Protocol
Comprehensive evaluation
We take time to understand your history, your joints, and what you actually want to get back to.
Personalized treatment options
Your provider may discuss a range of non-surgical, regenerative, and lifestyle approaches suited to you.
Focus on the root cause
Rather than only masking symptoms, our approach is designed to address what's driving your pain.
Whole-health perspective
Joint health connects to movement, nutrition, and longevity — we look at the bigger picture.
A Personalized Path vs. the Traditional One
The Traditional Path
- Often the same approach for everyone
- Focus on masking symptoms
- Surgery or long-term medication as the default
- Brief, rushed appointments
- Significant downtime and recovery
Personalized Regenerative Consultation
- An individualized evaluation built around you
- Designed to address the root cause
- Non-surgical options explored first
- Unhurried, concierge-style visits
- Approaches designed to minimize downtime
Experience, Technology & Time to Actually Listen
Deep Experience
Decades of focused work in non-surgical orthopedics and regenerative injection therapy, right here in the Sarasota area.
Advanced Technology
A multifaceted toolkit — including shockwave, decompression, oxygen, and red light therapies — under one roof.
Patient-Centered Care
An unhurried, concierge-style experience where you're treated as a person — not a number on a chart.
Start With a Free Discovery Call
A brief, no-cost phone call to learn about your situation and see whether we can help — and whether you're a good fit for our approach. No pressure, no obligation.
- A short conversation about your joint pain & goals
- An honest take on whether we can help
- Your questions about non-surgical options answered
- If it's a fit, we'll help you schedule a full consultation
How Your Consultation Works
Four clear steps from your first answer to a plan built around your goals.
Free Call
Answer a few quick questions, then we connect for a brief, no-cost discovery call.
Evaluate
Meet your provider for a thorough, one-on-one evaluation of your joints and goals.
Personalized Plan
Review non-surgical treatment options designed specifically for your situation.
Start Care
Move forward with a plan focused on easing pain and restoring what matters to you.
Dr. Max MacCloud, ND, PhD, DO
Doc Max has spent more than 45 years in clinical practice with a primary focus on non-surgical orthopedics and regenerative injection therapy — a field he helped pioneer in the Sarasota area beginning in the late 1990s.
Trained first as a Naturopathic Physician with a PhD in Nutrition, he later earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree to round out his expertise. His passion is helping patients overcome health challenges and get back to the activities they love. He practices alongside Dr. Arthur Hodge, MD, whose own clinical career spans more than five decades.
- ND · PhD · DO
- 45+ Years in Practice
- Regenerative Medicine Focus
Frequently Asked Questions
Your provider reviews your history and goals, evaluates the affected joints, and discusses non-surgical options that may be appropriate. It's a conversation — not a commitment to any procedure.
Many patients come hoping to explore options before considering surgery. We focus on non-surgical and regenerative approaches; whether they fit your situation is something your provider assesses during the evaluation.
We commonly evaluate knee, shoulder, hip, and back concerns — including arthritis, meniscus and rotator-cuff issues, and chronic pain that limits everyday movement.
Depending on your evaluation, your provider may discuss regenerative and supportive therapies such as regenerative injection therapy, shockwave, decompression, and oxygen or red light therapies. Recommendations are always personalized.
Non-surgical approaches are generally designed to minimize downtime compared with surgery. Your provider explains what to expect for any option you consider together.
Our patients range widely in age. Candidacy depends on your individual situation, not just a number — which is exactly what the consultation is designed to determine.
Your first step is a free, no-cost discovery call to see if we're a good fit. If you move forward, a full in-office or virtual consultation is $149–$249 depending on the complexity of your situation. Flexible financing is available.
Many regenerative services aren't covered by insurance, so we keep pricing clear and offer financing through trusted partners. Our team is happy to walk you through the details.
That's common. Our multifaceted, root-cause approach often differs from what patients have tried before — the consultation helps clarify what may still be worth exploring.
We're at 6968 Professional Pkwy E, Sarasota, FL 34240 — convenient to Lakewood Ranch and Bradenton. Same-week new-patient consultations may be available.
Find Out If You're a Candidate for Non-Surgical Joint Care
Answer a few quick questions about your joint pain. If it looks like a fit, we'll reach out to schedule your free discovery call — and from there, a full consultation if you'd like to move forward.
- Free, no-obligation discovery call
- No pressure — explore your options first
- Same-week availability may be possible
See If You're a Candidate
A few quick questions — then we'll be in touch to schedule your free call.
Your information is kept private & secure
No obligation. We'll reach out to confirm your free discovery call.