Alternative to Surgery
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Your shoulder begins to hurt, and your doctor orders an MRI that shows tears in the rotator cuff. This is definitely causing your shoulder pain, right? Not necessarily. Let’s dig in. The Rotator Cuff Your shoulder has muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint called the rotator cuff. These are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis,…read more
Treating an Acetabular Cyst and Healing the Hip Socket
On this page: What Is an Acetabular Cyst? How Are Acetabular Cysts Usually Treated? Donna’s Treatment Journey and MRI Results I love to post great stories about how interventional orthobiologics has changed people’s lives. That includes keeping aging athletes doing what they love. Today I’ll go over some great results from a patient with hip…read more
How Can Regenexx Satisfy the Requirements to Add Orthobiologics to a Health Plan?
Regenexx is the only orthobiologic provider on the planet that has been able to document the reduction of orthopedic costs by adding its services to a company’s health plan. How is that possible? Why has only Regenexx been able to do this? Let’s dig in. What are Orthobiologics? Orthobiologics are substances that can help damaged…read more
QC Kinetix Pricing: What Can We Learn from an Invoice?
I’ve blogged a few times about a clinic chain run by mid-levels offering low-level regenerative medicine care and charging top dollar. Today we’ll go over an invoice from that clinic chain, called QC Kinetix, and use that to learn about the differences between real clinical orthobiologics and an outfit built on sales. Let’s dig in.…read more
How Long Can a Cultured Stem Cell Treatment Last?
Our practice was the first on planet earth to treat orthopedic patients with culture-expanded stem cells in 2005. That’s so long ago in the timeline of regenerative medicine that it’s hard to imagine that we actually did this back then. As a result of that vast experience, I’d like to review a patient who just…read more
What is Intracranial Hypertension? What Does It Have to Do with the Neck?
Since we see many patients with neck pain and headaches, the topic of intracranial hypertension seems to be more common these days. So what is intracranial hypertension and what does it have to do with headaches? Is it caused by internal jugular vein (IJV) compression? What is IJV compression? Can neck problems make it worse?…read more
The Dahlia Center and the Travelling “Stem Cell” Road Show
This is a phenomenon that I’ve been following for years, but I’ve been waiting to nail it down better before writing about it. I call it the traveling “stem cell” roadshow. Let me explain. Before I begin, I’m a physician expert in interventional orthobiologics. What I write below is my opinion based on my expertise…read more
Making Sure You Get the BMC Injection You Paid For…
Last evening was my youngest son’s high school prom. As all of the parents met at somebody’s house for pictures, I spoke to a mom about a “stem cell” procedure she had done on her knee. On the one hand, she was lucky, in that she got most of what she paid for, on the…read more
