Alternative to Surgery
Discover non-surgical and more cost-effective alternatives to traditional procedures with Regenexx® treatments. Specializing in orthopedic issues such as osteoarthritis, joint injuries, and spine pain, our innovative approach harnesses the healing power of your own body. Explore how our research-based techniques and patented protocols may help you avoid invasive surgeries
Subscribe to the BlogHow Your Back May Be Causing Your Bunions and a Bunion Surgery Alternative
Bunion surgery is big business. Is there a bunion surgery alternative? To see if that’s possible, we first have to understand why bunions occur in the first place. In my clinical experience, a big cause is a back problem that causes the stabilizing muscles of the foot to weaken. How does that work? The nerves in your…read more
18 Months Out from Seeking an Ankle Fusion Alternative
Is there an ankle fusion alternative? CB was a 39 year old woman when she was first seen in July of 2011 seeking an ankle fusion. In 2008 she was in a severe car crash where she sustained a compound fracture of her right tibia and fibula and required immediate surgery. Six days later she had a second…read more
Thumb Surgery Alternative: Thumb Surgery Recovery vs. an Injection for Arthritis
How does the thumb surgery alternative of an injection of super concentrated platelets into the thumb joint compare with thumb surgery recovery? For starters, the thumb surgery alternative involves an injection which has minimal recovery time while thumb surgery recovery takes months. CN is a 77 year old man with a long history of left thumb pain after a…read more
Another Reason to look for a Knee Replacement Alternative: Who knew the Knee Bone was Connected to the Ankle Bone?
Might there be other reasons to seek out a knee replacement alternative other than the fact that a surprising high number of patients still have knee pain despite knee replacement? How about one you would have never guessed-a knee replacement can advance ankle arthritis. Your body is interconnected; what happens in one area impacts other…read more
Avoid Back Surgery by Learning More About the ACL of The Low Back: The Iliolumbar Ligament
Want to avoid back surgery? You may need to learn more about spinal stability and why the normal spine is an engineering marvel. Your spine depends heavily on two main systems to keep what amounts to a tower of kids blocks (vertebrae) aligned with millimeter precision as you move. To show you how this is done using muscles, I have…read more Knee Plica Surgery?
A Google search under Knee Plica Surgery yields many other searches such as Knee Plica Recovery and Knee Plica Surgery Recovery Time. First, what the heck is a plica and why are so many patients concerned about recovery and recovery time? The general concept is that the normal synovial covering of the knee joint is getting pinched and irritated…read more Should You get Hip PAO Surgery?
What the heck is periacetabular osteotomy (Hip PAO surgery)? We have been concerned about the rapid rise in hip labrum and CAM impingement surgeries for FAI. However, this picture above tells a whole new story, one that moves our concern level up several notches A colleague recently sent us this picture of a professional fighter who went…read more Shoulder Impingement: Are You getting Trapped by Your Trap?
Should you be looking for a shoulder surgery alternative? For the last several decades, many of the patients who have been told that they have shoulder impingement have had surgery to “release” the shoulder. In many ways it’s this phenomenon which led to our current hip impingement surgery craze. So what is shoulder impingement? The…read more 
