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 BlogRegenexx To Offer Its Non-surgical Procedures to NBA China
We’ve helped a ton of athletes avoid more invasive orthopedic surgery by using their own platelets or stem cells and our highly specific image-guided procedures. Given that Regenexx is opening its second worldwide advanced practice site in Hainan, China soon, it’s also lined up to provide its procedures to the NBA China. Let’s dig in.…read more
Minimally Invasive and Maximally Destructive
One of the things that I am increasingly uncomfortable with is the new and manifold ways my colleagues are finding to permanently destroy tissue using minimally invasive procedures. What I mean is that there is a trend to take destructive surgeries and turn them into procedures that can be performed by pain management physicians using…read more If You Have Any Arthritis Hip FAI Surgery Is a Bad Idea
The number of hip FAI surgeries has exploded in recent years. However, there has been a consistent finding in the research that shows that anyone with any type of hip arthritis is not a candidate for this surgery. A big super study on the topic was just published. Let’s dig in on what it told…read more Does a Partial Rotator Cuff Tear Get Bigger Over Time?
If you have a small rotator cuff tear, will it get bigger over time? This is a critical issue as we have many patients who put off getting their shoulder treated for years. So what is their risk? Let’s dig in. The Shoulder Rotator Cuff Your shoulder has four muscles that stabilize the joint and…read more Are Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Better for Knee Cartilage Repair?
Let’s look today at two studies that posit an interesting question. They both ask if umbilical cord stem cells are better than the patient’s own bone marrow concentrate in healing a small cartilage lesion in the knee. This is an important topic because we have hundreds of crazy chiropractic clinics claiming that they are injecting…read more Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia?
Since we have non-surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia that don’t involve brain surgery, we often see patients with this condition. However, our medical care system is often like a dog with a bone sometimes and creates and then holds onto a diagnosis even when it no longer makes sense. Today I’ll review the case of…read more Why Is Hip FAI Common in People Who Have No Hip Pain?
One of the real problems in modern medicine is our over-reliance on MRIs to make a diagnosis. This is rampant in the world of arthroscopic hip surgery where detecting FAI can result in an invasive procedure. Several studies have shown time and time again that while hip FAI is treated as an abnormality, it’s actually…read more Why Tommy John Doesn’t Like the Surgery that Bears His Name
You can’t be around modern baseball and not hear about Tommy John surgery. So what is that surgery and what does it treat? Why is its namesake now increasingly against the procedure? Let’s dig in. What Is Tommy John Surgery? Way back in 1974, a famous pitcher for the LA Dodgers named Tommy John had…read more 
