My Hip Arthroscopy Blog: More Side Effects

While this is not specifically a hip arthroscopy blog, through the years I have discussed the many negative experiences my patients have had with the surgery. My first realization of the serious side effects of the procedure came back in 2008, when we borrowed a hip distraction unit form an orthopedic surgery practice to test…read more

Hip Arthritis Stem Cell Injection: 2.5 Years Later…

Hip arthritis has always been harder to treat with stem cells. However, despite that fact, we have helped quite a few patients through the years. Case in point this morning is Sheri who is two and a half years out from her hip arthritis stem cell injection. Sheri was 51-years old when she presented to…read more

Nagging Hamstring? Carpentry vs. “The Electrical”

I had the honor a while back of taking one of my sons to a college football rivalry game at my alma mater. It was a great game despite one of our star players suffering from a nagging hamstring problem (but he still broke 200 yards of rushing)! As I walked back to our hotel…read more

Stem Cell Osteonecrosis Study: Circulus in Demonstrando

This morning I’d like to highlight a stem cell osteonecrosis study. Every once in awhile it’s important to highlight research that has conclusions that don’t make sense, or in other words “bad research”. A new study demonstrates a logical fallacy known as “circulus in demonstrando”. In other words, here is a study that seems to show that…read more

Is Hip Arthritis Genetic? Probably…

Is hip arthritis genetic? Meaning are you hard wired to get it no matter what? For those of you who have ever written and published anything online, genes are a bit like HTML code in a webpage. They are there working invisibly in the background, and they often do things you least expect.  So, is there…read more

Hip Impingement Surgery Results: New Study Raises Questions

Hip athroscopy rates have exploded in the past decade. Many believe that these surgeries are small “fix it jobs” when a tear in the hip labrum is discovered on MRI. However, what if hip impingement surgery results weren’t all they were cracked up to be? What if the surgery had negative consequences? Hip arthroscopy is…read more

Making a Hamstring Surgery Decision? Meet Abby…

Abby is a middle aged woman who is very active in high level yoga and was recently faced with a difficult hamstring surgery decision. She came to see me last year with a hamstrings tear where one surgeon had told her to operate and a second had said to try PRP. She’s now about 95%…read more

Hip Replacement Back Pain? How Many Hips that Don’t Hurt Get Replaced?

Is hip replacement back pain a thing? Hip replacement rates are sky rocketing this past 10 years. We’ve seen many patients who have gotten their hip replaced and still have hip pain. How is that possible? The orthopedic surgeon never checked the low back as a possible cause of hip pain. A recent study shows…read more