Hip Tear Surgery Didn’t Work? The Problem Isn’t in Your Hip

Hip tear surgery didn’t work? The concept that hip labrum tears cause pain is relatively new in medicine. Despite that, the number of arthroscopic hip surgeries to treat hip labrum tears and impingement have exploded this past 5 years. However, have we as physicians become way too zealous? A patient I evaluated in clinic yesterday is…read more

Conventional Polyethylene Hips Toxic to Stem Cells?

From the 1970s through today doctors began to put all sorts of stuff in our bodies – pacemakers, valves, stents, artificial joints, etc… These were all hailed as modern medical miracles as they appeared on the scene, but what if the stuff they were made of was really toxic? We’ve known for awhile that minimally invasive…read more

Helping a College Athlete Avoid Hip Labrum Surgery

Austin Groth is a 21 year old rising senior at Buena Vista University and collegiate track and field athlete who competes in the 100 and 400 Hurdles. He injured his hip in his sophomore year and the increasing pain was threatening his athletic career. He sought medical attention and was diagnosed with a hip labral tear, and surgery…read more

Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement has Maximum Side Effects!

The concept of minimally invasive hip replacement for arthritis has been all the rage. I’ve talked to many patients who are naturally drawn to the concept that a smaller incision and smaller hip replacement devices are used. However, as I have blogged, like many things in life, the concept is really too good to be…read more

Should the Fact that PRP Improves Hip Arthroscopy Outcomes Be Surprising?

Surgery for Hip Impingement, or FAI, is incredibly common. All surgery creates a huge demand in the surgical area for healing. What if a known healing stimulator like PRP was added at the end of the surgery?  A recent study attempts to answer whether or not PRP improves hip arthroscopy outcomes. PRP, or Platelet Rich…read more

Hip Osteonecrosis Stem Cell Treatment: A Picture Shows the Future

Dr. Schultz came to me the other day with the fluoroscopy picture above and commented that no one else in the world is doing this type of work. I took one look at the juxtiposition of two technologies and realized that while few doctors know how to do this type of hip osteonecrosis stem cell…read more

Pretty Much All Hip Implants Raise Metal Blood Levels…

The news just never seems to get better for problems with hip replacements. There has been considerable concern of late about the fact that hip implants raise metal blood levels.  In the meantime the Orthopedic device industry has scrambled to address that situation, however, each new device iteration seems to come with its own issues. Now, new…read more

What’s on Your Hip MRI That Was Missed?

At Regenexx we pride ourselves in Concierge Procedural Medicine. What does that mean? In a world where patients get to spend less and less time with the doctor and more things get missed, our focus is to give patients more time and attention. Let me explain how the hip MRI above is a great example…read more