Musculoskeletal health
Musculoskeletal health encompasses the well-being of the body’s muscles, bones, joints, and associated tissues, crucial for movement, support, and overall functionality. In our blog series, we delve into the importance of musculoskeletal health, offering insights into preventive measures, exercises, treatment options, and lifestyle changes to promote optimal musculoskeletal function and prevent injuries.
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“I tell you Boris, that one of these days we’ll look in to our microscope and find ourselves staring right into God’s eyes, and the first one who blinks is going to lose his testicles.”-Harry Wolper Early on in my career, I had my first brush with what I now call a “Disturbingly Dumb Surgery”.…read more
Gymnast Foot Problems: Could It Be Your Back?
At Regenexx, our focus is always treating the whole athlete. One of the unfortunate things that happens in our modern world of orthopedic hyper-specialists is that injured athletes are broken down into their parts that hurt. The knee guy sees someone with knee pain, the foot and ankle specialist sees someone with foot pain, and…read more Wear Debris in Joint Replacement and Genetic Problems
Wear debris is a big issue in knee and hip replacement as we now have many studies that show that many types of prostheses produce these small particles. However, if you’ve already had a joint replacement or are considering one, a new study should be very concerning. It found that this wear debris can cause…read more Diabetes Drugs Cause Severe Joint Pain…What?
Diabetes and Arthritis have long been bedfellows. Statistically, people who have been diagnosed with Diabetes have twice the likelihood of arthritis. The FDA recently put out an urgent warning that diabetics taking a whole class of diabetic medication to keep their blood sugar under control are at risk for severe and disabling joint pain. Huh? This class…read more Do You Have a Lower Back Popping Sound When You Move?
What if I told you there is a little muscle in your low back (and neck) that you and your doctor have never heard of, that will probably determine if you ever recover or will have a lifetime of problems. It’s the same muscle that causes a lower back popping sound when it’s offline. Would…read more Hamstrings Injury Diagnosis: Using Dynamic Ultrasound
Chronic hamstrings injury can be a real problem for many patients. Sometimes they show up well on MRI and sometimes they don’t-making hamstrings injury diagnosis pretty tough for doctors. Ultrasound imaging has the advantage of being dynamic, where you can watch the muscle move, something you can’t do with an MRI. The hamstrings muscles connect…read more What is Wobenzym? Is there evidence it helps with arthritis?
I’ve had many arthritis patients come in through the years who claim that Wobenzym helps them, so what is Wobenzym? Is there data that shows it helps arthritis? How does that data stack up against more well known arthritis supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin? How about against anti-inflammatory supplements like curcumin? Wobenzym is a proprietary…read more Supplements to Save Cartilage: New Research Shows Glucosamine/Chondroitin Work to Protect Cartilage
Are there supplements to save cartilage? I went to the American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons web-site the other day and looked up glucosamine. Knowing the research on both glucosamine and chondroitin and arthritis well, I was dumbfounded when I saw that the site said that no research showed these supplements protected cartilage, but they could…read more 
