Orthopedic procedures
Orthopedic procedures are medical interventions performed to diagnose, treat, or manage conditions related to the musculoskeletal system, including bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. These procedures may involve surgical or non-surgical techniques and aim to restore function, alleviate pain, and improve the overall quality of life for patients with orthopedic issues.
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Any expert in any field can easily pull back the curtain on how the sausages in that field are made. What I mean is that any field sufficiently complex to need experts has a huge number of variables that determine the quality of the end product. The same rules apply to interventional orthobiologics. There are…read more
The Case For and Against Midlevels in Interventional Orthobiologics
There’s a debate raging in interventional orthobiologics that’s just below the surface and starting to boil over into everyone’s reality. Should midlevels be using these techniques to treat patients? Is this ethical? Right? Wrong? Good? Bad? Let’s dig in. What is Midlevel? A midlevel is a physician extender. The category includes both physician assistants (PAs)…read more
The Proper Use of Interventional Orthobiologics Requires Reading Your Own MRIs!
So much of what I do every day to help patients relies on three key skills. Today we’ll go over one of those or how to read MRI images and why that’s critical for a successful Interventional Orthobiologics practice. Let’s dig in. What Is Interventional Orthobiologics? Interventional Orthobiologics is the practice of injecting Orthobiologics into…read more
Regenexx Snags Yet Another Patent
You may or may not know that Regenexx has a full lab and clinical research team that’s constantly pushing the envelope of what we know in Orthobiologics. Those teams generate new concepts for treatments and sometimes all of that ends up generating a new patent. This morning let’s go over how that works through a…read more
Is Injecting a Knee Blind Associated with Worse Health Outcomes?
Like a headline from the Onion, I recently read an email describing a big orthopedic surgery conference where a panel was sourced on whether or not you needed ultrasound guidance to inject a knee. While the result of this panel was a LOL moment for many of my colleagues, none of us really knew the…read more
How Much Do We Know About Exosome Therapy?
Exosome therapy has exploded in the past few years. So what is this? How do exosomes work? Are exosomes stem cells? How much do we know about whether exosomes are effective? What is Exosome Therapy? How Do Exosomes Work? Exosomes are small packets of information excreted by all living cells (1). They are literally how…read more
Ankle Ligament Surgery? Do You Really Need it?
Do you need surgery for a torn ligament in the ankle? What is ankle reconstruction surgery? How long is the recovery from ankle surgery? Let’s dig in. Which Ankle Ligaments? The ankle ligaments that are most commonly injured are the ones on the outside. I have highlighted these in yellow in the image on the…read more Scoliosis Treatment in Adults – Is It Possible to Avoid Scoliosis Surgery?
Scoliosis, or a side bending of the spine, is one of those diseases that kind of sneaks up on patients. So let’s take a look at what we know about this disease, scoliosis treatment in adults, what we know works, and whether patients can realistically avoid scoliosis surgery. What is Scoliosis? What Causes it? Scoliosis…read more 
