Platelet Procedures
Treatments that utilize components of the patient’s blood, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or platelet lysate. These procedures involve concentrating the platelets and injecting them into injured or degenerated areas to enhance the body’s natural healing processes.
Subscribe to the BlogKratom and Interventional Orthobiologics Procedures
As you know, I often write about what I experience seeing patients. While Kratom has been on the periphery of my consciousness like it probably has been for many physicians, this past week, it was thrust to the forefront. This “drug” sold in gas stations and online turns out to be a potent opioid receptor…read more
Why Fixing My Back Can Help You Fix Yours
I’ve had chronic off-and-on back issues for many years. However, recently, I got a little crazy with lifting an impossibly heavy object and needed an updated treatment. However, I discovered my new diagnosis late. That error will hopefully help you fix your low back. Let me dig in. My Bad Back History When I was…read more
Can a Large Cervical Disc Bulge Be Treated with Platelets?
Just 5 years ago, the spine cases that I would accept for treatment with precise image-guided orthobiologics were determined by the severity of the MRI. Meaning more severe cases of disc bulges, stenosis, and degeneration were turned down and told to seek surgery. However, as time when on, some cases seemed to break that mold…read more
Avoiding Surgery In CrossFit Athletes with Herniated Disc
In this article: Crossfit herniated disc injury Avoiding surgery PRP treatment and results A herniated disc is usually one of those things that just happen, either due to trauma or an “oops” moment. Prior to 2000, it was almost a sure thing you would have surgery to fix it, but that’s changed quite a bit…read more
What Is a Mitlet?
Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about platelets and PRP, something new crops up. That’s why I love medicine, as we’re just starting to know what we don’t know. Let’s explore a new idea, called “Mitlets”. What the Heck is a Mitlet? If you read this blog, you’ve heard quite…read more
Muscles Use Travelling Nuclei to Repair Themselves
If you hit the gym or increase your cardio dramatically, you should want to know how muscle repair works. While we have a good idea of how that works using muscle stem cells, now new research shows how muscles do this using their nuclei. Let’s dig in. What Is a Nucleus? The nucleus is the…read more
What Is PRGF?
A new treatment called PRGF seems to have become popular this past year with physicians using orthobiologics. What is it? What’s it used for? What’s the evidence behind it? Why should you care? Let’s dig in? What’s the Buzz About? I was recently listening to a number of physicians who use orthobiologics discuss PRGF. There…read more
The Bench Scientist False Dilemma
Credit: Shutterstock I’ve blogged a few times about the widening rift between a handful of media-savvy bench scientists and physicians who use regenerative medicine techniques to help patients avoid invasive orthopedic surgery. This past few weeks we’ve seen several unscientific things in the news and in bench science blogs about PRP and Bone Marrow Concentrate.…read more
