Platelet Rich Plasma

Regenexx Reviews: Do Orthobiologics Always Work?

On this page: Published data Highlighted treatment failures What we’re doing to avoid treatment failures The financial case One of the things that I have always tried to do is to intermittently highlight patients that fail our treatments. Why? Because we don’t do magic pixie dust. We offer medical procedures with success and failure rates…read more

Is PRP is an Exosome Treatment?

I’ve become pretty used to the fads in regen med that I’ve witnessed for the last decade and a half. It seems like every year or two something gets hot and then eventually fizzles out and then it’s on to the next thing. Right now that hot item is exosome treatment. The funny thing is…read more

Orthopedic Surgery vs PRP and the Double Standard in Orthobiologics

Orthopedic surgery has one of the poorest evidence bases of any medical specialty. That’s not my opinion, but that of an academic writing in the British Medical Journal. Interventional Orthobiologics as a field, while new, has pretty solid and evolving evidence. However, both insurers and surgeons often complain that we need more orthobiologics research while…read more

My PRP Injection RCT Infographic: Google Screwed Up

As you might recall, Google made the decision this year to restrict medical clinic advertising for PRP (platelet rich plasma). However, was that a move based on the scientific literature or just bad advice? After spending days distilling all of the PRP RCTs down to a single diagram, it’s clear that Google got bad advice.…read more

Should You Get Knee Nerve Ablation?

On this page: What is nerve ablation used to treat? What does nerve ablation do? What are the types of RFA procedures? Does knee nerve ablation work? How long does it take for a nerve ablation to work? How long do the effects of a nerve ablation last? Do you need a diagnostic block? What…read more

Google, PRP, and the Stem Cell Wild West

This week Google announced that it would shut down all stem cell and PRP AdWords advertising. This seems to have been at the behest of the bench scientist research organization ISSCR. So is this a good thing or a bad thing or a little of both? The Stem Cell Wild West As you know, I…read more

PRP for Knee Arthritis: You Need to Inject More Than the Joint

There are really multiple levels of understanding in orthobiologics. This morning I’ll break that down using a recent paper that suggests that we need to inject more than the joint with PRP injections used to treat knee arthritis. Hopefully, this helps patients understand how to get the best treatment possible. What are Orthobiologic Injections? These…read more

What’s the Difference Between PRP and Platelet Lysate?

In this article: What are platelets? Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) Platelet lysate PRP vs platelet lysate One of the reasons I blog is to make sure that almost every possible question a patient could ask is covered by a detailed answer. This week a patient commented on one of my old YouTube videos on platelet lysate,…read more