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What the Heck is the Knee Coronary Ligament and What does that Have to do with Stem Cells?
Can an knee stem cell injection of her own stem cells help an unstable meniscus? What is an unstable meniscus and why should you care? LJ is a middle aged woman who loves yoga and running, but was diagnosed with a displaced medial meniscus tear in 2009. She underwent meniscus repair surgery and three months later she…read more
Helping a Hiker’s Knee without Stem Cells
Can you fix a hiker’s knee without stem cells? LV is a 60 year old active hiker who experienced knee pain in the summer of 2011 after a backpacking trip for 3 days. She tried two cortisone injections and one round of hyaluronic acid, all with no help. Dr. Hanson found laxity in the ACL and MCL, an aggravated patellar tendon,…read more
Sometimes it Just Hits You-The Knee Pain is Gone!
PA is a 60 year old dentist who first noted significant lateral knee problems on the right side in 2010. This left him unable to do many of the activities he enjoyed like weight training, running, and playing with his son. His MRI showed a posterolateral meniscus tear with adjoining cartilage injury that seemed to…read more
Orthopedics 2.0-Managing Knee Instability Before Stem cells
Is it possible to help a severely arthritic knee with just a knee acl tear surgery alternative? Our philosophy is always to look at all aspects of what’s wrong with a knee. If you’ve read our practice’s e-book, Orthopedics 2.0, you know that we’re big believers in fixing instability before putting stem cells in a knee. This instability may…read more
When Stem Cells Fail…
For transparency, as promised yesterday, I decided to blog on a case treated with the Regenexx-C stem cell that didn’t respond. I also want to give fair play to the concept that a stem cell procedure ins’t magic and sometimes doesn’t help. In this case, the patient was treated 2 years ago and this report…read more
Helping a Patient from Qatar Avoid Knee Replacement with Stem Cells
Can using stem cells help you avoid knee replacement? In the next two blog posts, I’d like to highlight two patients. Even though our Regenexx-C stem cell data for knees shows that we get about 2-3 patients with significant patient improvement per one treatment failure, I will highlight one success and one failure. My goal…read more
Managing an Arthritic Hip with Stem Cells Over the Long Haul
Can we manage severe hip arthritis with hip stem cell injections? CM is a 52 year old woman who presented to our clinic in 2008 with fairly severe hip arthritis (most of the hip cartilage gone, but not “bone on bone”). She was very active and noted a significant decrease in hip range of motion…read more
