Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine is an innovative field of healthcare focused on harnessing the body’s natural ability to heal and regenerate damaged tissues and organs. It involves using stem cells, tissue engineering, growth factors, and other techniques to promote healing and repair in conditions ranging from orthopedic injuries to chronic diseases.
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What do stem cells have to do with body building? Turns out quite a bit. According to a new paper, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injected into muscles followed by eccentric exercise will make muscle cells more numerous and bigger. Mesenchymal stem cells and other adult stem cells live throughout your body in nearly every tissue.…read more
Can Arthritis Kill You? Time to Start Searching for New Arthritis Treatments
n problem due to wear and tear. More recent research has also shown Most people think of common osteoarthritis arthritis as just painful, but otherwise benign. However, what if it was associated with a higher risk of dying? Would that cause us all to look for new arthritis treatments? Osteoarthritis (OA) is when a joint loses…read more Can Weightlifting Improve Knee Cartilage Health?
I get asked all the time by patients how best to improve knee cartilage health. There is no shortage of products, therapies, and exercises that claim to improve cartilage. Now a new study weighs in on an activity that most would think would beat up cartilage, may actually make it thicker. Cartilage is one of…read more Severe Buttocks Pain After a Fall: A Patient’s Story
On this page: RP’s story Diagnosing the severe buttocks pain Treating a hematoma in the buttocks RP is an elderly physician who I met in the most unlikely of circumstances. He was performing a life insurance physical on me and I noticed he had a cane. We struck up a conversation about his severe buttock…read more What Do All of these Stem Cell Numbers Mean? A Doctor-Patient Guide
On a LinkedIn discussion board I recently explained the difference between CFUs and stem cell counts and a medical device rep pinged me to ask if I would explain more, as he found that explanation helpful. One of the more confusing things out there these days are references to stem cell numbers. 99% of the…read more What Causes Shoulder Arthritis?
What causes shoulder arthritis? See that shoulder x-ray up there with that big bone spur in the bottom of the joint? That scares me. This past month or two, my shoulders have been aching. As a now 50 year old physician who loves to lift weights, maybe this shouldn’t be too surprising? However, I’ve also…read more My Hip X-ray is Bad so this Means I Need My Hip Replaced, Right? Not So Much…
Almost all patients and many physicians still treat x-ray and MRI images like the Oracle of Delphi, yet study after study continues to show that there isn’t great correlation between what we see on these images and pain. The most recent entry in this debate was just published last month and it shows how few…read more Metal Particles Now Found in Arthroscopy Patients
Arthroscopy has been heralded as a minimally invasive technology. In some ways, it has defined modern orthopedic surgery. The ability to see inside the joint using a ball point pen sized arthroscope has helped surgeons and device companies develop more and more clever ways to approximate and cut tissue. One of those is the bone shaver, an…read more 
