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Tommy John Surgery Alternatives: Why are So Many Baseball Players “Striking Out” when They try to Avoid Elbow Surgery with PRP?
Are there Tommy John Surgery alternatives available to professional baseball players? Well an interesting article this morning on the Sports Illustrated web-site suggests that one of the new mainstays thought to help players avoid Tommy John Surgery may be striking out. The gist is that pitchers and other players have turned to Platelet Rich Plasma…read more
A Better Platelet Rich Plasma: New Regenexx SCP Video
Our experience with using platelet mixes to stimulate stem cell growth in culture has given us a unique perspective on platelet rich plasma or PRP. PRP means that platelets are concentrated from the patient’s blood and then injected to stimulate healing. This therapy has received a lot of attention recently due to high profile athletes…read more
Backs Can Cause Knee Pain: To Understand Your Knee You Have to Get to Know Mine
I’m going to begin with a little known secret that will make sense as you read on…backs can cause knee pain. On the first day of medical school, my dean stood up and told us that almost everything they were going to teach us about medicine would be wrong. What he meant was that we…read more
Standard Platelet Rich Plasma versus Regenexx-SCP
Standard Platelet Rich Plasma versus Regenexx-SCP: Can we design a better platelet rich plasma? Yesterday I received this e-mail authored by a patient of Dr. Malanga’s of NJ Sports Medicine: “My right ankle healed quickly. A week or two after the PRP, I stepped on a stone. In the past it would have caused a small sprain,…read more
PRP in Micro Fracture: Does PRP make better Cartilage in Patients over 40?
Does putting PRP in Micro Fracture make better cartilage in patients over 40? Micro fracture is a surgical procedure whereby a hole in the cartilage is treated by poking holes in the bone. The idea is that the bone marrow from the inside of the bone (with stem cells) will leak into the cartilage hole and…read more
Knee Stem Cells and Skiing and Hiking the Highland Bowl in Aspen
Knee Stem Cells and Skiing and Hiking make a good combination. We treat many patients who want to be as active as possible as they age without having to get their joints replaced or major surgery. DW is a 59 year old patient who is a huge propoent of “hot yoga” and frankly could pass for…read more
Platelet Rich Plasma Delays Knee Arthritis Progression In Mild to Moderate Athritis
A study just published on-line shows promise for platelet rich plasma used to help knee arthritis sufferers. The study, which was conducted at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, reduced knee arthritis progression in 73% of a small group of patients tested. Knee arthritis is a progressive disease where the patient can expect to lose…read more
