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Gymnast Foot Problems: Could It Be Your Back?
At Regenexx, our focus is always treating the whole athlete. One of the unfortunate things that happens in our modern world of orthopedic hyper-specialists is that injured athletes are broken down into their parts that hurt. The knee guy sees someone with knee pain, the foot and ankle specialist sees someone with foot pain, and…read more
ACL Surgery Return to Sports: How Do You Get Back Quicker?
One of the biggest bummers of getting ACL surgery is the time away from playing. Let’s face it, ACL surgery return to sports is awful. Most athletes don’t get back before 6 months and at that point they’re lucky to be at 50% of where they were before the injury. Is there a way to…read more
Can Patients with an ACL Tear Avoid Surgery?
One of the more astounding things I’ve seen stem cells do in my decade long use of the orthobiologic is heal ACL tears that should have needed surgery. We’ve amassed a great library of before and after films that never cease to blow me away. However, the proof as they say is in the pudding.…read more
Second Chance with Regenexx Knee Stem Cell Injections
All too often, what we do becomes routine. You go to work, see your patients, intervene in their lives, and go home, eat dinner, watch something, interact with the family, catch up on e-mails, and go to bed to wake up and repeat. If you’re a bit crazy like me, you insert in there waking…read more
ACL Knee Surgery Options: Preserve the Stump?
There are a few ACL knee surgery options, but most patients view ACL surgery as something akin to getting a worn out part in their car replaced. Going with the car analogy, we’d all be perturbed if we later found out that the part wasn’t as good as the original. This is what happens everyday when…read more
Limber or Tight: It All Depends on How You Exercise?
There seem to be two polar opposites when it comes to exercise: yoga vs. weight training. Weightlifters are bulky and tight, while yoga fans are lithe and limber. Is this generalization supported by a science based difference in the effects of different exercise on muscles? A new study suggests it might. Our muscles can be active…read more
Nagging Hamstring? Carpentry vs. “The Electrical”
I had the honor a while back of taking one of my sons to a college football rivalry game at my alma mater. It was a great game despite one of our star players suffering from a nagging hamstring problem (but he still broke 200 yards of rushing)! As I walked back to our hotel…read more
