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Weed and Procedure Complications

I live in Colorado, which was one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana (MJ). One of the trends we’ve seen for years is that marijuana products increase the amount of anesthesia it takes to get someone to sleep. Now there’s research showing that there is a relationship between these products and problems with…read more

CRPS and Kids: When Big Hospitals Fail

I’m a parent, so I know that having a sick kid is no fun. Early this year I treated a 17-year-old that had seen all of the best doctors and the family was frustrated because she had been given a CRPS diagnosis which amounted to “here take these medications for the rest of your life”.…read more

The Orthobiologics Elevator Pitch

An elevator pitch is when you try to relay a complex message in a few sentences. Let’s explore an elevator pitch for orthobiologics and why I think this is a great way to communicate the benefits to patients. Let’s dig in. The Elevator Pitch There are a few origin stories about the elevator pitch, which…read more

Our Hip Arthroscopy Palooza Isn’t Going So Well

If you read this blog, you know that I often write about what I experience as a doctor. This week a patient came in after Hip Arthroscopy asking if she should get a hip stem cell injection. I was appalled that nobody ever bothered to tell her that her surgery was highly likely to have…read more

What Is Hypoxic Culture? What Does It Do?

What is stem cell culture? Hypoxic culture? Why should you care? Let’s dig in. What Is Stem Cell Culture? Stem cells can be grown to bigger numbers in culture (ideal growing conditions in an incubator). We’ve been doing this since 2005, so we have a fair bit of experience. This past decade this has been…read more

Major Medicare CAC Meeting on Amniotic for Orthopedic Use

As I’ve been writing for some time now, Medicare has now caught up to the dangerous game being sold by sales reps that physicians can bill Medicare for amniotic products used to treat orthopedic indications. As concrete proof of that, we have a major Medicare CAC meeting coming up in a few weeks on this…read more

New Article on Your Multifidus and Cytokines

If you read this blog regularly, you’ve heard about the most important back muscle many physicians have never heard about called the Multifidus. Now new research lends an interesting twist to the story of this critical muscle. Let’s dig into cytokines and your Multifidus. What Is the Multifidus? Multifidus is a deep spinal muscle that’s…read more

When Minimally Invasive Meets Stupid

This will be a short one this morning focused on the famous quote that showed up in the first Jurassic Park movie. The idea that just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. Let’s dig in. Could and Should Medicine has evolved to the point where we can now do lots of stuff to lots…read more