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Fat Chance: When a Fat Stem Cell Treatment Isn’t the Real Deal

I saw a patient this week at our licensed, advanced-cell-culture site in Grand Cayman with an interesting story about the right and the wrong way to do cell therapy. Given the explosion in Providers offering this therapy who have taken weekend courses, it’s not surprising that as the clinic with the most experience in orthopedic…read more

Blogging from the Caymans Again…

I’m here in Grand Cayman again at our licensed site, where we use advanced, culture-expanded stem cells. So today begins 11 days on Island Time! Having said that, sitting here in 2016, it’s amazing to think that when we first began using cultured stem cells in 2005/6, we were some of the first physicians on…read more

8 Ways to Improve Your Stem Cells Prior to Treatment

Patients often ask us how they can improve the quality or quantity of their stem cells before a procedure. As the most advanced stem cell clinic in the United States, we have used over a decade of orthopedic stem cell experience and research to address 8 ways to improve your stem cells prior to treatment.…read more

A Regenexx Hip Patient Update: Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

For physicians, like any expert, there’s what you know versus what you don’t. Breaking that down further, there is what you know, what you know you don’t know, and what you don’t know you don’t know. The last category is a problem for doctors, as these days it’s easy to look like an idiot because…read more

This Is a Big Day for the New Specialty of Interventional Orthopedics

Interventional orthopedics is about to change the world of musculoskeletal care forever, and the average American or physician doesn’t yet know it exists. Today is a huge day for that new specialty, as structured stem cell education for that new skill set kicks into high gear this morning with the first level-1 comprehensive knee, hip, and…read more

Crossfitter’s Regenexx Knee Arthritis Treatment Still Going Strong!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHtzUWjgFit/ Social Media is a great way to get updates on patients on the other side of the world!  Mike Wong, an Australian Crossfit enthusiast and Regenexx Australia patient posted this on Instagram recently, and it’s wonderful to see his Regenexx knee arthritis treatment is still going strong! Looking to avoid surgery, Mike Wong traveled…read more

New Knee and Hip Replacement Infographic

Over the years we’ve unearthed some great studies that show that knee and hip replacement isn’t really all it’s cracked up to be. All of this began as a way to show patients what I see in the clinic—a combination of both satisfied and dissatisfied patients who have had their knee or hip replaced. Many…read more

Disclosures in Medicine Have the Opposite Effect?

You can’t attend a lecture or give one at a medical conference without seeing disclosure statements. The idea behind them is a good and well-meaning one—the audience needs to know if the doctor who’s lecturing takes money from a drug company or manufacturer so it can filter the advice accordingly. However, some new behavioral research…read more