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Beware of Copycat Gucci Bags and Copycat Regenexx Procedures!

The first time I got invited to the Vatican to speak on orthopedic adult stem cells, I took my mom and my son. For some reason, my mom was fascinated by the street vendors hawking Gucci, YSL, and Fendi purses for $30. Perhaps it was because in Rome, just across town, the real deal was…read more

Where in the World Do Regenexx Patients Come From?

Given that we began this trend of orthopedic stem cell use in 2005, we’ve had a lot of patients seek out our advanced technologies from many far-flung places. I had our biostatistician run a report this week on where our non-US patients traveled from to get a Regenexx procedure at a US site. The map…read more

Should I Get a Back Fusion? Nope…

Should I get a back fusion? is a question I hear from patients hundreds of times a year. For most patients, it’s just a bad idea that they will end up regretting. But unlike a “perm”, this one is a permanent choice that can never be undone. Why is back fusion such a bad idea?…read more

Sitting and Back Pain? Your Disc is Like Silly Putty

Have you ever wondered if it’s just you, or if there really is a known relationship between sitting and back pain?  It’s not just you, there’s a very real reason why sitting, particularly prolonged sitting, can cause pain in your back. The degenerated discs in your spinal column flatten due to pressure as you sit.…read more

Regenexx® is VERY Different – Why Regenexx Stem Cell Treatments are Superior to Other Solutions

The new Regenexx Difference Video!  It’s an in-depth overview of how Regenexx stem cell treatments and research are designed to produce the best possible outcomes for patients with orthopedic conditions, joint injuries, arthritis, or spine pain. Let us know what you think!

A New Regenexx Website!

You’re waking up this morning to a brand new Regenexx website. It’s a totally new look and new organizational structure, more in keeping with current web trends. The challenge was redesigning it all while still allowing patients to dig deep, which is something you can only do at the Regenexx site. Our web crew at Klein…read more

Why Interventional Orthopedics Is the Disruptive Tech We All Need

Surgical orthopedics is irreparably broken. High-level study after high-level study has been published this past decade showing that the surgical procedures we all believed were highly effective, like arthroscopic knee surgery, are no better than sham or placebo surgery. This is why the time is ripe to replace much of surgical orthopedics with a new…read more

Read a Low Back MRI Report in 2 Minutes

One of the things patients ask about is their low back MRI report. There’s considerable anxiety about what the terms mean, and I know, like many physicians, that patients are plugging the terms into their Internet browsers, which I’m sure then only generates more anxiety! So I took the infographic I did a few days…read more