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The Ticking Time Bomb Hidden in Orthopedic Research

What if an entire generation of orthopedic data collected for countless studies is so horribly biased as to render it problematic at best and useless at worst? That could be the problem we find ourselves in as lower-quality orthopedic study after study is blown out of the proverbial water by higher-quality studies contradicting the prior,…read more

Aleve for Arthritis: Et Tu, Naproxen?

NSAID drugs, the common solution for a large number of arthritis and orthopedic injuries, have worked themselves into national guidelines and are handed out like candy at most family doctor and orthopedic offices. However, while they help inflammation, are they a good idea? A new study suggests that a commonly used NSAID, Aleve for arthritis, hurts rather…read more

Is My Rotator Cuff Tear Causing My Shoulder Pain?

Patients tend to believe their doctor, so when their doctor tells them their shoulder pain is due to a rotator cuff tear seen on MRI, most don’t question it. But maybe you should? More and more studies continue to show that shoulder MRI results often can’t predict why the patient hurts. So if we were to…read more

To Registry, or Not to Registry? That Is the Question…

On LinkedIn in the Biologic Orthopedic Society, we’ve been discussing whether providers offering stem cell therapy should be required or should require themselves to track every patient in a stem cell treatment registry. Given the explosion of physicians taking weekend stem cell courses and the investigational nature of these therapies, do providers have an ethical…read more

Beware of the Fat Stem Cell Research Shuffle!

This weekend, after spending Saturday teaching a stem cell harvest course for the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF), I chose a stem cell clinic website from the Internet and looked at the research page. Having reviewed many of these sites before, it was no surprise that the research listed was mostly an illusion. What do I mean? When…read more

IOF Stem Cell Course Today on BMA and Lipo Techniques

The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF) is holding a stem cell course today for qualified physicians on how to harvest cells via bone marrow aspiration and lipo-suction. The course will be located at the IOF headquarters in Colorado. The hands-on portion will use the Centeno-Schultz Clinic (CSC) procedure suites with CSC physicians teaching the course. All…read more

My Presentation on NFL Stem Cell Therapy to Team Physicians

I was honored to be invited to speak in front of 300-400 team doctors at the NFL Physician’s Society Scientific Session at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis on Feb 25th. The talk on NFL stem cell therapy was well received and I think educational for these doctors, as they’re getting bombarded by requests from their players…read more

Are Hip Replacement Complications from M.O.M Hip Implants a Roll of the Dice?

We’ve known for a while that “minimally invasive” metal-on-metal hip implants are a gamble! They raise the levels of metal in the blood and cause local genetic instability in the cells, and we see adverse reactions, implant revisions, and even pseudotumors in patients who have had metal-on-metal hip implants. About the only thing you can…read more