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Is Hip Arthritis Genetic? Probably…

Is hip arthritis genetic? Meaning are you hard wired to get it no matter what? For those of you who have ever written and published anything online, genes are a bit like HTML code in a webpage. They are there working invisibly in the background, and they often do things you least expect.  So, is there…read more

Hip Impingement Surgery Results: New Study Raises Questions

Hip athroscopy rates have exploded in the past decade. Many believe that these surgeries are small “fix it jobs” when a tear in the hip labrum is discovered on MRI. However, what if hip impingement surgery results weren’t all they were cracked up to be? What if the surgery had negative consequences? Hip arthroscopy is…read more

Fat vs Bone Marrow Stem Cells: From Marketing Back Down to Reality

The confusion over fat vs bone marrow stem cells has always been fascinating to watch. At the end of the day, being the first physician in the US to use stem cells to treat orthopedic problems in patients, I’ve seen it all. This week a physician was discussing with his colleague the merits of their…read more

Ankle Ligaments Loose? You Need Ultrasound Stress Testing…

Are your ankle ligaments loose? I used to have a bad ankle that I twisted running more than 20 years ago. Like many of my patients with ankle problems, mine wasn’t bad enough for surgery, but unlike many of my patients I have long since ditched ankle braces and gotten mine fixed without surgery. If…read more

The Least Common Denominator Paradox-Our New Era of Check Box Medicine

My wife recently had a weird respiratory problem that caused us to interface with our 2015 medical care system and what we found was really disturbing. Our multi-decade long push toward standardizing medical care with guidelines and check boxes has had a curious side effect – a lack of independent thought. Let me explain. Back…read more

New Regenexx Research Paper on Dosing Publishes

Dose is a key issue in medicine, yet for same day stem cell treatments nobody knows the correct dose nor has a way to measure it so that it can be adjusted to help patients. Huh? You read that right-the entire community of physicians who are using stem cells to treat patients is dose agnostic…read more

Avoid Carpal Tunnel Surgery

I was performing a carpal tunnel hydrodissection yesterday using an ultra high resolution ultrasound trying to help a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome avoid carpal tunnel surgery when I thought to myself, this is pretty cool. I have a 1 inch tiny needle, the smallest caliber made in the US and I’m injecting our 3rd…read more

Disc Replacement in a Teenager?

Is disc replacement in a teenager a good idea? Is fusion smart or dumb in this age group? This was the dilemma facing Analisa, a 20 year old young woman with a bad low back disc. In the end, she used advanced regenerative spine care to avoid both surgeries. Analisa had a painful disc at…read more