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Helping Another Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tear Heal…

I was recently contacted by Donna, a woman in her 60’s that we treated last spring for a shoulder rotator cuff tear. Back then, Donna was told that she had a full thickness rotator cuff tear that needed surgery. Last week she informed me that our precise injection of stem cells had worked well –…read more

When the Regenexx Procedure Doesn’t Work…

This past week or so I’ve highlighted some great success stories and long-term results. However, every medical procedure known to man has a success and failure rate. This is why we routinely publish outcome data which contains the average of patients who did well, those that did OK, and those where the procedure was ineffective.…read more

Pfizer Dumps Stem Cell Therapy From Its Portfolio

There was big news this week in the world of cellular drugs. One of the world’s largest pharma companies chose to drop it’s FDA approval pipeline for cell drugs. Let’s explore the top three reasons why. Pfizer had partnered with a company called Athersys who has a culture expanded mesenchymal stem cell product called Multistem.…read more

More Long-term Knee Stem Cell Follow-ups!

I recently blogged about a patient who had come in for a stem cell top-up at 7 years after her cultured knee stem cell injection. As a result of that post, I was contacted by two more patients – one on Facebook and the other on Instagram, both who gave a nice shout out at 5…read more

Turning Back the Epigenetic Clock with Exercise

These days it seems like exercise is a panacea, as research has shown significant declines in everything from stroke to heart disease to cancer rates in people who exercise regularly. In fact, those little pharma pills you may take for your cholesterol or blood pressure have puny effects compared to getting lots of exercise. A…read more

7 Years After a Knee Stem Cell Injection: Back for a Top Up!

Cheryl (CE) is a 65 year old woman treated in 2008 with culture expanded mesenchymal stem cells in a knee stem cell injection who was seen back in the clinic this week. It’s always a “blast from the past” for me to see these long-term follow-ups. Cheryl had 5 years of complete relief and her knee…read more

Counting Stem Cells – What’s the Proper Knee Arthritis Stem Cell Dose?

I treated an elderly woman who had arthritis in both knees yesterday with the Regenexx-SD stem cell procedure, which is common. Since we count the number of stem cells harvested, we knew based on our registry research that there weren’t enough cells to properly treat both sides, i.e. she only had enough to effectively treat…read more

The Last of the Snow and Team Regenexx Colorado!

We had some rare snow on Mother’s Day here in Colorado and Team Regenexx Colorado decided to hit the slopes! Above are Drs. Schultz, Bashir, and Pitts enjoying the fresh powder at a local resort.