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Ask Dr. C Episode 20-Shoulder Instability

One of the things that I see all day in the clinic that I shouldn’t be seeing at all is unrecognized shoulder instability. It’s rampant. So what is it? Do you have it? What can be done about it? The Ask Dr. C Question “Severe traumatic anterior dislocation of my right shoulder years ago has…read more

The Natural Medicine Industry Has an Anti-Vaccine Problem

When I blogged about why I was getting vaccinated, I frankly had no sense of how big the anti-vaxxer community had become. Since then I’ve been privy to all sorts of crazy theories of what the vaccine will do and have been pointed to some of the articles on natural health websites that support those…read more

Stem Cell Procedure Quality: How Would You Know?

So you want to avoid surgery? How do you make sure that the doctors you chose are delivering high-quality Interventional Orthobiologic care? Let’s dive into what we do at Regenexx so that you can see how much there is to know and how much likely goes wrong out there outside of our network. Interventional Orthobiologics…read more

COVID Vaccine Conspiracy Theories?

I’ve got quite a few critical COVID topics to cover, but given that many people have been chiming in on the blog where I showed myself getting vaccinated, I thought this blog needed to come first. The Internet abounds with various easily disprovable conspiracy theories around the two existing COVID-19 vaccines. So today I will…read more

New Study: Some Chronic Whiplash Patients Have Spinal Cord Injuries

I’ve been treating patients with “whiplash” for decades. One of the things that has always stood out to me is that in some chronic pain patients, many aspects of their symptoms look like an incomplete spinal cord injury. The problem? Their MRI imaging doesn’t show spinal cord damage, until now. Let’s dig in. Whiplash and…read more

Why I just Got Vaccinated

Yesterday, I was vaccinated in our first round with other healthcare workers. You may be wondering if you should or shouldn’t get vaccinated. Let me tell you why I did. Let’s dig in. The Two Vaccines Available There is a Pfizer and Moderna vaccine available right now. Both are made using synthetic mRNA. The vaccines…read more

Does Ivermectin Help COVID-19?

I’ve had a ton of requests to review the science on Ivermectin and COVID-19. What is it? Why are people talking about it? Let’s dig in. What is Ivermectin? Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug. The two most common indications would be its use in treating head lice in humans and heartworms in animals. It had…read more

Stem Cell Therapy for Back Problems

New video this morning for you to share with friends or family! Happy New Year!