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Neck Facet Joint Pain Treatment? New Study Shows Treating Extremely Early May Help

Believe it or not, your neck has 14 joints that are about the same size as your small finger joints. No way you say? Yes way. These joints are commonly injured in car crashes and the standard neck facet joint pain treatment is either an injection of high dose steroids or burning the nerves that take…read more

What Triathlete Knee Pain? Grateful Triathlete Uses Own Stem Cells to Help Knee

Triathlete knee pain can sideline the best of them, especially in the running or cycling portions of the event. All too often, triathletes opt for invasive surgical quick fixes that leave them with more knee arthritis in the long run. We’ve been treating triathletes for many years, working to help Neurosurgeon Joe Maroon use his…read more

Back Pain and Extra Weight: Are You Wrecking Your Low Back?

Do back pain and extra weight correlate? The research on the topic has traditionally been mixed, but more recent studies seem to be drawing a firmer connection. In fact, several out this past few months show that extra weight is damaging your low back. The low back bears the weight of the body and transfers it…read more

Do knee arthritis exercises work? How Good is Hitting the Gym as a Treatment for Knee Arthritis?

There is no shortage of knee arthritis exercises out there. This is because knee arthritis rates in women are sky rocketing and with that epidemic, the rates of knee replacements closely follow. However, when newer biologic therapies are considered (like stem cells), one also needs to spend more time analyzing whether other systems of the body…read more

Happy Fourth! Introducing Regenexx NASCAR!

I get all sorts of things thrown at me everyday concerning our ground breaking Regenexx technologies, so I’m used to hearing it all. Yesterday was a rare exception, in that I was truly surprised. A patient who loves what we do wanted to place the Regenexx logo and our clinic name on the hood of…read more

Regenexx Patient Reviews: Great Comments from a Patient on our Wonderful Staff!

Regenexx Patient Reviews, this one about one of our incredible staff members… Every once in awhile I get an unsolicited e-mail. Here’s one on our Regenexx intake coordinator, Jessica. If you have a Regenexx procedure, she’s your point person. I frequently walk by her office and hear nothing but patience and kindness when she’s dealing with…read more

Rotator Cuff Surgery Recovery: Adding in Stem Cells to Surgery Dramatically Improves Healing

Is there anyway to improve rotator cuff surgery recovery? Several studies have shown rather high retear or non-healing rates when shoulder rotator cuff tears are surgically repaired. Now a new study shows that adding in stem cells can help to heal these tears more completely. Rotator cuff tears are a big problem as we age.…read more

Bad Nerves Cause Cancer? New Stem Cell Study Sure to Raise Eyebrows…

Many times, nerves are the red headed stepchild of medicine. They are often overlooked as causes of various pain syndromes and in the cancer world, they are downright invisible. Now a new study suggests that for leukemia and related disorders, bad nerves causing bad stem cells may be the main cause of the disease. Myeloproliferative…read more