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Staying Fit while Aging in Middle Age and Beyond: Top 3 Things to Do

Staying fit while aging is tough. As an example, I saw a woman in the office this week who has been an athlete all her life and now that she’s in her late 40s, things are breaking down. Like many of us (including me), aging and staying fit at high levels is not always easy.…read more

What is the ITB? Why is Your ITB Always Tight?

What is the ITB? It’s a structure at the side of the hip that connects the side of your hip to your knee. It’s also one of those abbreviations medical doctors, chiropractors, and physical therapists use when someone has chronic pain at the side of the hip or from the side of the hip down…read more

What is Bitter Melon? Why Should I Care?

I asked myself, “What is bitter melon?” when one of our lab Ph.D.’s proposed it as part of a supplement that might help stem cells. Could this be a real thing? Was it a regular melon that was just bitter, or something else? While we ultimately picked it from a larger group of supplements we…read more

Shoulder Steroid Injection: New Research Shows Why This is a Really Bad Idea

There have been a bevy of studies this past year on how patients who get steroid injections for tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis are worse in the long-term. While these steroid shots are a mainstay of treatment, they are also very hard on tissue. It’s therefore no surprise that a new study just published continues…read more

How Does a Knee Arthritis Supplement Stack Up Against NSAID Drugs Like Motrin?

How does a Knee Arthritis Supplement Stack Up Against NSAID Drugs Like Motrin? This past week an important study was published that demonstrated that Curcumin was as effective as Ibuprofen (Motrin) for improving pain and function in knee arthritis suffers. This was not a slouchy study, instead it was a multi-center, randomized controlled trial with almost…read more

There are Stem Cells in Your Urine or Stop Peeing on my Head and Calling it Rain…

As I searched the US National Library of medicine this morning for something else, I chanced upon a paper using stem cells from human urine to treat impotence in diabetic mice. Now the topic of the paper couldn’t be more bizarre. First, how do you create mice with erectile dysfunction? How would you tell? Second,…read more

Amnio Stem Cells: Are there Stem Cells in Amniotic Tissue being Used by Sports Med Doctors?

What are amnio stem cells? I’ve been asked by many patients lately about the use of amniotic “stem cells” for orthopedic or sports injuries. I’ve been approached by numerous sales reps in the past several years (two in the last week) to begin using this miracle of modern medicine. So what is it? When a…read more

Your Bones are Flexible? How Does that Work?

Your bones are flexible?  New research out of Cambridge this week answers the question about how your bones can be flexible while being composed of rigid crystals like glass or cement. Enjoy the quick video!