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Shoulder Surgery Down Time: Why are We so Focused on Sewing Rotator Cuff Tears?

I’m sitting here in the waiting room of a surgery center as my wife just had minor surgery. Orthopedic surgeons come and go telling families of how they found and “fixed” various rotator cuff tears. The brace guy eagerly awaits each new patient fitting them for a device that will guarantee loads of shoulder surgery…read more

Low Back Disc Stem Cell Results: Summary of Regenexx-C Treated Low Back Discs

What do low back disc stem cells results look like 4-6 years after treatment? In 2005 we began treating our first low back discs with stem cells. We expected to see what the animal models predicted, i.e. significant changes in MRIs-basically new discs regrown from stem cells. Regrettably that didn’t happen as we soon learned that the…read more

Stem Cell Injection Safety Research

Safety has always been a big concern of ours. As a result, we have published more data on stem cell safety in the peer reviewed medical research for orthopedic applications than any other group world-wide. For example, our n=339 stem cell safety paper published in 2011 was named the best of it’s class by independent…read more

Belly Back Pain: What are the Facet Joints and can a Beer Gut Hurt Them?

Your back hurts and like many Americans you have a belly. Could there be a connection? Is there such a thing as belly back pain? First, the spine is shown above. Note that in the blow out in the dashed circle, there are joints in the back of the spine called facet joints and then…read more

Hand Arthritis Stem Cell Facebook Post by a Grateful Patient

This is a recent Facebook post from a grateful Hand Arthritis patient who had his own stem cells injected into his CMC joint via precise injection. I thought I would share it… Ronnie Baker commented on a link Regenexx shared. Ronnie wrote: “Thanks to Dr. Ron Hanson last March I had the SD stem cell…read more

Ankle Stem Cell Injections: How Do Same Day vs. Cultured Stack Up?

Yesterday I compared how same day stem cells used for hand arthritis compared to cultured cells as a hand arthritis surgery alternative – the differences seemed stark for patients with severe thumb arthritis. How do ankle stem cell injections with a same day stem cell procedure (Regenexx-SD) compare to cultured cells? For this infographic  I took patients from…read more

Hip Surgery Labral Tear Recovery? New Study Raises Questions…

Surgery for a hip labrum tear has become incredibly common in the last 5 years. It seems like every patient with a hip labral tear gets arthroscopic surgery to “repair” the tear or to cut out the torn pieces. The hip labrum is the lip on the socket into which the ball of the femur fits and…read more

Check Out This Torn Knee Cap Surgery Recovery Without Surgery and With Precise Stem Cell Injections!

My brother tore his knee cap tendon and quadriceps playing tennis a number of years ago. His torn knee cap surgery recovery was awful – many months spent in a brace and on crutches and years to get the quadriceps muscle strong. His knee has also never been quite the same. Is there a better…read more