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Does Being Overweight Impact Your Regenexx-SD Knee Outcome?

Does having a few extra pounds reduce your chances of a successful outcome with the Regenexx-SD stem cell procedure for knee arthritis? For years, we have followed the same guidelines as the knee micro fracture procedure, where higher BMI (Body Mass Index) generally means worse outcomes. However, while our Regenexx-C cultured stem cell procedure data…read more

The Cholesterol Drug Problems Two Step: Or How the Tail Wags the Dog in Medicine

For years, I’ve been an ardent critic of the Madison avenue message that we all desperately need to lower our serum cholesterol by taking cholesterol drugs (statins). First, we have observed that these drugs tend to hurt adult stem cells. Second, I’ve had to research them for my own use. In that research, I was…read more

Does the Severity of Your Knee Arthritis Impact the Outcome of Your Regenexx-SD Knee Stem Cell Procedure?

Surprising New Knee Stem Cell Outcome Data Over the last almost decade that we have been offering stem cell treatments, we have graded patients with regard to candidacy. These Good, Fair, or Poor candidate grades have literally dissuaded hundreds of patients who were considered less than stellar candidates from undergoing the procedure. Several years ago,…read more

Knee Stem Cell Procedure Research: Should You Get a Second Regenexx-SD Procedure?

  Over this next few months you’ll see many reports come out of our advanced patient registry that’s now tracking thousands of patients who have had various types of Regenexx procedures in different body areas. One of the more common questions we get asked is whether a second Regenexx-SD knee stem cell procedure will allow…read more

Almost 2 Year Follow-up on Knee Stem Cells for a Physician with Knee Arthritis

I’ve blogged before on AL’s knee arthritis and his experience with knee stem cells. To review, in medical school he had his medial knee meniscus totally removed on both sides and now has severe arthritis and ACL tears. He was told he was a knee replacement candidate, but being a physician, he also knew this likely…read more

Hip Labrum Pain Surgery? A Quartet of New Studies Questions Why We Should Pay Attention to Labral Tears

I have seen patients enter my office with real fear in their eyes after being told they had a hip labral tear. They seem to associate the words “hip labrum pain” and surgery as if they belonged together like Abbot and Costello. After all, an MRI showed convincing evidence that the hip labrum was torn,…read more

Win $2,500 Towards any Regenexx Procedure by Guessing the Outcome of a Critical Orthopedic Stem Cell Research Project

“There are lies, damn lies, and statistics…”                                                          -Mark Twain At Regenexx, unlike everyone else offering stem cells, we perform the back-end basic research to improve what we…read more

Staying Ahead of My Aging Spine and Joints with Platelet Growth Factors

Like many older guys entering my 50s, I’m trying to keep my activity levels high. I discuss all of this in our practice’s e-book, Orthopedics 2.0 (in the Living 2.0 section). Since I like lifting heavy weights and hard pulse rate driven cardio (I have expectations for my heart rate at each leg of the…read more