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Dr. Centeno Presents Grand Rounds at HSS on Friday

Dr. Centeno will be presenting Grand Rounds in Manhattan this Friday on “Biologic Therapies for Lumbar Radiculopathy” at The Hospital for Special Surgery. This HSS Centeno lecture will be from 7:15-8:15 am in the 2nd Floor Conference Center. He will be presenting the team Regenexx experience in using novel autologous growth factors and stem cells to treat…read more

Does Smoking Reduce Your Risk for Needing A Hip or Knee Replacement

Smoking is a bad thing right? Well a big registry study just published could change all of that, although I wouldn’t go out and buy a pack of cigarettes quite yet. The study looked at more than fifty thousand patients who were part of an Australian blood pressure study and cross referenced those against a…read more

Can an Aggressive Knee Surgical Implant Regrow Cartilage?

Can a super brace regrow cartilage? This past few years we’ve seen a proliferation of knee unloader braces for patients with knee arthritis on one side of the knee. We’ve used these as part of knee stem cell treatments to keep weight off of the arthritic side and to allow some controlled pressure, but less…read more

Does Running in those Strange Foot Glove Thingies Help?

You’ve probably seen people wearing those strange foot glove things with the rubber covered toes. Living in Boulder Colorado, we get these sports trends pretty early, so I’ve been staring at them for about 5 years it seems. At first, I immediately got the premise, barefoot is better, so why not take a minimalist approach…read more

If Your Knee Replacement Really Hurts, Can You Blame Your Parents?

We’re just starting to understand how different we all are. In the 1960s and even when I graduated medical school in the 80s, physicians believed that all of their patients were the same. In fact, much of our current regulatory SNAFUs regarding cell therapies are based on this premise. Turns out, we physicians were wrong,…read more

Will More Broccoli Slow Arthritis and Please Mom? New Study Planned…

Researchers in the UK are about to feed patients super broccoli to see if it helps their arthritis. Why? Broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower are rich in a chemical known as Glucoraphanin (GP). The broccoli used in this study will be a cross with a wild plant found in Sicily that is known to be high in…read more

Fat Stem Cell Injections and Arthritis: Reality Sets In…

Fat stem cell injections and arthritis? I remember when I first looked into treating patients with stem cells in early 2005. I saw a few papers on fat stem cells and asked the university scientist I was working with what he thought. His team had tested bone marrow versus fat stem cells on athletic horses…read more

Regenexx Network Provider in Philly Featured in Golf Magazine

Dr. Brian Shiple of our Regenexx provider network was just featured in Golf Styles magazine. Brian was able to keep the editor’s daughter away from ACL surgery by using the Regenexx-ACL procedure. Congrats to Brian! Link to article is here.