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Regenexx Patents: The Regenexx Team has been Granted Two Patents this Past Few Months…

We are proud to report on two new Regenexx Patents.  What we do at Regenexx goes beyond treating patients. We also develop new medical technologies in the field of interventional orthopedics. This includes filing patents on our novel devices or biologic treatments. As a result, this past month we were granted two new Regenexx patents…read more

Are Your Flat Feet Causing Your Knee Pain?

The Framingham study group, best known for it’s large heart health study, is turning out to be a treasure trove of orthopedic data as well. This is the group that figured out that knee meniscus tears are as common and about as significant in middle aged and elderly people as grey hair. Now they’ve taken a…read more

Watch Your Weight if You Have a Meniscus Tear!

Are those extra pounds important if you have a meniscus tear? The knee meniscus is a spacer that helps to protect the cartilage in the knee. Having a meniscus tear can reduce the efficiency of that spacer. Want to reduce the shock absorbing efficiency even further? Have the torn part of your meniscus removed surgically…read more

Epidural Steroid Injection Risks: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Report

Epidural Steroid injection risks are a fact that simply can no longer be ignored.  I’ve blogged for years that steroids are bad news. While they are potent anti-inflammatories, they also have a serious side effect profile. A while back I blogged on the fact that epidural steroids in one study were associated with increased fracture risk…read more

New Knee and Hip Stem Cell Data Presented at LA Conference Today

Dr. Centeno and Dr. Sheinkop (Chicago Regenexx Network provider) will be presenting new knee and hip stem cell data today at the LA Orthobiologic Conference. While Dr. Centeno will present lab data on how local anesthetics and hormone supplementation impact stem cells (this is likely of more interest to doctors who perform stem cell procedures),…read more

Hip Arthroscopy Complications: More on the Portal Syndrome

Can hip arthroscopy complications involve a gaping hole? I blogged awhile back on what I call the hip arthroscopy “portal syndrome”. I have a collection of patients who have had one or more hip arthroscopies who have an obvious open portal on their MRIs. This is the place where the arthroscopy equipment goes that should…read more

Backs Can Cause Knee Pain: To Understand Your Knee You Have to Get to Know Mine

I’m going to begin with a little known secret that will make sense as you read on…backs can cause knee pain. On the first day of medical school, my dean stood up and told us that almost everything they were going to teach us about medicine would be wrong. What he meant was that we…read more

New Study: Why You Should Care about SIRT-1 and Arthritis

You’ve likely never heard of the SIRT-1 gene, let alone about the relationship between SIRT-1 and arthritis.  It’s full name is even more enigmatic-silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog. Wow that’s a mouthful! Basically, in humans, this gene is an intra-cellular traffic cop. When it’s doing it’s job, it regulates other proteins like a…read more