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Low Back Pain Infection? More Evidence that Common Low Back Pain in Some Patients May be Caused by Bacteria

Low back pain infection?   These are not words that we hear commonly together.  I blogged two months ago that new research was started to demonstrate that low back pain in some patients may have a bacterial cause. Yes, you read that right, your chronic back pain may be caused by a nasty infection of your low back…read more

Ankle Instability Causes Forces to be Absorbed by the Ankle Instead of the Leg

If you haven’t heard of the concept of ankle instability, that’s not good, as it’s the single biggest thing that may be frying your joints one step at a time. The ankle is a joint that’s held together by ligaments, like many joints. Unlike the other joints, the ankle takes the brunt of your body weight so the ligaments act as very strong…read more

Your Poop is a Drug, Claims the FDA

I hope your sitting down as you read this, but apparently, your poop is a drug.  You may not have heard of Fecal Microbiotia Therapy or FMT, but the patient’s whose lives have been saved by it are acutely aware of its efficacy. The beaming mother above used a transplant of her own healthy gut…read more

Ankle and Knee Pain: The Knee Bones Connected to the Ankle Bone

Are ankle and knee pain linked? The fact that problems with ankle motion can cause knee issues suggested a new study. This concept has been a mainstay of modern podiatry and countless physical therapy and chiropractic disciplines. This study measured the range of ankle dorsiflexion (moving the foot up) and extension at the knee in 17 patients. The…read more

Knee Stem Cell Injections for Arthritis: Do Stem Cells Help People with Severe Arthritis – An Analysis of our Published Data…

We have ample evidence that knee stem cell injections for arthritis work.  Do we have evidence that cultured knee stem cell injections can work for severe knee arthritis? This morning I’d like to review our registry data on how patients with different levels of arthritis responded to the Regenexx-C procedure. This is the procedure that…read more

More Discography Side Effects-The Medications Used in Discography May Help Discs Degenerate!

Discography side effects? It’s been a bad couple of years for common pain management medications. The epidural steroids commonly injected to reduce swelling around nerves have been shown to dramatically quicken the pace of bone loss. The AAOS has put out a warning on Marcaine (bupivicaine), the most common anesthetic used in pain management, because it kills cartilage cells. Now…read more

Stem Cells Help Prevent Arthritis or How to Turn the Bad Pac Man Cells into Good Guys

We know that stem cells help prevent arthritis, but everyone is still figuring out why stem cells seem to help patients with severely degenerated joints. Our own research as well as that of others shows that stem cells may be able to help with joint pain and increase function in patients severe arthritis. A new…read more

Introducing the Regenexx Prometheus Project

The Regenexx Prometheus Project is a two year effort funded by a high net worth individual to determine why certain patients have better stem cells than other patients. While thousands of scientific articles have been written about every aspect of adult mesenchymal stem cell function, nobody knows why certain patients may have much better stem cells…read more