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Regenexx Stem Cell Procedure in Chicago helps Hip Arthritis Patient

Just to make sure you don’t think that all of the good stem cell work happens just in Colorado, this is an e-mail from the hip arthritis stem cell patient of a Regenexx network provider who is in Chicago (Dr. Sheinkop). The e-mail and picture says it all! “Subject: Feeling Fantastic Doctor, So I rode about 85…read more

If You Have Severe Knee Pain, It’s Likely Because of Nerves and Not Arthritis

I’ve blogged before about our modern infatuation with imaging and about while MRI findings can be helpful, they can also mislead. In fact, I’ve blogged so much on this issue, you may want to take a look at the search of all blog posts on the topic of how MRI and pain often diverge. This is because…read more

Are Same Day Low Back Disc Stem Cell Injections Effective?

In 2005-2006, our clinic was the first in the country to use same day isolated bone marrow stem cells to treat degenerative discs with a low back disc stem cell procedure. This means we took a bone marrow aspirate in the morning, isolated the stem cell fraction in our lab, and placed the cells back into the…read more

How Important is Joint Stability?

How important is joint stability?  The answer to that is a stable joint is a happy joint. Yet so many patients come to us with unstable joints that aren’t unstable enough to warrant surgery, but they are unstable enough to fry their joints over time. Understanding instability and how it might impact you is a key component…read more

The SANS Approach

As you may have seen on this blog, the Orthopedics 2.0 book is being rewritten to feature new content and new infographics. The SANS acronym was in the first book and stood for Stability, Articulation (joint), Neuromuscular, and Asymmetry. For the new book this has been reorganized into a slightly different acronym meaning the same…read more

Blogging from Regenexx Caymans again…

It’s my turn down here at Regenexx Caymans again and I just visited with two patients from my last trip who were doing great. DW is a middle aged man with degenerative arthritis whose knee had grown weak due to chronic pain. He had also lost range of motion, as he’s heavily involved in yoga.…read more

Regenexx-C Hip Treatment Failure

As I have blogged before, hips are harder to treat with stem cells than knees. Since we’ve had a run of “rah rah” posts on positive outcomes, it’s time for a post to balance the picture with a Regenexx-C hip treatment failure outcome. VK was a 53 year old man with hip problems since childhood. By…read more

Knee, Hip, Ankle, and Shoulder Stem Cells in Philly

Dr. Brian Shiple is one of the experts we’ve added to our Regenexx Provider Network of physicians. Brian is an expert sports physician with extreme skills in musculoskeletal ultrasound and regenerative medicine. He’s innovative and will be a site for some of the randomized controlled trials in shoulder and knee stem cell treatments we have…read more