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Largest Knee Arthritis X-ray Study Shows Bone Spurs Predict need for Knee Replacement-Maybe…

In our practice we call knee replacement the surgical amputation of the knee joint with insertion of a prosthesis. Why? It’s a very big surgery with a 1 in 10 chance of serious, life changing complications; and a very good reason for a good knee replacement alternative.  In 2008 alone, there were 17,500 huge complications (including 5,000…read more

Is it Possible to Regenerate Nerves via Hydro-dissection and the Regenexx-PL Procedure?

We’ve been very cautious around nerves for obvious reasons. We haven’t used traditional stem cells around nerve injuries because of our concern that getting stem cells to differentiate into nerve cells is much tougher than for traditional orthopedic applications. Instead, we’ve focused on using our proprietary platelet lysate technology to help patients with irritated spinal nerves from…read more

Today’s FDA: Your Cells are Drugs and your Private Life is our Biz!

You’ve likely read about the FDA’s bid to regulate your body the same as a drug factory – something we call cells=drugs, or your cells are drugs.  While there are a number of endemic and procedural problems that lead to this concept that the cells in your body can be classified the same as a prescription drug, one of the…read more

Cutting the Sugar to Help Your Stem Cells-Switching to “Diet” Drinks or Fake Sugar isn’t the Answer!

Can you just switch to Splenda to cut your sugar in hopes that this will improve stem cells and your metabolic syndrome? I’ve blogged before showing that metabolic syndrome is a real problem for stem cell quality. So since metabolic syndrome is often caused by too much sugar and carb laden foods, will cutting the sugar by…read more

Artificial Low Back Discs Release Metal Ions Too

Have you dealt with artificial low back disc complications? There’s been quite a scandal lately in the orthopedic device community over metal on metal hips that create wear particles and metal ions. What was called “hip resurfacing” is now surfacing as a huge problem as some of these patients are getting sick from their artificial hip. I recently came…read more

A Patient Who Didn’t Do as Well…

Regenexx treatment failures?  While it’s always great to hear about patients who did really well with stem cell injections, to promote transparency, it’s also helpful to hear about those who failed the therapy we provide. Case in point is EJ, a patient from Wyoming with severe ankle arthritis. The patient had undergone several prior ankle…read more

Helping a Hiker’s Knee without Stem Cells

Can you fix a hiker’s knee without stem cells?  LV is a 60 year old active hiker who experienced knee pain in the summer of 2011 after a backpacking trip for 3 days. She tried two cortisone injections and one round of hyaluronic acid, all with no help. Dr. Hanson found laxity in the ACL and MCL, an aggravated patellar tendon,…read more

More Stem Cell Firsts that Aren’t…

The media, often lead down the primrose path by university science departments who put out overly aggressive press releases, loves to report stem cell firsts. As you’ve seen from this blog, they usually aren’t anything close to a real “first”. Case in point is the Vancouver Sun, who reported this week that, for the first time ever,…read more