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“LASER” Therapy for Knee Arthritis

Is there a Laser knee treatment? The use of LASER treatments in various pain conditions has grown greatly this past decade. We’ve never used them because it didn’t make sense to me how it would work. Having said that, there is some published lab data showing that shining a LASER on stem cells can help…read more

Getting your Knee Replaced doesn’t Help Muscle Weakness

In terms of function, what is knee replacement effectiveness? A recent study asked an interesting and related question, “Does replacing the arthritic knee joint allow better use of the muscles around the knee?” This small study looked at knee arthritis patients and knee replacement patients for strength and power of the knee extensor and flexor muscles.…read more

An Interesting Cells=Drugs Story

This is an excerpt from an upcoming new book I’m writing (almost done). I thought that this paragraph represents a pointed discussion in the “your cells=drugs” debate and is a very interesting cells=drugs story: “No single event in the past several years sums up the debate better than a phone call I recently had with…read more

A Nosespray may help your Knee Arthritis Symptoms!

Is there such a thing as a knee arthritis nose spray? A new nasal spray actually used for osteoporosis may significantly help knee arthritis. The nose spray contains Calcitonin (Fortical, Miacalcin), a hormone involved in bone and cartilage turnover. In this study, they gave knee arthritis questionnaires to patients getting the nose spray for brittle bones and…read more

Observing Life from the Caymans

I’ve been blogging much less this past week because I’ve been seeing patients at our clinic site Caymans – Regenexx in the Cayman Islands. First, we have a great crew down here taking care of patients from the moment they get off the plane until they’re delivered to the airport to return home. In between those two points while getting their stem cells…read more

Cipro and Achilles Tendons

Cipro and Achilles tendons…  I was speaking with a internist the other night and we were discussing the number of cases of tendon rupture and injury we have seen due to quinalone antibiotics like Cipro. What’s amazing is that despite this severe side effect that warranted a black box warning for this antibiotic class in 2008, they are…read more

The Hip Bone’s Connected to the Shoulder Bone…

Our approach has always been whole body. As a result, we frequently see patients who are misdiagnosed as having one problem when they really have another cause. An example is a patient with knee pain who has an MRI that shows some arthritis, but his knee pain is really coming from the tendons that attach…read more

Stem cells used to Treat a Meniscus Tear

MK is a 52 year old, very active man with a meniscus tear who was seen and treated in December of last year seeking a knee meniscus surgery alternative. He is now 4 months out from using his stem cells to treat his knee meniscus tear (Regenexx-SD). Instead of getting his meniscus cut back through…read more