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One Journalist’s Personal Hand Stem Cell Story

One Journalist’s Personal Hand Stem Cell Story…  I often find that many times, that it’s better to let our patients tell their own stories. As I have said in numerous blog posts, we can’t help everyone, but we try hard for our patients. This patient is a writer with hand arthritis who works for an…read more

Update: Saving an Active Elderly Man from knee Replacement

Update: Saving an Active Elderly Man from knee Replacement with a stem cell knee replacement alternative…  KJ is in his late 70’s and was evaluated by us in 2008, after a lifetime of knee problems since a torn meniscus in the 1960’s. After multiple failed arthroscopic knee surgeries through the 2000’s, he was told he needed a knee replacement. His…read more

Dr. Mercola calls out FDA for “Your Cells=Drugs” Policy

FDA’s Outrageous New Claim: Your Body Is a Drug — and They Can Regulate It By Dr. Mercola Adult stem cells (as opposed to embryonic stem cells, which are at the heart of the stem cell controversy) are a truly exciting part of the future of medicine, with seemingly limitless potential for anti-aging, arthritis and…read more

More Problems with Knee and Hip Replacements: Allergy Testing Now Advised

The more I hear about the ever growing myriad of dangerous problems associated with hip and knee replacements, it reminds me why we have worked so hard to offer a hip and knee replacement alternative.  A new study just demonstrated that 2/3’rds of knee and hip replacement patients had allergies to some component of the…read more

More Research Presentations and Formula 1 Regenexx Dubai?

Formula 1 Regenexx Dubai?  As a break from all the serious blogging, here are some great pics of our Research Director who was in Dubai recently presenting knee and hip stem cell data at an international conference. He got the amazing opportunity to drive a formula-1 car and also  sported his Regenexx t-shirt for the…read more

New Research Shows Trend toward Soaring Knee Replacement Revisions

New research out last week shows that because we’re replacing knees in more middle aged patients, the number of revision surgeries needed in the future will be epic. A staggering 1.5 million US adults are likely to need a revision knee replacement surgery before age 70, which is a dramatic jump in these surgeries. The…read more

4 Year Follow-up on Stem cell Treatment for Shoulder Rotator Cuff

We always get asked by patients how long we think the effects of a stem cell treatment for shoulder rotator cuff can last. One of the advantages of the Regenexx stem cell procedures is the long-term follow-up on our patients when these specific stem cell treatment protocols are used. AB is now 82 year old woman who we treated…read more

Update on Stem Cells for Severe Ankle Arthritis

One of the things we pride ourselves on is that we discuss all of our stem cell outcomes and publish our work, which includes the patients that do great with stem cells and the patients that fail the therapy. To that end, I also blog on patients where the procedure either didn’t work or perhaps…read more