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Continued Knee Pain after Knee Replacement?

Knee replacement pain? TW is a middle aged physician who was enrolled in one of our studies 2 years ago. This study required us to take synovial fluid from one of her knees and to culture those cells for re-injection to try and treat her knee arthritis. Regrettably, despite multiple tries, she was one of…read more

Featuring IronMan Joe Maroon and Regenexx in Max Sports and Fitness

Our patient, Joe Maroon, M.D., the IronMan Triathlete that used his own stem cells to get back to competition was just featured in Max Sports and Fitness (link to full article here). And while not every Regenexx patient will ever be able to be an IronMan Triathlete, Joe’s experience enabled him to get back to…read more

FDA Urged by the Washington Legal Foundation to Stop calling Devices Drugs

The FDA has had the tendency of late to call everything drugs. It started with the FDA calling the cells in our bodies prescription drugs. It then devolved to Cheerios and Walnuts are drugs. Now the FDA is claiming certain medical devices are drugs. On this last point, the Washington Legal Foundation issued a press release yesterday in which…read more

Two year Anniversary for Low Back Stem Cells

JS is a patient we treated two years ago with the Regenexx-C procedure which involved injecting his own cultured stem cells into his bulging low back disc. Before we tried this, he was being treated several times a year with epidural injections, which gave him some relief, but this was more of a stop gap…read more

Osteoporosis Drug might help Repair Joints-In Mice…

New £10-a-day jab gives hope to millions of arthritis patients? This was the headline that popped up on my Google search this morning under “Cartilage Repair”. It sounds like for just 10 pounds a day (roughly $15) this new drug can help you rebuild the cartilage in your knees. Wow! The new drug is called…read more

More Data that Knee MRI Findings don’t always explain Knee Pain

MRI knee pain? If you have a hole in the cartilage, a meniscus tear, or arthritis on your knee MRI that means that these things are causing your knee pain, right? Not so fast. Much research over the past few years has shown that structure as seen on an MRI scan doesn’t equal pain. This…read more

Our Patient Jarvis Green tells NFL News that Stem Cells changed his Life

I’ve blogged before about our success using stem cells to treat NFL player Jarvis Green‘s knee. Jarvis was just interviewed by NFL News about his experience with the Regenexx-C and Regenexx-SD procedures and how that might impact Peyton Manning’s chance of success, here are excerpts from the Jarvis Green Stem Cells interview: “For his part,…read more