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Smoking with a Hip or Knee Replacement: Deadly Decision

In a study out this month, smokers were at substantially increased risk of all sorts of complications after a knee or hip replacement. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham assessed the effects of cigarette smoking on 33,336 patients, 30 days after elective total hip or total knee replacement surgery. Smokers who have total…read more

Even more NSAID Side Effects

We really don’t like NSAID drugs. Why? NSAID side effects. The medical literature over the past 5 years has shown that these are dangerous drugs with many nasty side effects. For example, recent research showing that NSAID anti-inflammatory drugs dramatically increase the risk of sudden death from a heart attack. How about other research showing…read more

Knee Arthritis Medicine?

Can the concept of knee arthritis narcotics be a good idea in anyone’s book? There has been a very disturbing trend in pain management these last few years, with more and more long acting narcotics coming on the market to treat pain. The companies making these medications have convinced some physicians that these long-acting narcotics are much…read more

Knee arthritis – heat or cold?

What’s better for knee arthritis – heat or cold? Some patients use heat to treat their knee arthritis and some love ice. Heat may help increase blood flow, which could theoretically help improve arthritis pain. Cold can reduce swelling, which is also a component of knee arthritis. However, do we really know based on research which one is better?…read more

Exercise boosts stem cells to become bone, not fat

Is it true that exercise boosts stem cells? You have stem cells throughout your body which act as the “maintenance men” of the body (see our practice’s e-book-Orthopedics 2.0). The body’s mesenchymal stem cells that live in your bone marrow are most likely to become fat or bone, depending on which path they follow. Using treadmill-conditioned mice,…read more

Update on the Use of Regenexx-SCP Stem Cells for Spontaneous CSF Leaking

Is there a CSF Leak stem cells treatment?   I had blogged previously on a chronic spinal leak patient with few options who was reporting more long lasting relief from a stem cell blood patch using Regenexx-SCP than previous treatments using fibrin glue. Here’s another update from the same patient: “Hello Doctors Schultz & Centeno, I…read more

How to help knee arthritis?

Can you “recover” from knee arthritis, or is it just a one way street? Many patients ask the question, “how to help knee arthritis“? Arthritis happens when knee cartilage begins to break down. So the first part of the recovery plan would have to reverse that trend, meaning build up more cartilage. Can this be done with diet…read more

Dr. Centeno’s Recently Presented Abstract to be Published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Dr. Centeno presented at an injury trauma congress (IWTC 5) in Lund, Sweden at the University of Lund this past weekend. The submitted abstract on the use of stem cells in cervical facet joint injuries will be published in an upcoming special supplement to the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine.