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Starbucks and Exercise: Can Coffee Improve your Running?

Starbucks and Exercise?  I’ve observed personally that loading up on some coffee or other source of caffeine seems to help the intensity of my work-outs. However are there any studies that show for example that coffee could actually improve your running? A study this week seems to confirm this concept as it found that caffeine consumption enhanced resistance to…read more

Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis with Stem Cells

LZ is a 43 year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who was evaluated by us last year with a history of debilitating right foot pain and rheumatoid arthritis. She originally sought us out because she wanted a foot and ankle surgery alternative. Imaging and exam demonstrated that she had severe arthritis in the talonavicular joint of the foot.…read more

Treating Hip Arthritis in a Hiker with Stem Cells

CH is a 51 year old ex-power lifter who was seen in May of last year because he was seeking a hip surgery alternative. His MRI showed severe arthritis and he was considered less than a fair candidate. He knew that as an avid long-distance hiker his chances of returning to this level of high…read more

Treating Ankle Arthritis with Stem Cells

JM is a 41 year old WM from Europe who was seen in our Colorado clinic in July of last year seeking an ankle surgery alternative. His initial injury was a fracture of the talus bone (one of the major structural bones that makes up the big ankle joint). This fracture eventually lead to significant…read more

More Knee Arthritis Relief with Tylenol and Motrin, but More Side Effects as Well

Our patients are seeking a knee surgery alternative and one of those options is obviously drugs. So a recent study showing that combining ibuprofen (Motrin) plus acetaminophen (Tylenol) provided better relief of chronic knee pain than Tylenol alone, may be real news. However, the study also reported that this benefit came at the cost of…read more

Forbes: The FDA Blocking Innovation

Interesting story about the FDA blocking innovation this week in Forbes: Capital Flows Innovation, Competition And The FDA Burton G. Malkiel, 07.20.11, 06:00 PM EDT Forbes Magazine dated August 08, 2011 Recent regulations by the FDA have retarded innovation in the drug industry and caused harm to the health of the nation. The World Economic Forum…read more

Fat and Bone Marrow Stem Cells used to Treat Severe Knee Arthritis

GM is a 53 yo male with a 4-5 year history of bilateral knee pain. When we first evaluated him late last year, he had already tried medial unloader knee braces, which helped, but didn’t solve his problem. The patient’s MRI showed degenerative meniscus tears in the medial meniscus as well as very severe arthritis in the…read more

Helping A Knee Patient with Stem Cells who had Failed Microfracture

JC is a 66 year old man who had a skiing accident in 1990’s which injured his knee. As a result of these injuries he both stopped skiing and playing raquetball/tennis. When he was first seen by our clinic last year to see if it was possible to avoid knee surgery for his knee arthritis, his knee…read more