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Toe Pain with Walking: Instability Causing More Arthritis

I recently saw a thirty something female who injured her big toe cartilage several years ago and had surgery to “clean it up”. As you know from my prior blogs, debridement surgeries to “clean up” cartilage have never been shown to be better than placebo surgeries and if they remove cartilage, they likely lead to…read more

Heavier Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Have Worse Hip and Knee Replacement Outcomes

Metabolic syndrome is a very important diagnosis that has only been uncovered in the last 5 years or so, despite a large proportion of Americans suffering from this problem. The syndrome starts with a diet too full of sugar carbohydrates (which includes bread, pasta, sweets, sweet drinks-including “natural” fruit juices), too little exercise, too little sleep,…read more

Regenexx Procedure Helps Patient return to Ski the Longest Run in the World

The Vallée Blanche on the Aguille du Midi is the longest ski run in the world at 17 km (10.6 miles) and is located in Chamonix France. CM is a 56 year old international businessman who injured his knee running to catch a plane. When he was first seen in December of 2009, he had already had 9 months…read more

MRI Changes in Knee Cartilage with Glucosamine

A physician explains recent studies showing objective evidence that Glucosamine reduces cartilage breakdown.

Concerned about Cartilage Loss: Take your Chondroitin!

A doctor discusses a new study showing MRI evidence that Chondroitin reduces cartilage loss in the knee.

More Trouble with IPS Cells

Two articles published in the journal Nature today continue to show that trying to turn the usual run of the mill cell into a stem cell (IPS Cells) is a really bad idea. One study by Gore showed that IPS cells picked up genetic mutations and changed the way their genetics interacted with the environment. In…read more

Cell Therapy with a Higher Standard: Level III Cell Therapy Lab

As I’ve discussed in prior posts, we have a level III cell therapy lab as part of the medical practice rather than a simple bedside centrifuge or a hood stuffed in a patient room. Why is this important? A concrete example is the data reviewed yesterday by the lab director. We wanted to know if there was…read more

Regenexx SD Reviews: Regenexx-SD Helps an Unlikely Candidate

Regenexx SD Reviews MW was told he was a “poor candidate”for a Regenexx-SD procedure on his knee.  But knowing he wanted to avoid a knee replacement, he decided to go for it anyway.  I am very thankful things worked out so well for MW, but not all “poor candidates” for Regenexx -SD knee procedures can…read more