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Kneecap Arthritis Stem Cell Injection: Level 3 Orthobiologics Injection Knowledge

Yesterday I wrote about a way to determine how sophisticated your doctor is or isn’t in using things like platelets and stem cells. I showed you a simple level 2 issue that I had to correct before treating a patient’s knee with stem cells. Today we’ll cover a level 3 technique. All of this is…read more

What is Level 2 Orthobiologics Injection Knowledge?

I’m down in Grand Cayman and yesterday I had a patient with a common problem that can mess up the result of an orthobiologic therapy. However, most physicians who just took a weekend course would have missed this as a problem and would not have corrected it. Let’s discuss this as a great way to…read more

Blogging From the Caymans Again…

Here I am again, as I am three times a year, down in beautiful Grand Cayman. Why? Because the licensed culture expansion site here allows me to use more advanced stem cell care in some of my patients. PRP vs. Stem Cells About 90% of what I prescribe for the patients I see is a…read more

Regenexx Corporate Continues It’s Rapid Growth

Regenexx has been on a tear lately, adding many new companies and insurance brokers to our corporate plan. In the meantime, we’re disrupting a powerful cabal in health insurance and healthcare, so it’s also been interesting to see the blowback. The most recent pushback came yesterday from a local hometown newspaper, the Des Moines Register.…read more

MRI of the Shoulder: A Great Tool or a Fool’s Errand?

I’ve blogged many times about our penchant as a medical care system to over-interpret MRI results. Because of the attention physicians place on these tests and the decrease of reliance on physical exam, patients often believe that their MRI report was written by the oracle of Delphi and contains explanations of all of the hidden…read more

Tramadol Plus an Antidepressant is Bad News…

A very common medication combo prescribed to patients with chronic pain is tramadol (Ultram) plus an antidepressant.  However, new research may call into question whether this is a good idea. Let’s dig in. Depression and Pain One of the biggest chicken and egg controversies that has been zinging around in chronic pain treatment circles for…read more

Does Your Gut Bacteria Impact Physical Performance?

There is nothing that has upended a greater swath of medicine these past few years than studies on the microbiome. We’ve seen everything from your weight to depression tied to the bacteria in your gut. Now a new study again blows my mind by linking a type of bacteria in the gut to athletic performance?…read more

Do Bench Scientists Have an Ethical Duty to Report That Their Point of View Is Not the Only One?

I’m seeing an interesting change in the dialog around the stem cell wild west. One that is so juxtaposed to reality, it brings up all sorts of ethical problems. What could that be? Bench scientists from one side of campus providing quotes for news stories against the use of orthobiologics while on the other side…read more