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Stem Cell Institute of America Changes Its Tune?

I’ve written several times about Stem Cell Institute of America (SCIA), a chiropractic group that uses mostly mid-level, non-physician providers to perform amniotic and cord blood dead stem cell procedures. In spite of their marketing, behind the scenes, they claim to be nothing more than a marketing group and not a true medical network. A…read more

Inspiring Others to “Take Their Life Back”

I love hearing from patients who have been treated by a Regenexx facility, regardless of the outcome. To that end, I recently received a message from one of our knee patients whose video had inspired another patient to seek Regenexx treatment for his knee. That patient posted his story this recently on Facebook in hopes…read more

Can Chiropractic Manipulation Increase My Shoulder Strength?

We MDs have traditionally made fun of chiropractors, but more and more research is showing that what they do works. In addition, the concepts first introduced by DD Palmer back in the 1800s, that the nerves in the spine could impact what happens elsewhere in the body, were way ahead of their time. While he…read more

Knee Stem Cell X-ray Results: Watch Me Grow New Cartilage in Seconds!

Chiropractic offices offering dead stem cell procedures have been advertising before and after X-rays purporting to show that there is copious new cartilage regrowth in arthritic knees. To the uninitiated, these X-rays look amazing, but is this true, or like the idea that these are actual stem cell injections, is it a scam? Well, I…read more

What Happens When You Take Stem Cells into Space?

One of the things that makes placing stem cells in the exact right spot so critical is that they take clues from their environment about which cells to become. Those can be chemical or physical. This morning I’d like to go over what happens when you remove the stimulus normally provided by gravity. Meaning, you…read more

What the Wall Street Journal Got Right About Stem Cells for Knee Arthritis

I’ve been involved with treating knee arthritis with stem cells likely longer than anyone on earth. In that time, I’ve seen it all. First, you can bet that every 3–6 months, there will be a negative article about clinical stem cell use in general. This all tends to ebb and flow, but it’s also as predictable…read more

What Raising Malamutes Can Teach Us About Medicine…

When I first moved to Boulder, Colorado, in the early ’90s as a new doctor, I was sold hook, line, and sinker on the rugged mountain lifestyle. Growing up in South Florida, which was merely another suburb of the New York metro area, decked out in Miami Vice pinks and pastels, Colorado and its amazing…read more

Why Are So Many Patients Willing to Have Surgery Based on MRI Findings Alone?

I love MRI. It’s amazing to me how there’s often more information on these studies that can help my patients than is written about by the reading radiologist. Having said that, MRI is also an abused tool that has been ascribed mythical status by patients and physicians that it often doesn’t deserve. It’s also made…read more