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A CCJ Instability Treatment Update

As you may recall, we’ve been using a novel CCJ instability treatment for the last two years. This procedure is different from other treatments in that we inject the alar, transverse, and accessory ligaments directly through the back of the throat using X-ray guidance. We’ve seen excellent results, but outside of updating you on a medical conference…read more

Knee Stem Cell Injection: Joe Young Conquers Chronic Pain

Chronic pain changes who you are is perhaps the one statement we hear more often than anything else. Whether it’s in the knee, hip, back, shoulder, or some other area of the musculoskeletal system, chronic pain can be debilitating, and many people get to the point where they feel surgery is the only option. Joe…read more

A Master Triathlete Gets His Running Mojo Back with Regenexx!

Can a stem cell treatment for knees get a Master Triathlete back to running at peak levels? Guy is a successful and award-winning businessman and four-time USA Triathlon All-American athlete. He’s competed in the 70.3 IRONMAN World Championship, finished 10 IRONMANS, 40 half-IRONMANS, and over 100 triathlons. Exercise has always been a major source of…read more

Is Arthritis the Newest Heart Attack Warning Sign?

We’ve all been taught to monitor our cholesterol as a cardiac warning sign. In fact, this is a pretty weak predictor of heart attack risk. But did you know that knee or hip arthritis may well be a cardiac warning sign all by itself? At least that’s what a new study on the association between…read more

Centeno-Schultz Clinic Doctors—John Pitts, MD: Practicing What He Preaches

Being a healthy person is about living a healthy lifestyle on a day-to-day basis, and Dr. Pitts not only teaches and encourages this concept, he practices what he preaches. So what exactly does he preach? The implementation of lifestyle changes to improve your overall quality of life through avenues such as physical activity, diet, posture…read more

How AI Will Change Medicine by Bypassing Human Brains

The human brain has been moving medical science forward for centuries, but now that we have fully entered an age of rapid advances in machine learning, the human brain may be beginning to hold us back. As a result, we are about to embark on the biggest change in the scientific method since Aristotle. I’m…read more

My IOF 2017 Talk on Stem Cells, Knee Microenvironment, and Machine Learning

This is the talk I gave this week at the 2017 Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF) Conference in Denver. Regrettably, the slides that made it into the computer were an old slide set with a few blanks. There’s nothing like being on the podium and seeing that the slides they have loaded are the wrong ones!…read more

IOF 2017 Conference Recap

The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation annual conference just ended so I thought it was a great time to summarize the most interesting talks. There were a packed house and a fantastic lineup of speakers here in the Rockies and here’s what transpired. What is Interventional Orthopedics? Interventional Orthopedics (IO) is a new medical specialty that’s focused on:…read more