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Using MRI to Measure CSF Flow in Patients with CCJ Instability

We will learn more about the human neuromusculoskeletal system in the next few decades than we have learned in the last several hundred years. If you need proof of that, just take a look at some truly inspired technology being used in upstate NY by Scott Rosa and Dave Harshfield. Dr. Rosa and I have worked…read more

Is It Time to Get Rid of Range of Motion Measurements?

If you read my blog, you likely know that I love to be a bit irreverent, especially if it provokes discussion about why we all do the stupid stuff we do. Medicine is rife with sacred cows that nobody dares to touch. One of those in the world of orthopedics and pain medicine is range…read more

New Cycling Pedals May Help Kneecap Burnout?

Believe it or not, I was a big cyclist in high school. While the sport is really popular right now, back then it was pretty obscure, which is likely why I liked it. I had a short career that was eventually ended by kneecap pain. Now, a new company is marketing pedals that I just…read more

The Rise of For-Profit Stem Cell “Training”

This week, there was quite the dustup on LinkedIn when a company announced a new “online” stem cell training course. Suffice it to say, most patients don’t want to contemplate that everything their doctor knows about how to perform a complicated procedure like a stem cell injection, the doctor learned on YouTube U. In the same way,…read more

Athletes with Sports Injuries Don’t Have to Settle for Slow Recovery Times

It’s a typical scene these days. You follow a sports team and want them to make it to the playoffs this year. Then an injury happens to one of their superstar athletes and the team falls apart because the player will miss the rest of the season due to surgery. Is there a better way?…read more

Cord Blood: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Stem Cell Santa?

I have been secretly hoping that one of the many sales reps that have been hitting our and other practices isn’t an idiot peddling magic reindeer pixie dust. You see, for the last 24 months, we and others have been bombarded by sales pitch after sales pitch concerning vials of stem cells that come from…read more

Why I Trust Our Regenexx Network Physicians

When Regenexx began offering orthopedic stem cell treatments in 2005, there was nobody else in the U.S. performing these procedures. Today there are lots of different choices. You see the ads online and through other media outlets. I’ve even seen billboard messages by doctors marketing their stem cell services. With so many stem cell clinics…read more

New Patient Outcome App: We’re Upping Our Own Game

We’ve always published our outcomes. What’s bizarre is that few other clinics have followed suit. Maybe it’s because we’ve been doing this work longer than any other clinic. Now we’re upping our game again with a level of transparency that doesn’t exist for any other stem cell clinic—real-time outcomes that patients can access online. Outcomes and…read more