The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Very Grateful For Our Patients and Staff
I remember way back in 2005, when John Schultz and I first started this company, we were blazing new trails. Since then, we’ve treated more than 100,000 patients with orthobiologics. We are grateful for every single one. You may notice that you can find me answering questions twice a week during a Facebook Live, or…read more
A Bad Knee Arthritis MSC Injection Meta-analysis Part 2
As I said yesterday, I would dig deeper into the recent meta-analysis that purported to show that “MSC Injections” didn’t work for knee arthritis. Today we’ll get into more problems with that paper. Monkeying Around with Placebos A placebo is a treatment we know doesn’t work that can be given to a patient in such…read more
A Bad MSC Meta-analysis Is a Great Way to Learn About Stem Cells
Some orthopedic surgeons have a bizarre love-hate relationship going on with injection-based knee arthritis stem cell therapy while others have embraced it. Let’s dig into this phenomenon through a poorly accomplished meta-analysis published in a big orthopedic journal and learn quite a bit about the actual science of stem cells and knee arthritis in the…read more
More Windex: Steroid Inhalers and Bone Health
Steroid inhalers are common these days. The idea was supposed to be that by inhaling low doses of steroids, we could avoid the side effects of higher oral and intravenous steroids. Did this turn out to be true? Nope. Let’s dig in. Steroids are Super Nasty As I wrote yesterday, steroids are the Windex of…read more
Why Are Physicians Addicted to Steroids? Tendons and Windex
Physicians have a torrid love affair ongoing with a medication that clearly harms their patients, but they just can’t seem to give it up. That medication can chew up joint cartilage and damage tissues, but they continue to inject it with wild abandon. That nasty drug fits into a class called corticosteroids. Let’s explore this…read more
When Up is Down: God I Love Real Science
One of my favorite things about real science is that it sometimes reverses itself completely. While that’s a very uncomfortable position for most, it’s very satisfying for me. Let’s dig in. When Up Is Down As a society, we have a very serious and dangerous problem. We have politicized science. The problem? Science is fluid.…read more
