The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

PRP and BMC Delay the Need for Knee Replacement

One of the hopes of orthobiologics is that they can help younger patients push a knee replacement out to an older age. Why is that critical? Let’s dive in. Knee Replacement and Age A knee replacement is the amputation of the knee joint and insertion of a prosthesis. That’s as big a surgery as it…read more

How to Use NSAIDs and Tylenol Wisely

You might think I’m against using all over the counter pain medications. However, I do use them rarely. The is key is using them smartly. So let’s discuss that today. The NSAID or Tylenol Addict I see so many patients each week that I would call NSAID addicts. Meaning that at some point, they got…read more

Ask Dr. C: Episode 9-Imaging Guidance and Insurance Coverage

It’s ask Dr. C time again! Here are our questions for today: When getting stem cells and PRP, is it necessary to use the guidance system or can the Doctor simply look at MRI and use it to inject? This is a great question as it gets to one of the points that I’ve been…read more

Ask Dr. C

It’s that time again to line up your burning questions about regenerative medicine and orthobiologics so I can answer them in a longer format. Leave your questions below in the comments!

Regenerative Medical Supply: Scam Alert

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear about another amniotic, umbilical cord, or exosome scam. The latest is interesting in that the sales rep tried to poach one of our most loyal patients on Facebook. How that was done is educational in that the sales pitch contained multiple easily debunkable falsehoods.…read more

Stem Cell Therapy Near Me?

Lots of patients are performing the Google search stem cell therapy near me. However, this is a search with some peril for uneducated patients. Why? One of the hardest things for patients to understand is that the level of knowledge of >90% of the physicians and other providers out there offering stem cell treatments is…read more