The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
What Is Differentiation, Dedifferentiation, and Transdifferentiation?
There are a few critical things you need to know about stem cells that most doctors and patients considering them don’t know. That’s how differentiation, dedifferentiation, and transdifferentiation work. Let’s dig in! Stem Cells 101 Stem cells are present everywhere in our bodies and act as repairmen. You can’t go a day without damaging your…read more
Stretching the Skin Activates Stem Cells that Make New Skin
Stem cells live all over our bodies. They maintain and repair our bodies and do so many other things. Now a new study shows that they help our skin grow and adjust to our bodies. Let’s dig in. Stem Cells and Life Stem cells are all over our bodies. If you’re alive, your stem cells…read more
Stem Cell Therapy for Back Pain? Many Different Types
When our clinic first injected stem cells into low back discs in 2005/6, there was no textbook as to how this should be done. Frankly, sitting here writing this a decade later there is still no textbook, just a collection of weekend courses now shut down due to COVID. So today I’d like to let…read more
Should FDA Be Going After Chiro Stem Cell Consultants Like Drug Dealers?
Last year I blogged on David Singer, a chiropractic consultant who was telling chiropractors how they could make big bucks by adding “stem cell” injections to their practice. You would think that after being called on the proverbial carpet for misleading people about what he was selling that he would have changed his ways. Nope,…read more
Shoulder Pain at Night? What Causes This Problem?
As a physician who sees patients with shoulder pain, one of the more common complaints I hear is shoulder pain at night. What causes this issue? What can be done about it? Let’s dig in. Shoulder Anatomy 101 The shoulder is a shallow ball and socket joint which is surrounded by a capsule with ligaments…read more
How to Commit Billing Fraud by Injecting Amniotic Products 101
While the single biggest medical scam of the 21st century to date is clinics that offer umbilical cord “stem cell” therapy and instead inject dead cells, a close second is the mounting billing fraud happening in amniotic injections used to treat arthritis. Right now, we likely have hundreds of physician offices risking federal prison time…read more
