The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.

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Is All That Hand Washing Causing Osteoporosis?

We’ve all been told to wash our hands. As a doctor, I have to do it many more times a day than the average person. However, what if the soap we use has agents in it that are making us sick? Today we’ll review one called Triclosan. What is Triclosan? The Food and Drug Administration…read more

A New Way Clinic Stem Cell Review

I get contacted all the time with interesting stuff and this morning I woke up to a flyer from an acupuncture clinic in Portland, Oregon called “A New Way Clinic”. I’d like to review the accuracy of what was claimed in seminars about the “stem cell” procedures being offered and the flyer. So let’s dig…read more

Knee MCL Surgery? Not for this Avid Biker…

If you read this blog, you know that every once in a while I’ll write about an interesting patient result. While I see patients every day who are doing well and avoiding surgery, I also want to make sure that the patients I chose to write about have something unique and newsworthy. This is the…read more

Kneecap Arthritis Stem Cell Injection: Level 3 Orthobiologics Injection Knowledge

Yesterday I wrote about a way to determine how sophisticated your doctor is or isn’t in using things like platelets and stem cells. I showed you a simple level 2 issue that I had to correct before treating a patient’s knee with stem cells. Today we’ll cover a level 3 technique. All of this is…read more

What is Level 2 Orthobiologics Injection Knowledge?

I’m down in Grand Cayman and yesterday I had a patient with a common problem that can mess up the result of an orthobiologic therapy. However, most physicians who just took a weekend course would have missed this as a problem and would not have corrected it. Let’s discuss this as a great way to…read more