The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Preventing ACL Injury Is About Your CORE and Pelvis!
The best way to treat knee ACL injuries is to prevent them. However, while we know some things about prevention, we’re still learning more all the time. Now new research shows that the way the kinetic chain breaks down and doesn’t work in the leg may be responsible for why these ligament injuries happen. What…read more
We Replace Far Too Many Joints: New Study May Help End That Practice
If you read this blog, you know that I’m not a fan of joint replacements. That doesn’t mean I haven’t told people who really need them to get them, but a chunk of my career has been devoted to making sure many patients can avoid them. However, new research may make my job even easier…read more A Perservative in Your Food May Be Making You Sick and Diabetic
What if there was a preservative in your food that the FDA says is safe, but scientists have found is likely a problem. Would you be scanning every label? What if I also told you that this chemical in your food may be making you fatter and sicker? Let me explain. Diabetes Diabetes affects more…read more Blueberries May Protect Your Heart!
What foods can you add to your diet right now to improve heart health? We all know we can take a magic pill, but did you know you can add simple foods like blueberries or chocolate? Let’s explore blueberries, as these will definitely tempt you at the grocery store sometime this summer. Blueberries vs. Cholesterol…read more Can Inflammation Make You Lose Motivation?
You hurt, so you’re not really energized and ready to get things done. In fact, new research supports the idea that your inflammation may be causing this lack of motivation. Let’s dig in. New Motivational Theory According to a new study, there’s a scientific explanation for why you’re not motivated to go to work when…read more Is Joint Arthritis All About the Fibroblasts?
While there’s a focus on the cartilage and bone spurs, there’s much more to arthritis. For example, your joint connective tissue is a large part of the tissues impacted by arthritis. Researchers are now only starting to understand how the cells in the joint covering are impacted in different ways in different types of arthritis.…read more 