The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Regenexx in the News: Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater
You may have seen some recent news stories about the Regenexx Corporate program. One of my concerns is that these stories don’t depict our company accurately and they mark a new disturbing trend in orthobiologics. Since the media and the university talking heads don’t understand how physicians innovate, they have been unable to set a…read more
Are Heavier Patients More Likely to Have a Knee Replacement Revision?
It’s a myth to believe that every orthobiologic injection of PRP or stem cells will help 100% of the patients with knee arthritis. In fact, there’s a failure rate with all of these technologies. So if you do need a knee replacement, what might determine if that’s a success or failure? Turns out weight is…read more Aggressive Client Aquisition Specialists and Stem Cell Marketing
Have you seen this large postcard or one like it? Physicians out there offering responsible orthobiologics hate these mailers. In addition, I would argue that these postcards represent one of the single biggest threats to producing a rational and sane orthobiologics industry and that the companies involved in sending them should be targeted by regulators.…read more Comparing the Number of Cells in Regenexx Procedures to the Rest…
You may not know that when it comes to living stem cell procedures that almost all doctors use simple bedside machines. So this morning I’ll educate you on that process and compare the number of cells we use in our stem cell procedures to everyone else. Let’s dive in. What is a Living Stem Cell…read more The Blind Leading the Blind… We Have an Academia Regen Med Problem
We have a big problem looming in regenerative medicine. There is a serious lack of knowledge in academia about the science, and more importantly a lack of clinical experience. This means that much of the published research studies in this area often have rookie mistakes that negatively impact the field. I’ll give a few examples…read more The Stiffness of Stem Cells Turns Out to Be a Big Deal…
Because our cells are smaller than we can see with the naked eye, ideas like cell stiffness seem foreign to us. However, it turns out that if a stem cell is stiff or squishy plays a major role in how it functions in the body. This morning we’ll dive into some new research that shows…read more 