The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Piriformis Injection: What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You
It’s hard for both physicians and patients alike to understand the intense complexity of the connected body. It’s easier to come up with a description for one part that hurts and call it good. I call this “parting it out,” and this is definitely the case with a piriformis injection. Even though there are likely…read more
What are Exosomes? How Do they Work?
You may have recently seen physicians advertising exosome therapy. Or if you’re a doctor, you may have been hit up by a sales rep claiming to sell exosomes. What the heck are exosomes? Are they better than stem cells? How do they work? Let’s delve into this topic this morning What Are Exosomes? Cells communicate…read more A Hip AVN Stem Cell Scam
As you might have noticed, I’ve started a new “Stem Cell Botched” series, the goal of which is to educate patients and physicians about the difference between high-quality, regenerative interventional orthopedics and just bad care with stem cells. So today let’s look at a patient who was diagnosed with hip avascular necrosis (AVN), or osteonecrosis, and…read more Pay-for-Play Is Alive and Well for Physicians Prescribing Opioids
Most patients have no idea the extent to which pharma and device companies pay to influence their physicians’ beliefs and practices. Sometimes this is all a subtle dance; other times it’s outright and corrupt. Now a new study confirms and supports other studies that show what I have observed for years, that the payments of…read more Opioids No Better than Tylenol for Pain?
I’ve never been a fan of narcotic/opioid medications. Fifteen years ago, when sales reps for pharma companies descended on our office to extoll the virtues of prescribing high-dose narcotics to our pain patients, I thought these folks were crazy. Obviously, the whole thing turned into a mess of gargantuan proportions, with opioids killing many patients…read more Terrell Owens Gets Stem Cell Treatments?
We’ve treated a slew of pro athletes through the years, and I can honestly say that I have never had one agree to have his procedure filmed. This is why it was surprising to see a TMZ video of Terrell Owens, former NFL player, getting bone marrow stem cell injection procedures. Having said that, the video…read more 