The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Are Retears After Rotator Cuff Surgery More or Less Common in Those with Shoulder Arthritis?
If you have arthritis in your shoulder joint, does this mean that a surgery to fix your rotator cuff tear is more or less likely to fail? A new study investigated that issue and found some surprising things. So let's review what we know about rotator cuff tears and then let's delve into what the new research found. …read more
Return to Function and Satisfaction After Total Knee Replacement? Fact vs. Fiction
At the Centeno-Schultz Clinic, we acknowledge the pain and limitation associated with knee osteoarthritis. It can make the simplest task, like walking upstairs or getting out of a chair, almost impossible at times. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis occurs in 10% of men and 13% of women in the United States. The rate of osteoarthritis has more than doubled since 1940. …read more PRP Injection Didn’t Help? Is All PRP Created Equal?
The use of platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is becoming increasingly common in more medical practices. So much so that we're beginning to see treatment failures where a PRP injection didn't help. Why? One reason is that all PRP isn't created equal. In fact, there are really big disparities, yet most patients don't understand these stark differences. So let's take a deep dive into this topic this morning. …read more Goodbye from Grand Cayman!
Above you'll see a compilation of sunsets from this past two weeks from Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Today I'm headed back home to our Colorado HQ and wanted to share these images and some interesting things from this trip. …read more Postcard from the Future! This Is What 20 Million Real Stem Cells Look Like…
This morning, while performing a stem cell injection, it occurred to me that the average patient, and just about every physician on earth now using some sort of stem cells, has never seen culture-expanded mesenchymal stem cells in a syringe, so I took a quick video. Let's delve into this a bit more this Black Friday! …read more Happy Thanksgiving from Regenexx!
It's Thanksgiving here on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman! Time to eat way too much, catch up with relatives, and count our blessings. So what am I thankful for? I've got a long list. …read more 