The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Can You Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain by Getting More Sleep
Many of the patients I see every day would meet the definition of having a pain condition called fibromyalgia. While we’ve been very successful in treating these issues using advanced regenerative medicine techniques, my patients always ask if there’s anything more they can do themselves. Based on recent research, a simple solution may be to…read more
Helping You Understand All the Confusing Things You’ve Heard About Stem Cells
It’s a mess out there. We have more providers who don’t know what they don’t know than we have providers who know what they’re talking about. As a world expert in regenerative medicine, today I’d like to help you understand all of the confusing things you’ve heard about stem cells. In 2005, myself and my partner,…read more FTC Nails Magic Amniotic Cure All Stem Cell Clinic: The Beginning of the End for Amniotic and Cord Vendors?
It was just a matter of time until the magic amniotic stem cell crowd began to be taken down by government officials. Many thought it would be the FDA, but we also thought that at some point the FTC may throw its hat into the ring. That’s exactly what happened this week when the government…read more Pardon Our Dust…
These past few days you may have noticed that we’re transitioning to a new website format. Given that the website is huge and has more than 3,000 pages, this has been a tough few days as we get the new website into shape. It’s also interrupted my usual blogging. Our orthopedic stem cell website first began in…read more Are You Too Old for Your Stem Cells to Help Cartilage Repair?
One of the big pushes behind fake stem cell therapies with dead amniotic and cord blood tissue is that they contain millions of young stem cells. While that’s a scam, can you be too old for real bone marrow stem cells to help cartilage repair? Let’s first take a look at the recent research. What…read more Is Back Pain Genetic?
Can we use a genetic test to see who will get back pain? If we do, can we prevent it? As early 21st-century medicine progresses, we will be confronted with these dilemmas. Has the first foray into this next step in diagnosis arrived? Our Genes Tell Our Past, Present, and Future Our genetic make-up can…read more 