The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
New CCJ Instability RCT Study Begins…
If you follow this blog, you likely know that we have been using a new technique to treat CCJ instability that involves a novel image-guided injection rather than invasive and high-risk surgery. We have performed almost 70 procedures thus far and have seen solid results in a patient population that is otherwise very difficult to effectively…read more
Beware of the Amniotic and Umbilical Cord “Stem Cell” Research Bait and Switch!
If you read this blog, you know that physicians using amniotic and umbilical cord “stem cells” are involved in one form of bait-and-switch fraud in that they claim live cells but are injecting dead tissue. Today one member of our online team notified me of an Ohio chiropractic website that seems to have stolen the template…read more Which Amniotic Product Do We Use?
Because our research demonstrated the widespread fraud that’s going on in the amniotic and cord blood industries with claims of live stem cells in dead products, many have figured I hate these products or have something against them. Nothing could be further from the truth. However, we have strict rules at Regenexx. One is that…read more Overlapping Genetic Patterns Found in Four Psychiatric Diseases
Psychiatric diagnosis has been a bit of a medical black box. Meaning, we have guidelines for diagnosis in the DSM, but at the end of the day, there are few blood tests or imaging studies that can confirm these diagnoses. Now researchers are using genetic signatures to bring new tools to the process of severe…read more IOF 2018 Begins Today
The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation is an organization I helped start, and today is its third annual conference. We have about 350 people in attendance, which in and of itself is a big achievement. This is also the year that we the founders hand over the organization to the next generation of physicians, as I’ll be…read more Rethinking A2M: Hype or Arthritis Miracle Cure or Something Else?
Back in 2015 I posted on A2M, which was peaking in popularity. This is a cytokine that can quench some of the breakdown molecules in degenerating joints. There is a bedside machine on the market that can concentrate this from blood, and many doctors who use it like it. As a result, we developed our…read more 