The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

What Does It Mean When Your Knees Bend Backwards When Standing?

On this page: What is knee hyperextension? What is the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)? How does the PCL become loose or torn? Can you treat the PCL without surgery? You might not even notice that your knee goes back too far on one side. Maybe it’s just a little bit that only others will notice…read more

Honored to Be Named a Top 50 Functional Med Doctor by Josh Axe

I remember a friend of mine telling me years ago that even though I had an MD after my name, I reminded him more of a chiropractor. That was in fact a high compliment as I’ve never been a fan of the traditional “bull in the china shop” medical approach. This past week, Josh Axe,…read more

Chronic Pelvic Pain Is in the Nerves and Changes the Brain

Patients in chronic pain have always had it rougher than patients with a disability you can see. If we see a patient who has lost a limb or can’t walk due to paralysis, we all understand that these patients are disabled. However, a patient who just has chronic pain has an invisible disability. That is,…read more

Loose Hip Joint? It Could be Your Ligamentum Teres

Since we invented orthopedic stem cell injections at Regenexx, we still do a lot of inventing. Our physicians are constantly innovating so that we can replace invasive surgeries with precise injections. This morning I’d like to discuss how a precise X-ray guided injection of the ligamentum teres can help patients with a loose hip joint.…read more

Stem Cell Institute of America Review 2: The Rabbit Hole

A rabbit hole in popular culture is when you think you’re trying to find out something simple, but the deeper you dig, the more bizarre and complex it gets. This is what happened recently as I attempted to update my Stem Cell Clinic of America review. Amniotic Stem Cells As you know, we have seen…read more

Are Amniotic and Cord “Stem Cell” Products FDA Approved?

This is an installment in our continuing series on amniotic and cord “stem cell” products. Today, I’d like to look at stem cell regulations to see whether these products are FDA approved as some claim, or fall into an entirely different category. As you’ll see, there is no approval pathway for these dead tissues, but…read more