The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.

Knee Stem Cell Reviews: Meet Dion and Rocky

As a doctor, there are patients you treat who just walk out the door and you never hear back. The good news is that we have a registry, so if they respond to the multiple pings for outcome data, that information will get recorded. But having it live in a database isn’t, of course, as interesting…read more

One Key to Muscle Strength as You Age: Eat Protein at Every Meal

Did you ever wonder why you rarely see a really old bodybuilder? That’s because we all lose muscle as we age. Is there a simple way to slow this decline? According to one new study, it may be as simple as what you eat and when. Muscle Decline Is a Fact of Aging Muscle decline,…read more

Twain Was Right: We Adults Really Do Get Smarter as We Age

Mark Twain once said, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” If you’ve ever lived with a teen, you know…read more

Avoiding Surgery for an ACL Tear

Avoiding surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear should be a top priority in 2017. Why? We’re on the brink of a dramatic change in how we treat these injuries and, literally, getting surgery for this problem could put you in the “old technology” group. How dramatic will this change be? Most surgeries are…read more

Did Regenexx Invent Orthopedic Stem Cell Injections?

You may have noticed that our tagline on the main web page has changed. It’s now, “Where Orthopedic Stem Cell Injections were Invented”. Above you’ll find a great compilation of the patient stories by master filmmaker Doug Orchard. These are real people who we’ve helped over the last few years and this video also ends…read more

Our Latest Research Paper on Disc Stem Cell Injections

Way back when in 2005, I performed what I believe was the first disc stem cell injection on earth. While this procedure has since become more commonplace, when we did this back then, it was “out there.” Today we have published a case series using a novel technique that was developed through years of refinement. This…read more