The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Cervical Multifidus Muscle Atrophy: A Literature Update
Most patients and many physicians don’t know that we have mounting research that the muscles that stabilize your neck can weaken and this can be easily seen on MRI. Today we’ll go over that research and show patients what this atrophy looks like on their images. Let’s dig in. Spinal Stabilizer Atrophy We’ve known for…read more
My Upcoming Homeric Journey
Two weeks from now, my wife and I will begin a new chapter in our lives. For two 6-week periods a year, I will be a digital nomad, working from a sailboat in the Mederteranian Sea. How did we get here and what does that mean? Let’s dig in. 4 am Days I grew up…read more
California Clinic Chain Wins It’s Case with the FDA: What Implications Will this Have?
A big event happened this week that may shake up what we all thought we knew about the FDA regulation of autologous orthobiologics. Let’s review what happened and how the ruling may change things. Let’s also review the fascinating and long history of the FDA’s regulation over your own tissues. What Just Happened? The court…read more
Steroids for Asthma Now Associated with Brain Atrophy
High-dose corticosteroids are the most commonly used substance in medicine. There are literally hundreds of clinical diagnoses from asthma to joint pain to chronic skin rashes that will cause you to leave a doctor’s office with a steroid shot or prescription. Despite this common use, we’ve known for many decades that these drugs are trouble.…read more
It Begins: How AI Will Make MRI MUCH More Valuable
In the not-too-distant future, AI will change medicine and make radiologists extinct. In fact, several new research studies show that this AI imaging revolution is already quietly happening. Let’s dig in. Current MRI Imaging is Held Back By Having a Human in the Equation Today’s MRI begins with a patient being placed inside a superconducting…read more
A Mess of a BMA Study Can Teach Us About Orthobiologic Research
One of the hallmarks of good science is trying to limit variables. That’s what makes clinical research so hard, as making sure that there are only one or two differences between one group of patients and another isn’t always easy. That gets less complex when you’re measuring the lab metrics of something like a bone…read more
