The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Injury Recovery in CrossFit Athlete: Finding Relief in Stem Cells and PRP
CrossFit Pro Matt Chan from Doug Orchard on Vimeo. Multiple meniscus tears, herniated discs, sciatica in the leg and ankle, shoulder injuries—Matt Chan has run the gamut when it comes to fitness-related injuries. However, as a professional and competitive CrossFit athlete, long recovery times and the inability to return to full function, common with traditional…read more
Eileen’s Hip Hop Low Back Stem Cell Recovery
Eileen is an IFBB Professional Fitness Division Athlete who recently had to take 17 months off sports, which for someone like Eileen is tantamount to torture. This is the story of how advanced regenerative spine procedures including a low back stem cell treatment helped her get her groove back. Let me explain. Eileen’s Low Back…read more
Is an Amniotic Stem Cell Treatment Really Just a Baby Piss Shot?
A few weeks ago, a Colorado Regenexx provider had a funny story to tell about amniotic stem cell treatment. He had told an OB-GYN colleague about some of the crazy claims being made by medical providers that amniotic fluid contained live stem cells. What the doctor told him next will make you both laugh and…read more Using Machine Learning to Predict Stem Cell Knee Arthritis Outcomes
One of the most frustrating things about stem cells and regenerative medicine is the difficulty in predicting which patients will respond with “home run” results and which won’t respond at all. You would think from looking at the miracle-cure stem cell websites popping up around the Internet that stem cells are magic pixie dust able…read more Stem Cell Clinic Graft Is Reaching Epic Levels
This week, while down in Grand Cayman helping patients with our state-of-the-art culture-expanded stem cell procedure using state-of-the-art imaging and advanced interventional orthopedics techniques to take and place cells, for just a few hours, I questioned whether I should stop alerting consumers to the problematic stem cell clinic schemes I see pop up every day.…read more
Hip Replacement Risks Include Disrupting Hip and Knee Alignment
Understandably unaware of Hip Replacement Risks, most people think that getting their hip replaced is like replacing a bad part in their car. They pull into the shop and the surgeon disconnects the old hip, removes it, and then screws in a shiny new one. Problem solved. However, comparing a bad hip to a bad…read more 