The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Hip Labrum Surgery Complications: Making the Hip Unstable…
This week while practicing down in Grand Cayman I evaluated a professional ballerina from Germany who regrettably is having issues with recovery due to hip labrum surgery complications. In her case, she was diagnosed with CAM and pincer impingement and since having these bone spurs removed has never been able to get back to high level…read more
What’s Hiding on Your Hip Arthritis MRI?
Is there a secret hiding in your hip arthritis MRI that you should know about but your doctor likely missed? I’ve observed for years that many patients with hip arthritis have problems in their low back nerves and many don’t know about it because all they feel is pain in their hip. There’s also a…read more
The Impact of NSAID Risks to Society May Be Huge…
Have you ever thought about the implications NSAID risks pose to society? What is an NSAID? The Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Ibuprofen, Naprosyn you can buy at the drug store and most Americans eat like M&Ms once they’re middle aged or older are all called Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs or NSAIDs. Despite the many troubling studies, bad press…read more
Rhizotomy Side Effects: Killing Off Important Stabilizers
Radiofrequency ablation or RFA (also known as rhizotomy) has become a mainstay of low back pain treatment in the U.S. and elsewhere. However, what if the list of rhizotomy side effects held a secret that most patients never knew about nor were informed of as a possibility. What if everyone who got a successful RFA…read more
Gymnast Foot Problems: Could It Be Your Back?
At Regenexx, our focus is always treating the whole athlete. One of the unfortunate things that happens in our modern world of orthopedic hyper-specialists is that injured athletes are broken down into their parts that hurt. The knee guy sees someone with knee pain, the foot and ankle specialist sees someone with foot pain, and…read more Back of Shoulder Pain: Your Neck May Be the Culprit!
Two years ago, I went into work to see patients with a sensation that someone was pushing the back of my shoulder forward. I initially thought that it was a rib moving in a weird way, but it soon morphed into awful back of shoulder pain. For two weeks I was convinced this was a…read more 