The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Another New Patent Issues for Regenexx
We have been awarded several US patents of late on the Regenexx procedure. These things take forever to process, with most of these being filed many years ago. They continue to define the difference between Regenexx and everything else. Anti-inflammatory steroids are a two edged sword, on the one hand when used in the super-physiologic…read more
Fetal Stem Cell Treatment: More Amniotic Scams…
A patient from Utah sent me an e-mail advertisement yesterday that continued the current trend of amniotic stem cell scams sweeping the nation. These seem to be aggressively being driven by orthopedic sales reps trying to cash in for a quick buck and most of the poor physicians caught up in the sales pitches don’t…read more
Can We Treat Knee Arthritis with Stem Cells?
We often get nice e-mails from former patients whom we have treated with stem cells. Many of them tell stories of new found or regained activity. In fact, a common theme that runs through our patients is that they have hit that time in life when what they want to do and what they can…read more
ACL Surgery Return to Sports: How Do You Get Back Quicker?
One of the biggest bummers of getting ACL surgery is the time away from playing. Let’s face it, ACL surgery return to sports is awful. Most athletes don’t get back before 6 months and at that point they’re lucky to be at 50% of where they were before the injury. Is there a way to…read more
A2M Knee Injections: What’s in Your Arthritic Knee?
Regenexx is unique in the world as when everyone else is just beginning to use stem cells to see if they may help, we’ve been refining the science behind this technology for a decade. One of the fascinating things we’ve been doing lately is taking synovial fluid samples from patients before and after our procedures and…read more
Can Patients with an ACL Tear Avoid Surgery?
One of the more astounding things I’ve seen stem cells do in my decade long use of the orthobiologic is heal ACL tears that should have needed surgery. We’ve amassed a great library of before and after films that never cease to blow me away. However, the proof as they say is in the pudding.…read more
