The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
What Causes Neck Pain?
Installment 2 of the “Neck Owners Manual” (Read installment 1) What causes neck pain? If you have chronic neck pain, you’ve likely heard many different reasons about why your neck hurts – from tight muscles to bulging discs to neck bones that aren’t aligned. What if I told you that what’s causing the pain is…read more
Can a Precise Knee ACL Stem Cell Injection Regrow a Torn ACL?
I’ve blogged before about our great success in using knee stem cell injections to treat both full and partially torn knee ACL ligaments, without surgery. This week I received the above MRI on a patient from Singapore who didn’t want traditional surgery to remove her torn ACL, but wanted to try to heal her original equipment.…read more
Egyptian Photoshop: Nefertiti’s Bust was Altered
Now for something completely different… I’ve never blogged before about ancient Egypt, even though it has fascinated me since childhood. However, yesterday I came across an obscure, but earth shattering factoid about the world famous bust of Nefertiti. It turns out that a medical journal article concluded that this iconic statute representing ideal female beauty had…read more
Knee Surgery Side Effects? New Research Raises Questions
Could it be that the naked in Times Square moment is approaching for knee arthroscopy? The most common orthopedic surgery on earth has taken a beating in the medical research, with study after study showing it’s not effective. Now a new British Medical Journal study has begun to look at knee surgery side effects vs. the…read more
Have Knee Arthritis? Get Your Magnesium Checked!
Long before almond and soy milk in every flavor, and those amazing kale chips you can get in health food stores, mothers used to tell their children to drink their milk and eat their spinach. We’ve already learned Mom was right about the milk; turns out she was right about the spinach too! Spinach is…read more Men at Greater Risk for Heart Attack After Joint Replacement!
The news just doesn’t ever seem to get better for joint replacements! In the wake of all the studies demonstrating the incidence of serious hip and knee replacement risks and complications, a new study finds that men experience a much greater joint replacement heart attack risk following total hip or knee replacement surgery. Why would…read more
