The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Sammy Watkins’ Hip Injury – Did He Do the Right Thing?
I was watching ESPN the other day and heard about Sammy Watkins’ hip injury and subsequent surgery. This caught my attention as this kid was a great receiver in college and now that he’s landed with the Bills he’s continued to be a great young receiver. However, as I watched, it dawned on me that…read more
Bacteria Found in Sewage Predicts Obesity in Cities?
There’s been a lot of attention paid recently to the gut microbiome, a collection of friendly bacteria that live in your digestive tract. Now a new study has shown that we can study this in large populations by looking at sewage…yes you read that right. In fact, the pattern of friendly bacteria in the sewage…read more
How to Recover from Neck Pain? A Little Muscle Holds the Key…
How to recover from neck pain? The status of a little stabilizing muscle in your neck may determine if you recover quickly or have long term chronic pain. This little muscle can also be easily seen on an MRI, but the likelihood that the radiologist reading your report knows to take a look at and…read more
The Dirty Little Secret of Rotator Cuff Surgery
You’re middle aged or older and you do something like reaching out too fast, or lifting, or maybe just bracing yourself to prevent a fall and you tear your shoulder rotator cuff. Surgery seems to be the definitive treatment, but recent research on the efficacy of rotator cuff surgery has a dirty little secret that should…read more
Blood Pressure Medication Should be Your Personal Shakubuku
Grosse Pointe Blank was one of my favorite movies of the 90s. The movie introduced Americans to the Buddhist concept of Shakubuku. What is this and why do many of my patients who have blissfully accepted blood pressure medications as a rite of passage of growing old need it? The concept is introduced in this…read more
CDC Report: Scary Rise in Narcotic Use!
I’ll never forget the pesky Oxycontin rep that invaded my office about 15 years ago. He was armed with a fistful of research papers written by fancy university professors showing just how non-addictive his new drug was and he couldn’t understand why I avoided him like the plague. Fast forward 15 years and we all…read more 