The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Ankle Ligaments Loose? You Need Ultrasound Stress Testing…
Are your ankle ligaments loose? I used to have a bad ankle that I twisted running more than 20 years ago. Like many of my patients with ankle problems, mine wasn’t bad enough for surgery, but unlike many of my patients I have long since ditched ankle braces and gotten mine fixed without surgery. If…read more
The Least Common Denominator Paradox-Our New Era of Check Box Medicine
My wife recently had a weird respiratory problem that caused us to interface with our 2015 medical care system and what we found was really disturbing. Our multi-decade long push toward standardizing medical care with guidelines and check boxes has had a curious side effect – a lack of independent thought. Let me explain. Back…read more
New Regenexx Research Paper on Dosing Publishes
Dose is a key issue in medicine, yet for same day stem cell treatments nobody knows the correct dose nor has a way to measure it so that it can be adjusted to help patients. Huh? You read that right-the entire community of physicians who are using stem cells to treat patients is dose agnostic…read more
Avoid Carpal Tunnel Surgery
I was performing a carpal tunnel hydrodissection yesterday using an ultra high resolution ultrasound trying to help a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome avoid carpal tunnel surgery when I thought to myself, this is pretty cool. I have a 1 inch tiny needle, the smallest caliber made in the US and I’m injecting our 3rd…read more Disc Replacement in a Teenager?
Is disc replacement in a teenager a good idea? Is fusion smart or dumb in this age group? This was the dilemma facing Analisa, a 20 year old young woman with a bad low back disc. In the end, she used advanced regenerative spine care to avoid both surgeries. Analisa had a painful disc at…read more
Hiking Knee Pain: Summiting 5 Peaks in 5 Hours
Can you summit 5 peaks in 5 hours with hiking knee pain? Chris is a local physical therapist who is “Boulder Active”- more on that later. He’s had a bevy of issues that face us all as we try to coax our aging bodies to do what we used to do. He’s a great example…read more
