The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Regenexx Patient Reviews: Great Comments from a Patient on our Wonderful Staff!

Regenexx Patient Reviews, this one about one of our incredible staff members… Every once in awhile I get an unsolicited e-mail. Here’s one on our Regenexx intake coordinator, Jessica. If you have a Regenexx procedure, she’s your point person. I frequently walk by her office and hear nothing but patience and kindness when she’s dealing with…read more

Why that Huge Bottle of Cheap Fish Oil You Buy at Costco isn’t Doing You Any Good

Ever since researchers noted that native Eskimos were quite stout and yet didn’t have many of the chronic diseases of industrialized society, fish oil has been in the research pipeline. The results of 20 years of publications, on balance, point to fish oil having big health benefits (helping with everything from cardiac disease to knee…read more

Rotator Cuff Surgery Recovery: Adding in Stem Cells to Surgery Dramatically Improves Healing

Is there anyway to improve rotator cuff surgery recovery? Several studies have shown rather high retear or non-healing rates when shoulder rotator cuff tears are surgically repaired. Now a new study shows that adding in stem cells can help to heal these tears more completely. Rotator cuff tears are a big problem as we age.…read more

Can 20 Mule Team Borax Help Your Arthritis? Can it Be Used as a Supplement to Help Stem Cells?

This week one our physicians spoke to a patient who swore that Borax (yes the household cleaner) helps his knee arthritis. Prior to that, one of our network physicians sent me a new controlled trial showing an ingredient in Borax (Boron) helped knee arthritis patients when given as a supplement. What gives? Can Borax help…read more

New Study Suggests Stem Cell Doping in Bodybuilding or Sports is on the Horizon…

What do stem cells have to do with body building? Turns out quite a bit. According to a new paper, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injected into muscles followed by eccentric exercise will make muscle cells more numerous and bigger. Mesenchymal stem cells and other adult stem cells live throughout your body in nearly every tissue.…read more

Algae use Quantum Computing to Be More Efficient: Implications for Stem Cells

I don’t usually blog about algae, but I read a study recently that simply blew me away. Basically, certain forms of algae that live in light poor environments use the same techniques currently being used in quantum computers to squeeze every last ounce of energy from that light for photosynthesis. With a single paper, the…read more