The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.

Can Your Gut Bacteria Optimize Stem Cells? Can It Hurt Your Stem Cells?

Since yesterday’s blog focused on how industrial farming is killing off your good gut bacteria, does this factor into how to optimize stem cells for a treatment. I frankly didn’t know the answer to this question, as the science of gut microbiota (the good bacteria in your gut that’s now considered another organ of your…read more

Is Gluten Arthritis Hitting Your Joints? Could it be the Roundup in Your Industrial GMO Food?

Is the industrially produced food we eat making us sick because of a weed killer called Roundup and the gluten that comes from the GMO wheat designed to be resistant to it?  Gluten sensitivity has become an epidemic of late and oftentimes gluten arthritis, or joint pain is the first sign of a problem with…read more

Stem Cell Aging: Young Blood Makes Old Mice Young Again

Stem cell aging has been a hot research topic for years. I’ve blogged before on how old stem cells are rejuvenated by being exposed to the stuff of youth (a young tissue). Now a multi-university research team has shown through multiple experiments over many years that exposing old mice to the blood of young mice…read more

Find Your Own MUSE: What Are MUSE Stem Cells?

What are MUSE stem cells and why should you care? After all, you’ve heard of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells, so why should we all be excited about a whole new class of stem cells? Because MUSE stem cells are special and along with the adult stem cells we’ve known about. they help…read more

Biking after Knee Replacement? New Study Shows Half of Patients Use Pain Medications 1 Year after Surgery

You’ve seen the commercials, happy smiling faces and active people biking after knee replacement. Do People Take Pain Medication After Knee Replacement Surgery? Most of the patients I know believe that their knee replacement will be magical. A big surgery yes, but all of their problems will vanish once they recover from that surgery. Regrettably,…read more

More Colorado Regenexx Reviews: Upper Neck Pain and Headaches

This is one of the Colorado Regenexx reviews I really love. I first met AR in October of last year. She was a Colorado woman in her 50s who was an absolute mess-likely one of the lowest functioning patients I had ever seen. Her husband did the talking as she could barely communicate. Five weeks…read more