The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Arthritis Knee Supplements: Updated Research on Glucosamine and Chondroitin
As arthritis knee supplements, Glucosamine and Chondroitin are old mainstays. There’s more clinical research on these two arthritis supplements than on any other joint health focused ingredient. What does the research say? On the good side, studies that focus on increasing function and sensitive objective measures of cartilage loss generally show that they work well.…read more
ACL Injury Causes: Girls Who Lack Knee Control are 15X More Likely to Injure Their Knee ACL Ligaments
What are common ACL injury causes? Well, if you’re a female athlete, two big studies published this past month agree on the cause – lack of knee control in landing. More specifically, too much inward movement of the knee while landing. I blogged on the first knee ACL injury study a few weeks ago. It…read more
What is the ITB? Why is Your ITB Always Tight?
What is the ITB? It’s a structure at the side of the hip that connects the side of your hip to your knee. It’s also one of those abbreviations medical doctors, chiropractors, and physical therapists use when someone has chronic pain at the side of the hip or from the side of the hip down…read more
What is Bitter Melon? Why Should I Care?
I asked myself, “What is bitter melon?” when one of our lab Ph.D.’s proposed it as part of a supplement that might help stem cells. Could this be a real thing? Was it a regular melon that was just bitter, or something else? While we ultimately picked it from a larger group of supplements we…read more
Shoulder Steroid Injection: New Research Shows Why This is a Really Bad Idea
There have been a bevy of studies this past year on how patients who get steroid injections for tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis are worse in the long-term. While these steroid shots are a mainstay of treatment, they are also very hard on tissue. It’s therefore no surprise that a new study just published continues…read more
How Does a Knee Arthritis Supplement Stack Up Against NSAID Drugs Like Motrin?
How does a Knee Arthritis Supplement Stack Up Against NSAID Drugs Like Motrin? This past week an important study was published that demonstrated that Curcumin was as effective as Ibuprofen (Motrin) for improving pain and function in knee arthritis suffers. This was not a slouchy study, instead it was a multi-center, randomized controlled trial with almost…read more
