The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Are Vitamins better than Statins for Heart Attack Prevention?
Nice article in Huff Post on how a new large study showed that high dose multi-vitamins helped reduce heart attack risk better than statin drugs. Regrettably, the study appears to have been done by researchers who seem to have ignored the sub-analysis. The paper brings up a bigger media attack led by university researchers on…read more
How Chronic Joint Inflammation is Causing Bad Stem Cell Mediated Cartilage Repair
An interesting paper illustrates how chronic joint inflammation can lead to problems with cartilage. In a normal joint your local stem cells constantly replace damaged cartilage by differentiating into more cartilage cells. In a chronically inflamed joint, this normal repair cycle is bad because of the chemicals associated with chronic inflammation. The article is very dense,…read more
Seeing Patients in Our Groundbreaking Shoulder Rotator Cuff Stem Cell Trial
I examined a patient yesterday in clinic for our shoulder rotator cuff stem cell trial. She was randomized to wait three months and has been engaged in home exercises for her full thickness rotator cuff tear. Since she still has issues with returning to full activity, she’s been cleared to get the actual stem cell…read more
Does Eating More Protein Build Bigger Muscles?
Protein drink manufacturers and coaches for eons have recommended eating more protein to weight lifters and athletes. However, making bigger muscles is a complex dance of biochemical reactions, so can we be sure that just throwing more protein into the mix will actually end up in making more muscle? In addition, as we age, muscles…read more
Chronic Knee Replacement Pain: 1/3 of the Time Knee Replacement Surgery Removes a Knee Joint that Isn’t Painful?
Chronic knee replacement pain? We’ve seen patients for years who report knee arthritis, but who likely don’t have pain coming from their knee joint. Huh? You think if you have knee arthritis on an x-ray you have to have knee pain? Not so much. In fact, the whole concept that even MRIs of the knee can…read more
While Sleep Apnea is Bad for You, Is it Good for Your Bone Stem Cells?
Sleep apnea caused by snoring is bad news. This means that you stop breathing while you sleep, dropping your oxygen levels and essentially starving your brain and body of their much needed O2. It’s been shown to be associated with everything from weight gain to diabetes to heart attacks to strokes. However, is it good…read more
