The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Hip Arthroscopy Recovery? Unlikely If You’ve Lost Half of Your Hip Cartilage…

Hip arthroscopy has been all the rage lately. Many patients are getting offered this invasive surgery with various amounts of hip arthritis because their MRI shows evidence of impingement. Their focus is hip arthroscopy recovery, or a rapid return to their activities once they heal from surgery. However, a new paper published on registry data…read more

Hip Replacement Jogging: Will You be Able to Run After Your Hip Replacement?

One of the more common questions I get asked by patients is about hip replacement jogging or whether they can run again after a hip replacement. The answer is tough, as there’s not that much research. However, some new research out of Japan may help answer this question. The authors looked at 804 hips in 608…read more

Women’s Soccer ACL Prevention: Don’t Play During Ovulation?

Knee ACL injuries during women’s soccer are a national epidemic. We see women’s soccer patients every month who have shredded their ACL and invasive surgery is often planned. Is women’s soccer ACL prevention possible? It could be as simple as looking at the menstrual cycle. Researchers at Loma Linda University looked at 10 women and…read more

Orthopedics 2.0 Version 3 Sneak Peek! Take this New Stability Test to See Where You Need Work

Sorry I’ve been off from blogging for a few days. I needed a little break and then I began working on the third version of our practice’s e-book, Orthopedics 2.0. I should have this done over the holidays so that version 3 comes out early next year. The new book will continue the trend of…read more

Almost 2 Year Follow-up on Knee Stem Cells for a Physician with Knee Arthritis

I’ve blogged before on AL’s knee arthritis and his experience with knee stem cells. To review, in medical school he had his medial knee meniscus totally removed on both sides and now has severe arthritis and ACL tears. He was told he was a knee replacement candidate, but being a physician, he also knew this likely…read more

Should Your Lateral Meniscus Tear Recovery Include Surgery? Lateral Meniscus Tears don’t Cause Arthritis, but Surgery Might

When patients get a knee MRI and see they have a lateral meniscus tear, it rocks their world. Rather than a lateral meniscus tear surgery alternative, often the first thing they think of is surgery. After all, doesn’t surgery fix the tear? So why wouldn’t your lateral meniscus tear recovery plans include surgery? Because the…read more