The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Statins Are More Business than Medicine
I always put my colleagues into two categories: Doctors and Businessmen. On the doctor side is someone who is first all about Medicine and on the Business side is a Physician who is more about Business than Medicine. Can we do the same with one of the most popular drug classes of all time? Let’s…read more
What Can a Huge Settlement Against A California Clinic Teach Us?
Can exaggerating your Clinical Outcomes get you in trouble? That’s what happened to a California “stem cell” clinic. So let’s review that today and what both patients and Providers can learn. What Just Happened? A clinic called “StemGenex” just paid a 3.65 million dollar settlement to the class action attorney who was suing them for…read more
Blogging from the Caymans Again after 2 Years!
For many years, every three months I would have a blog where I announced being down in the Caymans. However, due to the pandemic, I haven’t been down here in 2 years as of this month. So let’s dig into what Cayman is all about when it comes to Orthobiologics. Closed for Two Years? It…read more
Understanding Medical Risk Is a Key Life Skill
If there’s one thing that patients often fail to understand it’s Medical Risk. In fact, this plays out every day usually to the detriment of otherwise smart people. So let’s explore that topic this morning. Risk Is Everywhere We all get up each morning and most of us hop in a car at some point…read more
The Proper Use of Interventional Orthobiologics Requires Reading Your Own MRIs!
So much of what I do every day to help patients relies on three key skills. Today we’ll go over one of those or how to read MRI images and why that’s critical for a successful Interventional Orthobiologics practice. Let’s dig in. What Is Interventional Orthobiologics? Interventional Orthobiologics is the practice of injecting Orthobiologics into…read more
Treating Low Back Pain During and After Pregnancy
I’ve seen many patients after pregnancy who have chronic low back pain. In addition, low back pain during pregnancy can also be disabling. So what are the options for treatment? I’ll review that today and go over a recent patient that was treated by our Washington, DC Metro area Regenexx affiliate. Let’s dig in. Low…read more
