The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Low Back Disc Bulge Failure
It’s always good to report both your successes and failures. I’ve reported on various treatment failures many times before on the blog (here, here, here, and here for example). Talking about both sides of this coin is helpful for patients trying to make treatment decisions. KB was 39 when he was seen by Dr. Schultz…read more
Houston We Have a New Ligament: Does the Newly Discovered ALL Ligament Explain Why Some ACL Injuries Can’t Be Fixed?
The ALL Ligament! No single phrase better defines the excitement of my childhood than, “Houston, the Eagle has landed…” Being a kid of the space race age, this was its apogee. I felt like a little kid this this week as I saw a new knee ligament discovered for the first time in more than…read more
Mom Was Right About Milk and Bones: New Studies Show Your Bones Control Everything from Your Sex Drive to Your Blood Sugar?
We think of bones as inanimate cement, supporting our body. In fact, it’s still this wrong impression of bone as structure only that infects modern orthopedic surgery. For example, as I’ve blogged before, bone is living tissue that reacts. So many bone spurs are evidence that your body is trying to fix itself rather than…read more
More Issues Mount with Stem Cell Drugs: Another Paper Showing Someone Else’s Stem Cells Activate Your Immune System in a Bad Way
The entire stem cell pharma drug industry is based on a key point sold to investors by companies pursuing the holy grail of stem cells in a vial. While transplanting a kidney or a heart would require tissue matching and very dangerous long-term use of anti-rejection drugs, getting someone else’s stem cells shouldn’t require any…read more
My Back Gets Tight When Running, What Does this Mean?
What does it mean when your back gets tight when running? I’m travelling this weekend and my back has been tight these past few days. I know why, but I thought my readers might enjoy learning why my back is tight and why their back may get tight with running. As I’ve blogged before, the…read more
What happens to the Stem Cells when you Get Someone Else’s Cells?
I’ve blogged before on the problems with allogeneic stem cells. While this is the preferred Pharma business model for stem cells because it allows cells to be mass manufactured and distributed like drugs, is it a good idea? First, while it’s been hyped that donor stem cells aren’t rejected like someone else’s heart or kidney,…read more
