The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Why I Avoid Drug Reps in My Office Like the Plague
There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t see them lurking near our medication samples closet, but I walk by at double step and haven’t talked to one in many years. They are drug reps, a fixture of modern medicine. The last one I spoke to was from the maker of Oxycontin and it wasn’t…read more
Do You Know Someone with Sciatica due to a Bulging Disc? Are You a Candidate for our PL-Disc Study?
Right now we’re sponsoring a trio of randomized controlled trials. One of those is the Regenexx PL-Disc Trial. This has already been shown to be better than an epidural steroid injection based on our registry data collected while patients were being treated and countless patients helped, but performing a blinded randomized controlled trial is the…read more
Knee Replacement Recovery: Lots of Persistent Pain in Knee and Hip Replacement Patients
The Reality of Knee Replacement Recovery What does the reality of knee replacement recovery look like? Most patients I meet when discussing a knee replacement believe that the vast majority of their pain will go away after a knee replacement. So what’s reality? Regrettably, we haven’t had good research showing how patients fare after knee replacement.…read more
New Regenexx Advanced Stem Cell Research Lab
This morning I’m posting a video blog. Our Colorado practice just opened a new wing where we’ve placed the Regenexx Advanced Research Lab. This is separate from the large clean room where we process our patient’s stem cells. This new lab is devoted to research only. What do we research? How to improve the stem…read more
Updated Fat Stem Cell Infographic
It’s been a while since I originally published this infographic, which showed all of the medical literature published in the world of bone marrow versus fat stem cells. Since then there’s been an explosion of clinics offering fat stem cells and no shortage of physicians running weekend courses to teach these doctors. I would estimate…read more
Hamstring Roller? It’s Not Your Hamstrings but Your Back…
I was at the gym last week watching people use a hamstring roller. What’s that? It’s a foam roller used to roll out and massage tight hamstring muscles. The problem is that according to one study, it didn’t work. Why? I’d like to explain by using myself as an example. My back has been a…read more 
