The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Medicare Finally Handcuffs the Birth Tissue Scammers

It’s taken several years of tracking the great birth tissue scam to see it finally come to some conclusion. When we last left off, the scammers who tried to get Medicare reimbursement for things like Wharton’s Jelly to treat knee arthritis had hit a serious snag. Now that little problem has turned into a massive…read more

Are Umbilical Cord “Stem Cells” a Thing?

Let’s say you’re in a US clinic and someone offers you stem cells from Wharton’s Jelly? Is that for real or fiction? Based on the existing research, it’s not real. While Wharton’s Jelly is a component of an umbilical cord that can contain stem cells, the US products being sold to clinics do not have…read more

PRP Is an Exosome Treatment

Exosomes are all the rage these days. The problem is that exosomes are yet another fake treatment as most of the products being used are just amniotic fluid thrown into a centrifuge. What is amniotic fluid? Mostly baby urine. We also have very little evidence that these exosome products do anything for anybody. Compare that…read more

How Much Blood Should Be Drawn to Make PRP?

We often see patients who tell us they had a PRP shot that didn’t work. When I ask how much blood was drawn, they tell me a few tubes, which isn’t enough to make a high-quality PRP. Hence, these patients never had real PRP, but dilute plasma containing some platelets. Why does this happen? The…read more

How Would You Know If You Got a High or Low Quality BMC Procedure?

A bone marrow concentrate procedure or BMC contains the patient’s stem cells. However, how the doctor performs this procedure either means high or low stem cell numbers. At Regenexx we deal with these variables to ensure you’re getting a high-quality procedure. If you’re outside of the Regenexx network, how would you know?

2024 Regenexx Infographics

For the new year, I wanted to post a series of infographics that I have been creating. These are very focused on helping patients either understand high from low-quality orthobiologics offerings or help them make key decisions like whether they should get surgery or an invasive procedure versus a precise, guided orthobiologic injection instead. Each…read more