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Orthopedic Telemedicine
At Regenexx, our commitment is to the health and safety of our patients. This is why we have launched a telemedicine program that delivers the same high quality of an in-person visit while following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) social distancing guidelines to reduce the risk of exposure to coronavirus. You can…
A Minimally Invasive Disc Replacement? Should We Police the Use of the Term?
By Chris Centeno, MDThis week I noticed a surgical sales rep on LinkedIn use the term “minimally invasive” when describing a disc replacement. I was dumbfounded as there is nothing minimally invasive about inserting a metal hockey puck in the front of a patient’s spine. This bizarre marketing ploy fits with what I have seen elsewhere: the abuse of the…
Ankle Sprain Long Term Effects: If You’ve Had Ankle Sprains Be Careful-Arthritis is On the Way!
By Chris Centeno, MDEveryone twists an ankle at some point, but have you ever wondered whether there are ankle sprain long term effects? When I was a new doctor, I turned my ankle really badly while running. I literally limped a mile home that day and my ankle was never quite the same. For example, even lifting or carrying…
Long Term Effects of ACL Reconstruction Surgery: The Procedure Destroys the Normal Wiring of the Knee
By Chris Centeno, MDWe tend to take for granted that our bodies are finely tuned machines and complex neural circuitry allows them to do the amazing things we’re designed to do. A 2011 study shows that these essential circuits are first messed up by an ACL injury, and then by the long-term effects of ACL reconstruction surgery. What…
Stem Cell Recruitment Therapy?
By Chris Centeno, MDOne of the new trends I see out there is that amniotic products are now being branded as stem cell recruitment therapy. Today we’ll explore the concept and the company that has trademarked that term and a website involved with an ex-chiropractor previously accused of Medicare fraud. Let’s dig in. The Genesis of the Term…
Stem Cell Therapy Near Me?
By Chris Centeno, MDLots of patients are performing the Google search stem cell therapy near me. However, this is a search with some peril for uneducated patients. Why? One of the hardest things for patients to understand is that the level of knowledge of >90% of the physicians and other providers out there offering stem cell treatments is…
A Search for Stem Cells Low Back: Can Stem Cells Increase Disc Height?
By Chris Centeno, MDA search under the term “stem cells low back” will turn up many studies that can seem to be able to regenerate worn out low back discs with stem cells. Does this work? If you believe a recent meta-analysis of 6 animal studies all it takes to restore a bad disc is a stem cell…
Making Progress on Back Pain: No Stem Cells Required
By Chris Centeno, MDDr. Centeno discusses how a patient with back pain was treated without stem cells using advanced platelet procedures.
Stem Cells and Cancer-Buyer Beware
By Chris Centeno, MDInteresting study in the PLOS Medicine this am on an Israeli boy who has a benign brain tumor from donor derived fetal stem cells. For a less technical version of the story, see yahoo news. I have been asked by many people via e-mail if we would consider treating any number of horrible diseases. Since we…
Is an Amniotic Stem Cell Treatment Really Just a Baby Piss Shot?
By Chris Centeno, MDA few weeks ago, a Colorado Regenexx provider had a funny story to tell about amniotic stem cell treatment. He had told an OB-GYN colleague about some of the crazy claims being made by medical providers that amniotic fluid contained live stem cells. What the doctor told him next will make you both laugh and…
IMAC Regeneration Centers Review
By Chris Centeno, MDDr. Centeno reviews the IMAC Regeneration Centers.
The More Low Back Levels You Have Fused the More Likely You Are to Need More Fusion
By Chris Centeno, MDSometimes medicine isn’t rocket science, but common sense. Take for example the idea that the more levels in a low back you fuse, the more damage can be done over time to surrounding structures. You don’t need an MD or a PhD to see that this makes intuitive sense. However, despite this, we’re seeing surgeons…
Nerve Regeneration – The Future Doesn’t Involve Surgery
By Chris Centeno, MDRegenexx first began treating injured nerves using orthobiologics delivered via ultrasound guidance in 2012. However, the concept that a precise injection can help nerve regeneration was so revolutionary that we were reluctant to really shout it from the roof tops until we had enough experience under our belt to be sure that it was working. After a few years of…
My Requested Review on Stem Cell Supplement Cyplexinol…
By Chris Centeno, MDI was asked yesterday on twitter by @BrandingJane to review Cyplexinol, a “stem cell activator”. I had some comments I posted on twitter, but here’s the full review. This is a timely request, as it seems like many supplements have begun to brand themselves as stem cell activators. First, what is Cyplexinol? It’s a partial hydrolyzed…
