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What Does Tommy John Surgery Research Show?

What Does Tommy John Surgery Research Show?

Yesterday I was working out on an elliptical and watching the TV in the health club. A feature called ESPN Sports Science was on about Tommy John surgery in major league pitchers and kids. One of the more disturbing things was that the commentators were arguing back...

Regenexx Interventional Orthopedics Fellowship

Regenexx Interventional Orthopedics Fellowship

Reflecting On Interventional Orthopedics and Our Fellowship Last week, I spent a significant portion of the day working on the fifth generation of a device to accurately place stem cells into specific portions of the disc. This means working with a cadaver and testing...

Knee Replacement Pain

Knee Replacement Pain

Knee Replacement Pain: Why Are We Performing This Surgery? So you take the leap and get a knee replacement for severe arthritis. This is a huge surgery, so you expect that if you take that risk your knee will be pain free, right? Not so fast. There are a number of new...

Fish Oil Brand Matters

Fish Oil Brand Matters

Whether We like it or Not…Fish Oil Brand Matters I’ve blogged many times before that fish oil is really good stuff. The Omega 3 fatty acids it can supply can be helpful for arthritis and for heart disease and can counter the bad Omega 6 fatty acids in the American...

Is Disc Stem Cell Therapy for Real?

Is Disc Stem Cell Therapy for Real?

This morning that subject is disc stem cell therapy. Yesterday a patient on a discussion board about biologic orthopedics jumped in on a complex expert discussion of stem cells to treat low back discs. While it’s easy to assume that patients have a good understanding...