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...
Every year we publish updates to our registry data on-line. This fall we’ll be continuing that trend, adding data from almost another 1,000 patients to the mix. This morning I’d like to go over the pain and functional data for patients treated with the Regenexx-SD...
Brendan Tow is a college football player that I’ve known since he was a kid. He was excited to get a college football scholarship several years ago, but that elation was soon cut short by his first and then second ACL injuries. We’ve been able to help Brendan through...
An open letter to Dr. Oz on Stem Cells for Knee ACL Injuries… We like Dr. Oz. He’s a master at educating patients, which strikes near and dear to my heart as someone who also believes that educating patients is the key to helping them recover. However, he recently...
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: 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...