Aug 10, 2015 | ankle & foot, platelet rich plasma (PRP), Regenexx SCP, Uncategorized |
Like all things, research can be smartly constructed or just plain dumb. A recent study of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) used to treat ankle sprains falls into the latter category. The platelets in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) come from whole blood and are concentrated in...
Aug 7, 2015 | ankle & foot, arthritis, surgery, Uncategorized |
Patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the ankle traditionally are told that their only hope is an ankle fusion. Since 2006, injections of the patient’s own stem cells have allowed many to avoid surgery and to recover ankle function with minimal pain. Research...
Aug 7, 2015 | athlete, interventional orthopedics, knee, neck, Regenexx PL-Disc, Uncategorized |
Josh is an active guy with a dream who was being held back by injury but was able to push through with the help of interventional orthopedic medicine. A 34-year-old firefighter who had knee pain and neck pain, Josh first injured his knee approximately three years ago....
Aug 7, 2015 | elbow, surgery, Uncategorized |
Tommy John surgery is known in medical practice as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction and is common among athletes. The procedure was first performed in 1974, and is named after the first baseball player to undergo the surgery, major league pitcher Tommy...
Aug 7, 2015 | ankle & foot, interventional orthopedics, Regenexx SD+, surgery, Uncategorized |
Interventional orthopedics allows doctors to use exacting injection techniques to replace invasive surgeries with innovative and less invasive procedures. The patient was a Cirque du Soleil performer with a nasty cartilage lesion in the tibial (top) part of her main...
