Mar 29, 2016 | arthritis, back, headache, knee, neck, Uncategorized |
Trudy visited a Regenexx doctor to get off migraine medications, as well as other medications that she was taking for her neck, back, shoulders, and knees. She could only stand for five minutes at a time. She aspired to return to one of her favorite pastimes of riding...
Mar 24, 2016 | arthritis, heart disease, Uncategorized |
Are arthritis and heart disease related? Several studies show that they are, including a study published October 13, 2015, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Why do these two conditions seem to go hand in hand? If you suffer from arthritis, should you...
Jan 11, 2016 | arthritis, inflammation, supplements, Uncategorized |
Can CoQ10 help arthritis? Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a supplement that most people associate with protection from heart disease. A study published September 2, 2015, by Archives of Medical Research suggests that it may help in inflammatory arthritis. In particular, in a...
Jan 11, 2016 | arthritis, growth factors, stem cells, Uncategorized |
Patients often are led to believe that a stem-cell injection used to treat moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis has the expectation of growing large amounts of new cartilage. This usually is not the case, but despite this many patients get prolonged relief. To...
Jan 7, 2016 | arthritis, diabetes, pharmaceuticals, Uncategorized |
Diabetes and osteoarthritis have long been bedfellows. Statistically, people who have been diagnosed with diabetes have twice the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis. The FDA recently issued an urgent warning that diabetics taking a whole class of diabetic...
Dec 10, 2015 | arthritis, nerves, structural model of pain, surgery, Uncategorized |
Yet another study proves—yet again—that osteoarthritis pain is not related to structure. At issue here is the orthopedic paradigm that pain is related to structure; that MRI findings like meniscus tears and cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis are the cause...
