Sep 25, 2015 | exercise, growth factors, platelet rich plasma (PRP), Uncategorized |
Love it or hate it, exercise makes a significant impact on health. Exercising and maintaining proper weight have a lot to do with the chemical environment within our joints, but can exercise positively change the makeup of the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) used to treat...
Sep 25, 2015 | ACL, knee, Regenexx, Regenexx-ACL, Uncategorized |
Many patients who undergo knee surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear the surgical graft. Can a precise stem-cell injection under advanced-imaging guidance help such postoperative tears? This is the story of a college soccer player who found...
Sep 25, 2015 | knee, surgery, Uncategorized |
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of fat based on an individual’s height and weight. Based on simple physics, patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) put more physical stress on their knees. Depuy Orthopaedics, a manufacturer of knee-replacement prostheses, paid...
Sep 25, 2015 | knee, meniscus, structural model of pain, surgery, Uncategorized |
Arthroscopic knee surgery is an odd hybrid of old-school “cut it out” thinking paired with new technology. It caught on like wildfire in the 1980s because doctors and patients alike were attracted to the idea of eliminating the need for large incisions required for...
Sep 25, 2015 | biomechanics, neck, structural model of pain, Uncategorized |
If you have chronic neck pain, you’ve likely heard many different reasons about why your neck hurts—from tight muscles, to bulging discs, to neck bones that aren’t aligned. What’s causing the pain is only half the battle. The other half is figuring out why it hurts....
Sep 25, 2015 | ankle & foot, interventional orthopedics, knee, surgery, Uncategorized |
If you have an ankle injury and later develop knee pain, are the two connected? Regrettably, many doctors are not trained to think about biomechanics. There are reasons why so many doctors are clueless about how the body’s musculoskeletal system works. They receive...
