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Knee Stem Cell Injections help a Mountaineer/Photographer return to Chasing Ice

Can knee stem cell injections keep a professional mountaineer who needs a knee replacement stay in the field without major surgery? Jim Balog is the kind of unique and gifted person you can meet in the unique city of Boulder, Colorado. He’s a mountaineer who also happened to be a photographer who used those two…read more

Helping a Woman’s Knee Arthritis with Stem Cells

Can a knee stem cell treatment help knee arthritis in an older woman who also has back problems? LN is a 60 year old woman with a two year history of knee pain on the left and a 10 year history on the right.  Because of this moderate to severe pain she avoided stairs, water aerobics, and spinning and had…read more

Does Having a Specialist Matter for Knee Stem Cell Injection Success?

Does stem cell knee experience matter? After all, stem cells are magic, right? I lectured at an age management conference in Florida this weekend and one of the other presenters lectured on a patient case. While the topic was age management medicine, her discussion with me is the impetus for this blog. She said that one of the doctors…read more

The Regenexx procedure to be featured on “The Doctors” TV Show Tomorrow

We’re proud to announce our appearance on “The Doctors” TV show this Wednesday morning  and afternoon (1/25/12-promo link here).  The show will feature Dr. Centeno and Hanson in the clinic and lab as well as Dr. Hanson (Dr. Centeno was in China for the studio taping) in their LA studio with patient Barbee James. Barbee had breaks in the cartilage and received the…read more

Helping a Runner’s Knee Arthritis with Stem Cells

How does knee stem cell therapy work in a runner?  JC is a 64 year old with a long history of mild intermittent knee pain which was limiting his activities and which caused him to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery in 2007. At the time things seemed to go well after surgery and he was able to return to…read more

Fat and Bone Marrow Stem Cells used to Treat Severe Knee Arthritis

GM is a 53 yo male with a 4-5 year history of bilateral knee pain. When we first evaluated him late last year, he had already tried medial unloader knee braces, which helped, but didn’t solve his problem. The patient’s MRI showed degenerative meniscus tears in the medial meniscus as well as very severe arthritis in the…read more

Stem Cell Mythbusters: Ads for Adipose Stem Cells in Joint Repair

Fat stem cell arthritis cure?  Stem Cell Mythbusters visits some recent web-based marketing material foucused on adipose stem cells for joint repair (knee, hip, ankle, shoulder arthritis) and found by one of my partners. Since we’ve treated more human joints with stem cells than any other clinic (of which we’re aware) we think we’re in…read more

Restoring Mobility to a Physician with Knee Arthritis using Stem Cells

AL is a 61 year old physician who had knee surgery while in medical school with increasing knee pain over the past few years. His prior knee surgery had removed the better part of the inside (medial) meniscus, leaving no protection for that joint cartilage. His MRI showed arthritis on the inside of the knee and a…read more
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