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Treating Severe Ankle Arthritis with Regenexx-SD
We’re hard on ourselves. Based on the almost 10,000 Regenexx-SD treated patients on whom we’ve tracked and recorded outcomes, we have noted several trends. Based on that data, we often tell patients that they’re not great candidates for this type of procedure. Sometimes they prove us wrong. The video above was sent by a patient…read more
Ankle Sore After Walking? What’s Wrong and How to Fix It
On this page: Ankle anatomy Why does my ankle hurt when I walk? What is ankle instability? How do you treat ankle instability? Our ankles have a big job to do, carrying around the weight of our entire body, certainly more than other weight-bearing joints, like our hips and knees. If everything is normal in…read more
Is Playing on a Sprained Ankle Safe?
On this page: What is an ankle sprain? What is joint instability? What happens if you play on a sprained ankle? How can a doctor tell if you have an unstable ankle? How can you treat these lax ankle ligaments? I can’t tell you how many trashed ankles we have seen through the years because the…read more
How to Heal a Torn Tendon Naturally: The Type of Tear Matters
On this page: What is a tendon or ligament made of? What are the types of tendon and tears? A patient story The patient’s MRI above is from clinic yesterday. It’s of an ankle tendon, but it might as well be a shoulder, knee, or hip tendon or ligament. The problem was that this patient…read more
A New Ankle Surgery Alternative Interventional Orthopedics Style…
Knees and hips seem to be on everyone’s minds these days, but surgical alternatives are equally important for all joints. Interestingly, especially for ankles, as they carry the weight of those knees and hips and backs and shoulders and necks, and everything else above them. This is the story of unsuccessful and damaging surgeries, and…read more
Gastrocnemius Recession Recovery? Do NOT Get This Procedure
I spoke to a patient on the phone this week who told me he had a gastrocnemius recession surgery for heel pain. Huh? This is a surgery that involves lengthening the calf muscle for a tight calf, which is like saying your car pulls to the left when you drive so we should lengthen the left axle.…read more
Gymnast Foot Problems: Could It Be Your Back?
At Regenexx, our focus is always treating the whole athlete. One of the unfortunate things that happens in our modern world of orthopedic hyper-specialists is that injured athletes are broken down into their parts that hurt. The knee guy sees someone with knee pain, the foot and ankle specialist sees someone with foot pain, and…read more
