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Bunion Removal without Surgery? Part 1-Is Removing a Bunion with Surgery a Dumb Idea?

Bunion Removal without Surgery? A bunion forms to stabilize a foot that pronates all the time. Removing the bunion surgically destabilizes the foot and turns it into a pronating machine! Don’t turn your foot into a pronating mess! See video above for details…

Ankle Stem Cell Injections: How Do Same Day vs. Cultured Stack Up?

Yesterday I compared how same day stem cells used for hand arthritis compared to cultured cells as a hand arthritis surgery alternative – the differences seemed stark for patients with severe thumb arthritis. How do ankle stem cell injections with a same day stem cell procedure (Regenexx-SD) compare to cultured cells? For this infographic  I took patients from…read more

Ankle Stem Cells: 2013 Regenexx Treatment Registry Data

Here is the 2013 download for results obtained via stem cell injection into ankle patients (with a few small foot joint patients included). Most of these patients had either moderate or severe main ankle joint arthritis, with many also having either lax ligaments and/or partial tendon tears. A few patients also had sub-talar arthritis. In…read more

Ankle Sprain Long Term Effects: If You’ve Had Ankle Sprains Be Careful-Arthritis is On the Way!

Everyone twists an ankle at some point, but have you ever wondered whether there are ankle sprain long term effects?  When I was a new doctor, I turned my ankle really badly while running. I literally limped a mile home that day and my ankle was never quite the same. For example, even lifting or carrying…read more

Does Running in those Strange Foot Glove Thingies Help?

You’ve probably seen people wearing those strange foot glove things with the rubber covered toes. Living in Boulder Colorado, we get these sports trends pretty early, so I’ve been staring at them for about 5 years it seems. At first, I immediately got the premise, barefoot is better, so why not take a minimalist approach…read more

Blind Ankle Injection: 1 in 4 Times a Physician isn’t Really Injecting the Ankle Joint

Have you had a blind ankle injection? I’ve blogged a few times on the fact that blind injections (injections without some form of guidance like fluoroscopy or ultrasound) have significant miss rates. In other words, the doctor thinks he’s injecting something inside the knee or ankle joint, but he’s missed the joint capsule (inside of the…read more

NBA Players Find that there is No Such Thing as Achilles Tendon Surgery Recovery-Why Are We Still Operating on Many Achilles Tendon Tears?

A recent study published this past week showed that NBA basketball players with an Achilles tendon tear rarely return to high level play despite arguably the best and most sophisticated surgical care on earth. Huh? I thought if anybody could engineer an Achilles tendon surgery recovery, it would be these guys. At the end of the…read more

Ankle Surgery Alternative: Using Interventional Orthopedics to Treat Cartilage and Bone Lesions without Surgery

You’re not going to see this ankle surgery alternative using interventional orthopedics anywhere else on earth (outside of select qualified Regenexx network providers). This patient  is a Cirque du Soleil performer with a nasty cartilage lesion in the tibial part (top) of the main ankle joint. She didn’t start out seeking an ankle surgery alternative. Instead,…read more
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