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Of Hip Stem Cells, YouTube Videos, and Hype…
Hip Stem Cells… Are hip stem cells magic? I’ve been embroiled this past few weeks in a monumental project that is the Regenexx 2013 stem cell registry download. I think our poor bio statistician cringes every time he sees me bounding around the corner headed for his office! It’s a massive job, taking 30+ hours…read more
2013 Hip Arthritis Registry Download
Here is the annual download of patients treated for hip arthritis from our advanced treatment registry. For many years, I have blogged that we believe as clinicians that hip arthritis patients tend to under-perform knee arthritis patients when it comes to stem cells. This year’s data continues to show this trend. Our research is also…read more
Regenexx-SD Stem Cell Knee and Hip Replacement Alternative Data vs Surgery
How does the Regenexx-SD Stem Cell Knee and Hip Replacement Alternative stack up to knee and hip replacement surgery? As you may recall, I blogged a while back on the new data collected by orthopedic surgeon and Chicago Regenexx network provider, Mitch Sheinkop, M.D. He compared his knee and hip replacement patients from 2007 with…read more
New Knee and Hip Stem Cell Data Presented at LA Conference Today
Dr. Centeno and Dr. Sheinkop (Chicago Regenexx Network provider) will be presenting new knee and hip stem cell data today at the LA Orthobiologic Conference. While Dr. Centeno will present lab data on how local anesthetics and hormone supplementation impact stem cells (this is likely of more interest to doctors who perform stem cell procedures),…read more
New Study: Only Half of those with Arthritis Reported Significant Improvement After a Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
Knee or hip replacement surgery recovery-how far will you get? As I have blogged many times, most patients believe that getting a hip or knee replacement is like going in to get a new part put into their car. This is not the case, as hip and knee replacement surgeries are big and invasive affairs. For example,…read more
Helping a Dancer with Hip Pain Avoid Hip Labrum Surgery
Can a platelet shot act as a hip labrum surgery alternative? I’ve blogged before about what I call “Hip Labrum Mania“. By this I mean the sudden increase in popularity of hip labrum surgery based on tears or impingement (FAI or CAM) seen on MRI. In our experience, few hip labrum tears or impingements are the cause…read more
Helping Hip Arthritis with Stem cells
TB was a 53 year old woman who was first seen in our clinic by Dr. Hanson in October of 2011. She had worsening right greater than left hip and groin pain due to arthritis that had further progressed the last year. She had trouble sitting and moving her leg outwards and was told that we…read more
