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What Stem Cell Types are Doctors Using to Treat Orthopedic Conditions?
While it may come as a surprise to you, a stem cell from fat doesn’t equal a stem cell from bone marrow when it comes to repairing or helping orthopedic problems. So what stem cell types for orthopedics are best? Despite what you may think, the source of the stem cells is a big deal.…read more
Orthopedic Stem Cell Infographic
Introducing the Orthopedic Stem Cell Infographic. Since there’s still an awful lot of confusion out there about the use of various types of stem cells in orthopedics, so in keeping with my trend toward infographics for the new version of Orthopedics 2.0, it’s time for a good visual summary. As usual, click on the picture to…read more
How Important is Joint Stability?
How important is joint stability? The answer to that is a stable joint is a happy joint. Yet so many patients come to us with unstable joints that aren’t unstable enough to warrant surgery, but they are unstable enough to fry their joints over time. Understanding instability and how it might impact you is a key component…read more
The SANS Approach
As you may have seen on this blog, the Orthopedics 2.0 book is being rewritten to feature new content and new infographics. The SANS acronym was in the first book and stood for Stability, Articulation (joint), Neuromuscular, and Asymmetry. For the new book this has been reorganized into a slightly different acronym meaning the same…read more
Common Causes of Chronic Knee Pain Infographic
Knee pain, like hip pain can come from many things. All too often a quick MRI is taken and without much work-up or due diligence, a patient is told that they need surgery based on some finding. Again, we often see these patients after the fact, many still with the same or similar knee pain.…read more
Common Causes of Chronic Hip Pain Infographic
I’ve blogged before that many patients with chronic pain in the hip don’t have pain coming from the hip joint, but elsewhere. For example, hip pain can be caused by irritated nerves in the low back, an SI joint problem, muscle trigger points, or arthritis in the hip. The concern is that after seeing something on a hip MRI and before…read more
Infographic on Patellofemoral Treatment
Infographic on Patellofemoral Treatment Could Save your Knee What better to follow an infographic on the causes of patellofemoral syndrome than an infographic on patellofemoral treatment? This one goes over most of the treatment we would consider, so it provides a survey of the Orthopedics 2.0 approach for this condition. This doesn’t mean that in…read more
