Stem Cells vs. PRP for Severe Shoulder Arthritis-Shoulder Replacement Alternatives?

Is Regenexx-SD a viable shoulder replacement alternative for the most severe shoulder arthritis patients? JW is a middle aged chiropractor from back east with a severe shoulder problem. The patient had been told for years that he desperately needed a shoulder replacement surgery if he wanted to continue to work. When his nephew (a local…read more

Another long-term Knee Stem Cell Follow-up

Another long-term knee stem cell follow-up…  DW is a 63 year old active runner who was first seen by us in early 2007 for moderate knee arthritis. His MRI showed lost cartilage, but without severe bone spurs (KL grade 3). He had a long standing knock kneed deformity (varus) with chronic inside knee pain which…read more

Helping a Patient with an Ankle Deltoid Ligament Injury

Ankle stem cell therapy? PR is a 65 year old with a one year history of an ankle problem injury by stepping off a curb. At the time, he felt severe pain on the inside of his ankle and the MRI a few months later demonstrated a swollen tendon. After being in ankle pain for about a…read more

Helping a Runner Run with Stem Cells

Helping a runner with knee stem cells…  JC is an active 66 year old runner who was seen by us at the end of May with a four year history of knee pain. He had an arthroscopic debridement in 2007 with a partial menisectomy (part of the meniscus removed) which helped for awhile, but the…read more

Hip Pain after a Hip Replacement: Helping a Patient with Blood Platelets and Stem Cells

Hip replacement pain after one year? ML is a 69 year old woman who we first evaluated in June and who now claims we have performed a “miracle”. I don’t know if I would use the same terms other than we were able to get to an accurate diagnosis of what was wrong. Prior to having a…read more

More Low Back Stem Cell Success

More low back stem cell success…  AE is a 36 year old white female who was first seen in Sept of 2009 with a 2.5 year history of back and leg pain (7/10 moderately severe pain).  Most importantly, she had failed physical therapy, IDET (a procedure where a catheter is inserted in the low back…read more

Featuring IronMan Joe Maroon and Regenexx in Max Sports and Fitness

Our patient, Joe Maroon, M.D., the IronMan Triathlete that used his own stem cells to get back to competition was just featured in Max Sports and Fitness (link to full article here). And while not every Regenexx patient will ever be able to be an IronMan Triathlete, Joe’s experience enabled him to get back to…read more

Two year Anniversary for Low Back Stem Cells

JS is a patient we treated two years ago with the Regenexx-C procedure which involved injecting his own cultured stem cells into his bulging low back disc. Before we tried this, he was being treated several times a year with epidural injections, which gave him some relief, but this was more of a stop gap…read more