The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Placental “Stem Cells” and The State of Utah vs the FDA

There’s a battle brewing based on a new stem cell law that looks likely to pass in Utah. You can bet that this will result in the FDA getting involved and ignoring this new state law. It’s also reasonable to assume that this law will get quoted as the main ammunition to support that Utah…read more

Is Multiple Dose PRP to Treat Knee OA Cost Effective for Health Plan Coverage vs Single Dose?

As the CMO for Regenexx, it’s my job to thread the needle between access to ground-breaking interventional orthobiologics treatments via a self-funded health plan and wasting an employer’s money by authorizing care that we know doesn’t work or doesn’t work well enough compared to traditional surgery. This past year, I have been asked several times…read more

A Deep Dive into the Data Supporting the Use of Mfat in MSK Disorders

One of my day jobs is the Chief Medical Officer of Regenexx, hence I must know what’s been published on every possible technology we could use to help our patients. One of those is called MFat. What’s been published and how does that compare to technologies like PRP? Let’s dig in. What is MFat? MFat…read more

Can You Treat Thoracic Pain with Orthobiologics?

The thoracic spine lives between your neck (cervical spine) and lower back (lumbar spine). It’s where all of your ribs attach and it causes upper and mid back pain in lots of patients but is rarely treated. Why? Let’s dig into that today. Let me tell you a story from my practice that illustrates the…read more

The Explosion of the Regenexx Network and Corporate Program

I have stated many times that one of my career goals was to make interventional orthobiologics the standard of care for orthopedic injuries and problems. That’s a big boulder to push uphill that for me began in 2005. Two things that need to happen to make that goal real are to get people trained at…read more

An Exosome Sales Pitch: Separating Fact from Fiction

I often blog about what I see out there or what people send me. In this case, an exosome sales rep recently hit up a physician colleague. Let’s dive into what the rep wrote and said and debunk many of these claims. Sales Reps You can divide sales reps into two categories. The first is…read more