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Stem Cell Knee Procedures: Are They Worth It?
You can’t turn around these days without seeing an ad for miracle stem cell knee injections. However, these ads bring up many questions. Does stem cell therapy work for knees? Can stem cells repair knee cartilage? Is stem cell therapy for knees covered by insurance? How long does stem cell therapy last for knees? The…read more
Getting a Golfer Back on the Links with Stem Cells!
This is a great video about Mike, an avid golfer and a healthcare executive who underwent a Regenexx-SD knee stem cell procedure with Dr. Schultz. Mike says some interesting things about why many surgeons will dissuade you from trying stem cells before a knee replacement! Enjoy!
More Long-term Knee Stem Cell Follow-ups!
I recently blogged about a patient who had come in for a stem cell top-up at 7 years after her cultured knee stem cell injection. As a result of that post, I was contacted by two more patients – one on Facebook and the other on Instagram, both who gave a nice shout out at 5…read more
The 5-5-5 Knee Stem Cell Treatment: Hype or Reality?
Herman Cane became famous for his 9-9-9 plan during his presidential bid. Now there’s a new plan in the arena of stem cells brought to us by a reader of this blog, the 5-5-5 knee stem cell treatment. If you get a knee stem cell injection you’ll be pain free in 5 days, have full…read more
Does the Severity of Your Knee Arthritis Impact the Outcome of Your Regenexx-SD Knee Stem Cell Procedure?
Surprising New Knee Stem Cell Outcome Data Over the last almost decade that we have been offering stem cell treatments, we have graded patients with regard to candidacy. These Good, Fair, or Poor candidate grades have literally dissuaded hundreds of patients who were considered less than stellar candidates from undergoing the procedure. Several years ago,…read more
Our Dedication to Research: Long-term Follow-ups on Knee Stem Cell Patients
This past two weeks we’ve been shoring up our registry data collection on long-term patients treated with both the Regenexx-SD and -C knee stem cell procedures. Unlike the newbie clinics just starting to treat patients with stem cells, we have patients that are out 2 plus years up to 8 years out from treatment with…read more
Lateral Release Recovery: Do We Know this Knee Surgery Actually Works?
Why undergo lateral release recovery at all? If I had to create a list of bad knee surgeries just based on the hundreds of patients I’ve seen with failed knee surgeries, lateral release for knee cap tracking problems would be near the top of that list. Based on that experience, it’s another knee surgery with…read more
