Cellular Orthopedics Blog
Stem Cells and Basic Science
Every week, I receive updates via brochures and journals concerning the clinical and basic science orthopedic research being done around the country at the various university medical centers. I like to read them to understand how Cellular Orthopedics is emerging and...
Insurance Corporate Medical Policy- Orthopedic Applications of Stem Cell Therapy
Description of Procedure or Service Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the capability to orchestrate cell differentiate into a variety of tissue types, including various musculoskeletal tissues. Potential uses of MSCs for orthopedic applications include treatment of...
Is a lower function score after a Cellular Orthopedic intervention because of your lumbar spine?
Although Orthobiologics and Cellular Orthopedic interventions generally result in excellent pain relief and return to or maintenance of a high degree of function, approximately 20 percent of patients have persistent functional deficits that affect their quality of...
Hamstring injuries and Regenerative Medicine
Hamstring muscle injuries — such as a "pulled hamstring" — occur frequently in athletes. They are especially common in athletes who participate in sports that require sprinting, such as track, soccer, and basketball. A pulled hamstring or strain is an injury to one or...
What’s ahead in Cellular Orthopedics for 2016
The Regenerative Medicine Menu Hydrocortisone Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Amniotic Fluid Concentrate (AFC) Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC) Regenexx-SD Procedure Simple Adipose Graft Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) The human body...
Accuracy, Ethics and Corrections
The last Blog posted in 2015 indicated that I wouldn’t look back; but after its posting, I received this correction form Dr Chris Centeno, arguably, the best informed Regenerative Medicine expert in the North America. “Mitch, The discussion of amniotic injections...
Final Blog of 2015
I won’t look back so let’s see what’s coming in 2016. The clinical Regenexx Knee Trial introduced in 2014 will start providing information here-to-for unavailable in Cellular Orthopedics. Many times in the last several years I had written about my observation that...
Realistic Patient Expectations
The December 2015, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, featured a Review Article titled Establishing Realistic Patient Expectations Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. The abstract begins with the following sentence “nearly 20% of patients are...
When deciding if you should undergo a stem cell procedure, it takes an office
To determine if your quality of life may be improved by a Cellular Orthopedic intervention, a look at an X-ray or MRI is not the answer; a physical examination or several assessments may be needed in addition to reviewing an image. In a Study: Hip pain and...
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Management of Inflammation in Osteoarthritis
The title of the Blog this week is taken from a review article appearing this month in The Journal of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage focused on reviewing the state of the art and perspectives, authored in Montpellier, France. As I have indicating over the past several...
Looking back on the pain of arthritis, Nah; Let’s look forward to pain relief with Stem Cells
The holiday season is here and along with it, the customary retrospectives and predictions. Here in Chicago, we could look back at the weather a week ago or look forward to the opening of the Western ski resorts and the new opening date of trout fishing in Wisconsin’s...
A Renewal of Body; a Renewal of Spirit
And Let us say Amen. You may not have noticed, but last Thursday, the weekly Blog I write was not posted; because I was off for a week with my two sons fishing the flats of Ascension Bay along the eastern cost of Mexico. While I practice Regenerative Medicine and...