by Regenexx Des Moines | Apr 7, 2016 | acromioplasty, rotator cuff, shoulder, surgery, Uncategorized |
To chop a shoulder or not to chop a shoulder … that is the question. One of the big issues with rotator cuff surgery is the long recovery time spent in an immobilizer brace. Unfortunately, the more procedures a surgeon performs during the surgery (including the...
by Regenexx Des Moines | Mar 15, 2016 | ACL, knee, Regenexx, surgery, Uncategorized |
Want to know how to avoid knee surgery to repair your anterior cruciate (ACL) ligament? Use the power of your own stem cells. Madeline skipped surgery for her complete ACL tear and instead had her own cells precisely and carefully injected into her torn ligament. Six...
by Regenexx Des Moines | Mar 10, 2016 | knee, surgery, Uncategorized |
There are a number of television commercials for knee-replacement devices showing elderly and middle-aged people doing all sorts of crazy things. Even the names of these devices speak to the wonderful active life you’ll have—how about the “Get-Around Knee”? Let’s...
by Regenexx Des Moines | Mar 1, 2016 | knee, meniscus, surgery, Uncategorized |
The most common orthopedic surgery in the United States is performed on the knee meniscus. A level-1 study done in Finland and published in the February 2016 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that surgery done to repair a locking meniscus is no better...
by Regenexx Des Moines | Feb 18, 2016 | knee, meniscus, Regenexx, Regenexx SD+, surgery, Uncategorized |
Anyone who has taken a gander at knee-replacement pictures online knows that the procedure is not pretty. First there’s the demolition: The surgeon creates a long incision in the skin to access the knee joint and then amputates (or cuts out) all or part of the knee...
by Regenexx Des Moines | Feb 11, 2016 | elbow, platelet rich plasma (PRP), Regenexx, surgery, tennis elbow, Uncategorized |
The medical term for tennis elbow is lateral epicondylitis. The problem with this term is that it suggests swelling around the epicondyle, which is the bony bump you can feel on the outside of the elbow where many forearm muscles attach at their tendons. Numerous...