The Centeno-Schultz Blog

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Watch Dr. Pitts Perform a Disc Treatment Using Stem Cells

Today, we invite you into one of our interventional orthopedics procedure suites. Dr. Pitts will be performing an advanced image-guided stem cell injection into an L4–5 disc to treat a patient with an annular tear and low back pain. Watch the video below, and you can also review terminology and equipment in this post below … Continued

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Cervical Fusion for Left Occipital Pain? No Joke

Some proposed surgeries are extreme and make little sense. For example, cervical fusion from the base of the skull to the lower cervical vertebrae. Patients lives are forever changed with devastating and oftentimes tragic consequences. This week in clinic, I was completely taken off guard and stunned by a proposed neck surgery by a local … Continued

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Athlete Opts for Stem Cell Procedure to Avoid ACL Surgery

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are devastating injuries impacting one’s function, level of activity, and confidence. ACL surgery, to address those tears, is fraught with multiple issues, including the following: There is an increased incidence of knee arthritis in teens by the time they are in their thirties. The native ACL with two bundles is … Continued

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Tony’s ProActive Story: The Secret to Highly Active Aging

Tony is perhaps one of our most inspiring ongoing treatment success stories. Tony first came to us a few years ago with a shoulder injury he got “on the rings” (we’ll explain in a moment). Tony has continued to come to us regularly with minor issues he wants us to address before they become great … Continued

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Let’s Talk About Candidacy Grading for Stem Cell Treatment

There are so many differences between real interventional orthopedic clinics offering stem cell treatments and those other clinics, such as the chiropractic clinics, that push amniotic stem cells, which we know are just scams. One of those major differences is candidacy grading for stem cell treatment, which we’re going to talk about today. What Is … Continued

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Walking the Walk in Grand Cayman

Like all physicians at the Centeno-Schultz Clinic, I have the opportunity to rotate down to the Grand Cayman Clinic three times a year. The Regenexx Cayman Clinic is unique in that it affords the physician the ability to use culture-expanded stem cells in addition to platelet and same-day stem cell treatments. Culture-expanded stem cell treatments … Continued

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Cervical Joint Degeneration Dramatically Improves After Stem Cell Treatment

We spend a lot of time looking at MRIs both before and after stem cell treatments. We’ve seen some fascinating improvements that exceed expectations, some MRIs that really didn’t change much, and everything in between. Today, we’re going to review a truly dramatic improvement seen on the MRI of a patient who had a cervical … Continued

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Five Things You Need to Know About the Perc-ACLR Procedure

Another day at Centeno-Schultz Clinic, and yet another MRI of a patient’s ACL that was destined for surgery…before the patient made his way to us. Thanks to our perc-ACLR procedure, an ultraprecise image-guided stem cell injection, his damaged ACL is healing. And it was accomplished without having to cut out this critical ligament, in fact, … Continued

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Keep Your Good Gut Bacteria Happy with Regular Exercise

It’s unlikely this is the first time you’re reading about the “good” gut bacteria; it’s probably been the hottest topic in health and medicine over the past few years. Why? More and more studies are linking so much of our health and so many diseases to the condition of our microbiome (our gut environment). So … Continued

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Boost Your Brain with Just 10 Minutes of Exercise

We’ve all experienced it—that midday drag when our tired, overloaded brain just shuts down. With deadlines, no doubt, looming and beating our head against our desk and chasing it with yet another cup of Joe doing nothing to jumpstart our brain back to life, it can send us into a bit of a panic. But … Continued

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