The Centeno-Schultz Blog

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PRP Injection Didn’t Help? Is All PRP Created Equal?

The use of platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is becoming increasingly common in more medical practices. So much so that we’re beginning to see treatment failures where a PRP injection didn’t help. Why? One reason is that all PRP isn’t created equal. In fact, there are really big disparities, yet most patients don’t understand these stark … Continued

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Goodbye from Grand Cayman!

Above you’ll see a compilation of sunsets from this past two weeks from Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Today I’m headed back home to our Colorado HQ and wanted to share these images and some interesting things from this trip. A Patient Restored from the Brink of Disaster As I’ve blogged, I got to … Continued

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Obesity Genes Don’t Mean You’re Doomed To A Fat Life

Thanksgiving has come and gone for yet another year, though you’ll probably be shuffling those leftovers in and out of your fridge for a few more days, and we’ve officially entered the holiday season. For many of us, that means indulging to excess in all kinds of delectable holiday foods for the next five or … Continued

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Amazing! This Is What 20 Million Real Stem Cells Look Like!

This is Dr. Centeno. I’ll be guest blogging at the Centeno-Schultz website for a while due to upgrades we’re making to the Regenexx blog. Right now, I’m down in Grand Cayman at our licensed, advanced culture-expansion site. This morning, while performing a stem cell injection, it occurred to me that the average patient, and just … Continued

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How Effective Is Meniscus Surgery? A Review

The meniscus is a fibrocartilage cushion between the femur and tibia that serves as a shock absorber. Each knee has both a medial and lateral meniscus. Meniscus surgery, like so many other surgeries, have been the go-to, even when there are far better options available. Each meniscus has three distinct parts: anterior horn, posterior horn, … Continued

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Dumb Surgery Alert: Biceps Tenodesis

We’ve added yet another surgery to our dumb-surgeries list here at the clinic. You’d think after all these years, the crazy surgeries patients come to us after having endured wouldn’t still shock us. Unfortunately, however, we still seem to be thinking, They did what to you? a bit too often when these patients are explaining … Continued

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Regenexx Grand Cayman Advanced Cell-Culture Facility Gets an Upgrade

Dr. Centeno is currently on his two-week stint treating some of his patients at the Regenexx Cayman facility (something he does a few times a year), so we thought this would be a good time to update you on this licensed and advanced cell-culture site and its state-of-the-art lab. This summer, the facility moved and … Continued

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Is There a Problem with the Placebo Effect?

In the world of scientific and medical research, the placebo is the foundation of evidence. Used as a measurement against actual treatments and procedures, it has the power to prove and disprove, to support and hinder, to steer medicine in one direction or the other. Study participants’ responses to a placebo is the placebo effect, … Continued

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Got Thumb Pain? PRP Is Superior to Steroids

Thumb pain can be debilitating, compromising one’s ability to perform the easiest of tasks. The pain can be unrelenting at times and compromise the competitive edge we all seek. Let’s review what the thumb joint is and treatment options. Understanding Thumb Anatomy There are five different types of bones in the hand, which is illustrated … Continued

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Learning the Right Way to Squat Protects Your Kneecap

Kneecap pain can be a symptom of a variety of issues (see infographic below—click to enlarge), and one of those is pressure in the quadriceps muscle. Kneecap arthritis can also be caused by many different issues, and one of those is excess pressure on both the quadriceps muscle and the kneecap. One way to reduce … Continued

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