I posted previously but decided I could almost post daily....if only I have the time to do so. It has been almost 3 months since my procedures. I worked outside all day yesterday and was exhausted, however as I was complaining to my husband that my legs, feet and hips were way overworked, then suddenly realized that was all true, but my knees did not hurt at all. So Blessed!!! When I am done cleaning dog poop and my Great Pyrenees is huge and so are his remains-----I always tried to check my shoes before coming in and that was a huge challenge as I could not bend my knees to look at the bottom of either shoe and in trying to do so always caused a painful problem. Well, no more, I can bend my knees to check my shoes with no pain, no problem. I could go on and on, each day I am excited with my progress. And yes, there are days that all does not feel great so I use my infarred heating pad and in a few days, all is back to being good. I would do this again in a minute!!! read more

RAPS earned one star on this review because I was categorically lied to, not because the procedure did not achieve the desired results. The desired result was the partial or complete healing of two torn meniscuses and the elimination of pain. Cheating on an exam results in complete failure, and intentionally lying to a patient results in a completely failing grade here. I went to RAPS for a consultation with Doctor Adelsheimer regarding my knee problem in the first half of 2014. He said I was a good candidate but was understandably uncertain what the outcome would be since the results are largely driven by the nature of the injury (long tear, short tear, in the middle of the meniscus or on the outside, etc). Whether or not the MRI revealed what was later learned from surgery is unknown to me (explained at the end). I decided not to do anything right away because I wanted to think about it. Eventually I called back with questions by contacting a service representative named Carol. Carol put me in touch with Doctor Adelsheimer who answered my questions. A few more months went by as I thought about it and I called back again with more questions. This time my questions were answered by Carol. I had two main questions. The first regarded the cyst in the joint identified by the MRI. I wanted to know if it would be drained. Carol definitively stated that it would be. The second question regarded both meniscuses since they were torn. I wanted to know if there would be an injection targeting each injured area or if only one injection was made for the entire knee. Again, Carol definitively stated there would be two injections - one each pinpointing the injured area. The only problem with both of these answers is they were categorically false. The cyst was not drained and there was only one injection (unless somehow I overlooked a second and excruciatingly painful needle stuck in my joint). This was not a miscommunication or a misunderstanding. This was an intentional lie. I know this because I was clear in my question, Carol was clear in her answer, and the actions taken by Doctor Adelsheimer clearly contradicted Carol's statement. The reason the word "lie" may make some readers uncomfortable is because the act of lying is a very, very uncomfortable action. Besides the problem with Carol, the staff was polite and patient. The work environment was professional and clean. Eventually, the knee became enough of a problem after the treatment that I elected to have knee surgery. Although there was an MRI, it was only after surgery that I learned the reason for the pain was the tear in the meniscus resulted in a fine thread of tissue with a nerve ending in it moving around uncontrollably. As for the other meniscus it turns out it was not torn at all. Although the MRI indicated it was injured, looking inside was the only way to know for certain what was happening. The moving of this thread resulted in pain, and so it was was removed. This fixed the issue and is why in this specific case the super concentrated platelet procedure would have never have worked. There are other doctors providing Regenexx procedures. I suggest finding one other than this one. read more

The staff at RAPS has helped me to manage my symptons from several conditions. With diagnoses of Myofascial pain, arthritis, spinal stenosis, bursitis and scoliosis, I have a lot of pain. The staff has been very responsive to my needs. Interventions have included PT and several kinds of injections. Most of the latter are done in the connecting surgery center where the care is excellent. The facility is clean and convenient. I highly recommend Drs. Leiber and Adelscheimer. read more

The receptionist Connie is borderline retarded. Scheduling an appointment took 15 whole minutes. I had my insurance card in front of me before I called. Normally this takes all of 5 minutes. Then I was asked if I had the ability to fax in my papers ahead of time. Sure, let me call 1986 and send it right on over. read more