June 3, 2023

In 2021, I could barely stand on my knee, much less run, and multiple sports medicine doctors and orthopedic surgeons told me I had arthritis and significant knee cartilage degeneration, and the only way out was surgery (and even that might not work).

Instead, I went a different route: namely with regenerative medicine under the guidance and expert hands of Dr. Matthew Cook at Bioreset Medical in San Jose.

…fast forward a year, and after intraosseous needling, stem cells, exosomes, and a few other minimally invasive protocols Dr. Cook and I discuss in this podcast, my knee is now fully-functional and I'm able to sprint, play tennis and pickleball, hike, squat, ride bicycles and engage in all the sports I loved and missed – nearly 100% pain-free.

I was understandably both blown away and incredibly grateful, and so I decided to interview Dr. Cook not only about cutting-edge regenerative medicine protocols like what he did to my knee, but also much more, including stellate ganglion nerve blocks for the vagus nerve and stress rebooting, long-haul COVID and vaccines, and much, much more.

Dr. Cook is a board-certified anesthesiologist who shifted his career to regenerative medicine over a decade ago. He is a global thought leader, educator, and innovator in regenerative medicine, combining cutting-edge, non-surgical medicine and integrative care to harness the body’s natural healing power. Those who have worked with Dr. Cook know he is one of the best in the field, specializing in advanced treatments ranging from stem cell therapy to peptide protocols. He is one of the most knowledgeable doctors I know, and as one of the most popular guests I've interviewed, this marks his 9th appearance on the show.

My previous podcasts with Dr. Cook…

• Did Ben Greenfield Get Vaccinated (Yet?), Can You Get COVID Twice, The Latest On Omicron, Treating Long Haul COVID & Much More With Dr. Matt Cook.
• Is Ben Greenfield Going To Get Vaccinated, Which Vaccine Is The Safest, The Future Of Cutting-Edge Regenerative Medicine Therapies & More With Dr. Matthew Cook.
• Dr. Matthew Cook & Ben Greenfield Get Put In The Hot Seat: Favorite Books, Best Anti-Stress Tactics, Pig-Based Nootropics, Best Billboard Advice & Much More!
• Kiss Gas & Bloating Goodbye With Dr. Matthew Cook: The Complete Done-For-You Guide To Eliminating SIBO Once & For All (Along With Sex, Trauma, PTSD, Ozone Dialysis & More!).
• Immortal Cells, Biohacking Pain, Killing Lyme, Stem Cell Confusion, How Ketamine Works & Much More With Dr. Matt Cook.
• Killing Mold & Mycotoxins For Good, The Craziest IVs You Can Get For Energy, Fixing Knees & Back Without Surgery & Much More With Dr. Matt Cook.
• What You Didn’t Know About CBD & THC, Fixing Lyme Disease, The Full Body Blood Change Reboot, Peptides 101, Hyperthermia & Much More!
• Everything You Need To Know For Antivirus & Immune System Enhancement: A Special One-Two Podcast Episode With Dr. Matt Cook, Dr. Matt Dawson, & Dr. Michael Mallin.

Dr. Cook graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine, completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and completed fellowships in Anti-Aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine, and Peptide Therapy with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

After a decade focused on functional medicine (with 14 years prior working as an anesthesiologist), Dr. Cook's specialty is addressing the most challenging conditions. His proprietary multimodal approach regenerates, repairs, and restores health on a cellular level, dealing with root causes rather than masking symptoms.

This work has led him to create BioReset Medical and BioReset International, two organizations built on the mission to widen access to restorative medicine around the world.

• BioReset Medical offers treatments for conditions such as chronic pain, orthopedics, complex illness, anti-aging and wellness, Lyme disease, PTSD, mycotoxin illness, cognitive impairment, and musculoskeletal injuries, especially for professional athletes.
• BioReset International locations offer additional top-of-the-line regenerative products and medical treatments not available in the U.S.

Dr. Cook leverages minimally-invasive treatments, believing that the body can heal itself naturally when supported by the best technology and care. While humanizing the doctor-patient relationship, he is able to assimilate a patient’s complex health history and develop highly specialized treatment plans integrating the best of what both functional and regenerative medicine have to offer.

In this episode, we explore Dr. Cook’s unique approach to restoring youthfulness to muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints. We also discuss his experience with long COVID, his approach to vagus-nerve resets, and many other goodies related to regenerative medicine.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

-Who is Dr. Matt Cook?…05:32

• Dr. Cook's approach to treating Ben's knees

-How to reset the vagus nerve…07:02

• Matt tries the Vagus nerve hydro-dissection on Ben
• Vagus nerve hydro-dissection
  • For people with PTSD, trauma, or chronic nerve pain in the head or neck
  • Putting growth factors around the vagus nerve
• Rocky Roots Music
• Ben feels relaxed and de-stressed after the procedure
• Why undergo this procedure?
  • PTSD and trauma 
  • Weight-loss
  • Chronic pain
• The goal is to turn the nerves off and reboot them 
• BioReset Medical
• Started resetting both rest-and-relaxation and fight-or-flight nerves
• Growth factor around the vagus nerve 
  • Feeling of wellness and calm

-Stellate ganglion block…10:47

• Fight or flight nerve runs in between the 2 deepest muscles in the neck
• Stellate ganglion block blocks those nerves
• People with chronic pain
  • They do well with a stellate ganglion block
• HRV almost always goes up after the procedure
• Mindfulness and meditation are techniques to achieve the rest-and-relax state
• Stellate ganglion block does the same
• It's like a “Zenjection”

-Ben’s experience with Dr. Cook…16:37

• Ben had problems with his knee about 2 years ago
  • Advised to have surgery
  • Not much hope of getting better
  • Met with Dr. Cook
  • 10 months later he feels great
• Ben was a hard-core endurance athlete
• When Matt met Ben
  • Ben had an effusion on that knee
    • Dr. Cook pulled out 30cc's of fluid
  • Ben had synovitis – inflammation of the joint lining
  • Torn MCL
  • All the nerves were painful
  • Had a huge Baker cyst
  • Bone marrow edema
• Matt's procedures
  • Intraosseous needling – treating bone marrow with bone marrow
    • Cartilage got 70% better
  • Stem cell treatment in Mexico
  • Pulling the fluid out of the Baker cyst (35cc)
• Podcast with Ben Patrick, the Knees Over Toes Guy
  • How To Get Rid Of Knee Pain Forever, The Best Knee Rehab Exercises, The Ancient Chinese Technique To Keep Your Knees Young & More With Ben Patrick, The “Knees Over Toes Guy.” 
• Ben started with Ben Patrick's exercises
• ATG for Life by Ben Patrick
• Knee Ability Zero by Ben Patrick
• Kineon The Move+ LED and Laser (use code BGLIFE to save 10%)
• Charles Poliquin
  • One of the greatest strength coaches
• Treating feet
  • Checking all the muscles
  • Treating muscles and nerves
  • Hydro-dissection
  • Use of plasma
• Podcast with Dr. Cook where they talk about hydro-dissection:
  • Is Ben Greenfield Going To Get Vaccinated, Which Vaccine Is The Safest, The Future Of Cutting-Edge Regenerative Medicine Therapies & More With Dr. Matthew Cook.

-The importance of nutrition…30:09

• Gluten sensitivity affects joints
• Most people that are susceptible to gluten sensitivity are ones with SIBO or fungal overgrowth
• Achilles tendon treatment
• LL37 is an anti-microbial peptide
• Bacteria in the small intestine
  • Trio breath test
  • Antibiotics and peptides, maybe LL37
  • Special diet like SCD or low-fat MAP 

-Link between muscle, ligament, and joint health and COVID…37:53

• Podcast with Dr. Cook about COVID
  • Did Ben Greenfield Get Vaccinated (Yet?), Can You Get COVID Twice, The Latest On Omicron, Treating Long Haul COVID & Much More With Dr. Matt Cook.
• Substantial negative consequences
  • Neurological
  • Affects the limbic system, brain stem, and cranial nerves
  • Effects on depression and anxiety
• Positive effects of hydro-dissection of the carotid artery for long COVID
• Using plasma to treat the C1 Plexus

-Treating the carotid artery to treat migraines and headaches…41:13

• Differentiating the causes: immune, nerve, or vascular
• Microbiome in the gut and there is also a virome
• Blood tests
  • IGeneX – antibody testing
  • Infectolab – T cell response
  • MyMycoLab
  • Arminlabs in Europe
• The usual causes of chronic fatigue
  • Lyme disease
  • Epstein-Barr
• Long COVID creates a cytokine storm that disrupts the immune system
  • Viral reservoir in the gut
  • Viral particles (spike protein) your body can’t get rid of
  • Triggered the immune system and brought on other infections
• Immune response to COVID or particles related to the vaccine is what we call a long-COVID

-The benefits of peptides…50:10

• Dr. Khavinson
  • Studies on peptides
• Bio-regulator peptides are amazing
• International Antiaging Systems (use code BGF15 to save 15%)
• Podcast with Phil Micans:
  • The New Darlings Of The Anti-Aging Industry & The Russian’s Secret Age Reversal Weapon: Peptide Bioregulators With Phil Micans.
• Phil Micans
• All major organs have peptides that regulate their function
  • Small peptides consist of 2-3 or 4 amino acids
  • There are oral versions of the bio-regulators
• Synthetic peptides and peptides from organically grown cows
• Ancestral Supplements (use code BEN10 to save 10)
• Glandulars are a great product
  • Glandurals have bio-regulators
  • Plant-based product – the entourage effect
  • Synthetic products in higher dosing
• Dr. Khavinson‘s protocols to treat people and tracking results
  • Need a better way to study 
  • Reproducing what Dr. Khavinson has done 
• Matt has had access to 16-20 of the products

-Could you take all of the protocols and inject them a few times a year for anti-aging or longevity?…55:04

• What is longevity and how to achieve it?
• Bioregulators and Dr. Khavinson’s data and peptides
• Immune system gets derailed when we get old
• Immune protocols must be supported from a peptide perspective
  • Immune supplements will be a standard care in 10 years
• How to drive exosomes, stem cells to different parts of the body?
  • Use of lasers
• Dr. Todd Ovokaitys uses lasers
• Qi Technology developed by Dr. Todd
• Plasma, platelets and VSELs
• Dr. Matt’s mentor in VSELs – Dr. Bill Paspaliaris of Tithon 
  • Protocols to isolate, activating VSELs, and giving them back

-The latest version of flywheel training…59:46

• Charles Poliquin
• Dr. Cook's shoutout to Tobe Hanson
  • Re-engineering flywheel training
  • Has developed exercises to train basically every part of the body using flywheel training to build eccentric load
  • Constant tension throughout the entire range of motion
• nHANCE, driven by YoYo Flywheel Technology
• Dr. Matt Cook is at BioReset® Medical

-Bonus audio from Dr. Matt Cook on hydro-dissection and treating joints and connective tissue…1:03:03

• Products that come from your own body
  • Plasma
    • Plasma has platelets and growth factor
    • Favorite product for hydro-dissection 
    • Platelets can be separated from plasma
      • Platelet-rich and platelet-poor plasma
  • Nanofat
    • Can be injected with a needle
    • Longest-lasting solution
    • Banking your own fat stem cells for future use
  • Bone marrow
    • It can be a bit inflammatory
    • It can be very helpful
  • Placental matrix
    • From a placenta that was donated at a C-section
    • Tends to have an anti-inflammatory effect on connective tissues
  • Peptides
    • Doesn’t have stem cells, but has growth factor
    • Many different peptides can be used
    • Peptides that you can use both in joints and in connective tissue
• Cheap products that relieve impingements and compression and open up fascial planes like 5% dextrose and saline injections

-And much more…

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Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

– Dr. Matthew Cook:

• BioReset Medical
• BioReset International
• Rocky Roots

– Podcasts:

• How To Get Rid Of Knee Pain Forever, The Best Knee Rehab Exercises, The Ancient Chinese Technique To Keep Your Knees Young & More With Ben Patrick, The “Knees Over Toes Guy.”
• The New Darlings Of The Anti-Aging Industry & The Russian’s Secret Age Reversal Weapon: Peptide Bioregulators With Phil Micans.

– Books:

• ATG for Life by Ben Patrick
• Knee Ability Zero by Ben Patrick

– Other Resources:

• Kineon The Move+ LED and Laser (use code BGLIFE to save 10%)
• International Antiaging Systems (use code BGF15 to save 15%)
• Ancestral Supplements (use code BEN10 to save 10)
• Trio Smart Breath Test
• IGeneX
• infectolab
• myMycoLab
• arminlabs
• nHANCE, driven by YoYo Flywheel Technology
• Charles Poliquin
• Dr. Khavinson
• Phil Micans
• Tobe Hanson

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