And you could very well be wrong! Stem Cell Procedures at Premier Pain & Spine are safe, outpatient and nonsurgical. Avoid the lengthy rehab and potential risks associated with surgery for your hip, knee, shoulders, back, neck, ankle, elbow or wrist pain!
Our Board Certified, Fellowship Trained pain management doctors in Chicago offer stem cell therapies including bone marrow derived treatment and amniotic derived stem cell therapy. Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy is also offered!
Regenerative medicine is new era of health treatment. These therapies involve replacing or regenerating human tissues to re-establish and improve normal function in the treated area. Medicine has problems with actually treating the root cause of many problems, but regenerative medicine has changed this.
Designed to regenerate, rebuild, and repair damaged tissues that reduce pain and fix injuries, regenerative injections are used in joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The injections may involve platelet-rich plasma (PRP), stem cells, or both. These products are derived from the patient’s own body and repair structures to heal the root problem while reducing inflammation and pain.
Stem cells are used to generate repair of body structures. By concentrating these and injecting them into body structures, the stem cells transform into other cells, which repairs the body. Concentrated stem cells procedures can be used instead of orthopedic surgery to repair torn meniscus, damaged tendons, and joint arthritis.
Stem cell therapy involves use of stem cells to treat and prevent a condition or disease. Over the years, stem cells are used to repair injure in the bones and joints. Bone marrow transplant is used in stem-cell therapy treatments, as well as donated amniotic fluid and fat tissue.
Research is underway for using stem cells in the treatment of diabetes, neurological diseases, and heart disease. Patients also benefit from use of these treatments for chronic pain therapy.
Stem cell injections are used to repair and lubricate the joints, which prevents you from further damage to area. In addition, stem cell injections are used to delay or prevent the need for painful surgeries. Stem cell regenerative therapy is used for long-term pain relief for persons with chronic pain.
PRP is a non-invasive, safe procedure, used to treat many joint conditions, tendon injuries, ligament strains, and tissue injuries. It involves drawing blood from people, centrifuging/spinning the blood, and injecting the platelets into tissues, ligaments, joints, and tendons. This is the first step for chronic pain relief.
The body’s response to soft tissue and structure injury involves delivering platelet cells, which are components of the blood. The platelets contain bioactive healing proteins called cycokines, which can initiate repair and attract the assistance of stem cells.
β-Nerve growth factor promoting Tanezumab has been tested in use for osteoarthritis. In a study involving 250 people, treatment with Tanezumab reduced knee pain while walking and improved overall functional status. Fibroblast growth factor heals the joint structure. In a recent study involving 180 patients, the injections were found to reduce the loss of joint space narrowing, as well as improve cartilage thickness and volume.
In addition, PRP studies are used to contain growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1).
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