Stem Cell Therapy

Harnessing your body’s own healing properties

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What Is Stem Cell Therapy?

Stem cell therapy is a modern outpatient procedure that utilizes the body’s natural healing process to rebuild damaged tissue, heal injuries more effectively, and eliminate pain. Stem cell treatment targets the underlying source of pain without relying on medication or surgery, leading to increased function and mobility with a shorter recovery time than surgical options. Stem cells can differentiate into bone, cartilage, or fat cells to stimulate healing in the body. Our regenerative medicine specialists have pioneered this safe and effective solution for a variety of spine and orthopedic conditions.

How Are Stem Cells Used?

This technique can be used for the relief of most orthopedic conditions and common spinal conditions. While we are one of the only practices in Virginia to use stem cell therapy to heal discs in the spine, our regenerative medicine specialists have pioneered this safe and effective solution for most orthopedic conditions. Most commonly, this treatment is used for:

Chronic conditions like tennis elbow, Achilles tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and jumper’s knee can benefit from stem cells speeding up the healing process and decreasing pain and inflammation. For athletes and sports enthusiasts, stem cells offer a significantly shorter recovery time than surgical alternatives, helping you get back to your routine faster.

It can also help treat and provide pain relief from disc herniations, complementing modalities like spine-specialized physical therapy to relieve discomfort and enhance rehabilitation.

Stem cells can help relieve the pain, stiffness, and inflammation caused by osteoarthritis.

If surgery is required, stem cell therapy can also be used during the procedure to help promote healing in the affected area. For example, if a patient needs surgery to repair a torn tendon, stem cells can be injected into the affected area to help speed recovery.

Stem cells are beneficial for treating areas of the body that typically have longer recovery times or pose a higher risk with surgical intervention.

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What are the Benefits of Stem Cell Therapy?

As a non-operative method that stimulates regeneration and provides pain relief, stem cell therapy can help patients of all ages get back to life in a matter of weeks. By contrast, some surgeries may require months to achieve a full recovery and alternative treatments like corticosteroids or other medications may have limitations regarding how frequently they can be administered. Regenerative medicine can help your body to rev up its healing engine and avoid some of the side effects typically seen with other medications.

Regenerative medicine like stem cell therapy doesn’t just mask the pain or symptoms a patient is experiencing – it helps heal the root cause of the problem naturally.

  • Improved pain relief and decreased inflammation
  • Increased functionality and range of motion in the affected areas
  • Shorter recovery time compared to traditional treatment options
  • Natural, longer-term treatment solution
  • Effective alternative to surgical intervention
  • Outpatient procedure with no anesthesia
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Am I a Candidate for Stem Cell Therapy?

Recovering from an injury can often feel like a long, winding road back to health. However, for athletes and weekend warriors diagnosed with an injury or condition, the possibility of choosing surgery could also mean extensive recovery time.

Patience and persistence are two crucial factors in creating the best possible recovery outcomes. But there is also another element that can offer a significant advantage without drastic or problematic side effects. 

Stem cell therapy is a popular, drug-free treatment, that helps the body accelerate its natural healing process. It can treat various conditions, including sports injuries, wounds, back injuries, and osteoarthritis. Stem cells can be injected into injured or damaged joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments, making it a quick and effective treatment option. 

At VSI, we regularly use this as a non-operative, regenerative medicine approach because it offers patients low risk and minimal downtime while providing excellent results.

Conditions Treated with Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell therapy is most commonly used for treatment of the following conditions:

Frequently Asked Questions about Stem Cell Therapy

The human body has multiple sites for stem cells to repair degenerated and injured structures. We have found the hip bone (iliac bone) to be very rich in stem cells and can harvested easily and within minutes. After the stem cells are obtained, minutes later they can be used for treatment in our outpatient state-of-the-art-facility.

Regenerative stem cell injections are performed using image guidance (i.e. ultrasound or fluoroscopy) to ensure accurate placement of the stem cells. Once the affected area is sterilized and numbed with a novocaine-type solution, stem cells are then injected into the damaged area to try and stimulate a healing response; regenerating and strengthening weakened tissue.

Generally speaking stem cell therapy is not painful; however, the discomfort level depends on the part of the body being treated. During the removal of your bone marrow, we use local anesthesia to make sure that area is numb before the removal. And injections into the joint are of minimal discomfort. There is sometimes a small amount of pain after the procedure; however, this does not last more than a few days and can be minimized with over the counter Tylenol. It is critical to avoid anti-inflammatory medications such as Aleve, Motrin, Celebrex, Naprosyn, and Mobic. These drugs may impede the healing process.

The stem cell procedures performed at VSI are FDA exempt. The FDA does not regulate the stem cell procedures performed here because we use the patient’s own bone marrow and blood, as opposed to using somebody else’s tissue or bone marrow.

When stem cells are injected into extremities like certain joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments, the team at VSI uses ultrasound imaging to ensure optimal placement. If stem cells are being injected into structures of the spine, we use x-ray imaging such as fluoroscopy for precision guidance. 

Stem cell injections are designed to heal and strengthen damaged tissue. Because of this, pain relief is seen approximately two to three months after the entire treatment protocol has been completed, and will continue to improve till approximately 1 year.

f you are experiencing unresolved pain and need a long-term solution without surgery, look no further than stem cell therapy. This modern treatment solution utilizes the body’s natural healing process to rebuild damaged tissue, heal injuries more effectively, and eliminate pain. Stem cell therapy targets the underlying source of pain without relying on medication or surgery, and leads to increased function and mobility with a shorter recovery time than surgical options.

Learn more and find out if you’re a candidate for Stem Cell Therapy.

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