Back Pain Alleviated With Stem Cell and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment

By Mayo Friedlis, MD

Back pain can dramatically impact a patient's quality of life, from restricting everyday mobility to affecting a person's ability to work. However, biologic regenerative treatments are beginning to gain widespread acclaim by helping many patients avoid surgery, or through optimizing post-op healing.

Back Pain Causes and Traditional Treatments

There are five main sources of back pain disc, joint, muscle, ligament or nerve. Common diagnostic tests, such as x-rays and MRIs, are often used to pinpoint damage. Traditional back pain treatments include cortisone injections, radiofrequency denervation to desensitize the nerve, and in severe cases, surgery. While often effective, typically these treatments do not relieve pain for long periods of time. Fortunately, new options are available.

Treating Back Pain with Biologic Regenerative Treatments

Biologic regenerative treatments use the body's natural healing process to create a long-lasting solution to back pain. Now, a more advanced stem cell and platelet protocol is available Regenexx, offered exclusively by 23 clinics around the U.S.

The Regenexx protocol includes

Stem Cell Therapy that uses stem cells available in a patient's own body to help repair tissue. This process harvests Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) from the patient's hip bone to improve healing outcomes for tendons and ligaments.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) that uses growth factors in a patient's own blood to start the healing process by attracting repair cells, including critical stem cells.

Platelet Lysate uses super concentrated platelet (SCP) that uses a high concentration of growth factors released immediately to the site of injury. The result is a targeted, faster healing process.

Prolotherapy that contains a solution of concentrated dextrose and local anesthetic to stimulate the body's natural ability to strengthen tendons and ligaments and encourage new tissue growth, while also providing a positive environment for stem cell placement.

This enhanced Regenexx protocol also offers the following benefits

Regenexx produces higher concentrations of stem cells and growth factors

The Regenexx Network of Physicians continuously strive for improvement by tracking actual patient outcomes to adjust treatments for optimal results.

Does Degree of Injury or Age Impact Success?

Patients experiencing conditions that include heavy damage to cartilage, tendons or ligaments are seeing positive results following regenerative treatments. Elderly patients, up into their 70s-80s, are also responding well. As the body ages, the number of stem cells produced decreases. The body compensates for the decreased number of stem cells by increasing the healing receptors in the body.

The key to benefiting from biologic regenerative treatments is to seek out a Regenexx-certified physician. A physician trained in Regenexx protocol is one of the best ways to maximize results when treating back pain with regenerative treatments.