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5 Pain Conditions Regenerative Medicine Can Treat
It’s never a great time to feel like you need to see a doctor. Usually, something uncomfortable — or even painful — nudges you in that direction. But historically speaking, it’s a fantastic time to need medical care. The range of treatments available today is continually expanding.
That includes the field of regenerative medicine. This growing area focuses on using your body’s natural healing abilities paired with sophisticated technology to repair damage, replacing what’s needed or even regenerating it when possible.
Here at Integrated Pain Solutions, regenerative medicine is a powerful tool Dr. Halina Snowball uses to address a wide variety of health concerns. At our office in Stamford, Connecticut, she applies regenerative medicine treatments that use stem cells, placental matrix, exosomes, or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to alleviate pain.
This includes pain in the following categories:
#1: Joint pain
Stem cell or PRP therapy can help heal the underlying cause of joint pain, including knee and shoulder pain. With PRP therapy, for example, Dr. Snowball applies platelets from your own blood. These platelets contain growth factors that can help trigger healing in your affected joints.
#2: Back and neck pain
Dr. Snowball can tailor a regenerative medicine treatment plan to address spinal problems and ease pain in your back or neck. Research continues to uncover new ways to use regenerative medicine to ease lumbar, thoracic, and cervical pain.
The National Institutes of Health, for example, is currently researching ways to apply stem cells to regenerate the discs that cushion the spine.
#3: Arthritis
As the Arthritis Foundation points out, regenerative medicine could be the future of joint repair. By stimulating and supporting your body’s natural ability to heal itself, it can soothe the inflammation that causes arthritis pain.
This is true for the most common type of arthritis: osteoarthritis. For example, placental matrix therapy can help repair cartilage degradation in people with osteoarthritis.
#4: Sprains, strains, and muscle tears
With stem cell or PRP therapy, Dr. Snowball can deliver growth factors to help your body heal muscular, ligament, and tendon injuries. Regenerative medicine can be an effective tool to speed the repair of slow-healing injuries and address injuries you want to heal more quickly.
#5: Other tissue damage
Similarly, regenerative medicine can help encourage healing and cellular regeneration for other types of tissue damage, including cartilage and nerve damage.
If you’re dealing with persistent pain or pain that you want to heal as quickly as possible, regenerative medicine can provide a powerful tool for addressing it.
If your pain condition would benefit from this type of treatment, Dr. Snowball personalizes a plan for you using one or a combination of four different forms of regenerative medicine available at our office.
To see if this leading-edge form of medicine could help you, call our team at 203-293-0549 or request an appointment online today.
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