![]() Knee pain gradually worsened, tried cortisone injections, helped some. ![]() RICE helped some, was able to jog for a couple years, even did a full marathon on all flat asphalt later in 2012. Former runner, sustained torn meniscus in 2010 and had partial meniscectomy. I suffer primarily with osteoarthritis in my right knee. If you have some range of motion, if you can walk with aid, can manage to get yourself in and out of a chair or car, and can walk steps, a consultation would be in order to further assess the success and amount of success this treatment may have for you.įrom an email: It has been edited for clarity. If your knee is fused, cannot bend, is stuck in a bent in or bent out position, and held in place by bone spurs and osteoarthritic boney overgrowth. Perhaps the number one reason that stem cell therapy will not help your knee pain is if you have no remaining range of motion. When stem cell therapy will likely not help you. Realistic assessments of a good candidate and bad candidate for stem cell therapy Amniotic, Cord Blood, and Placenta Tissue injectionsĪnd why we use or NOT use these injection therapies.Hyaluronic acid injections or Viscosupplementation.In this article, we present a lot of research on We explain more about the different types of knee injections that may help you in our very extensive article What are the different types of knee injections for bone on bone knee. This is explained in the video below, when do we use stem cell therapy, PRP, or Prolotherapy injections. ![]() We feel based on more than 28 years of experience that we can achieve similar if not better and more stable results using Prolotherapy (dextrose injections) and varying strength Platelet Rich Plasma injections. Not every patient needs stem cell therapyĪt our center, while we do offer this treatment, it is rare that we will use it. This treatment is called “Whole Bone Marrow Aspirate.” It is the stem cells from aspirated bone marrow. In this research, we cite case histories with our patients who had a type of stem cell therapy. So how do you know?Īn explanatory note: In this article, we will refer to our published research. For others, stem cell therapy results will be disappointing and non-effective. For some patients stem cell injections can be of great benefit in helping prevent or delay the need, long-term, for knee replacement surgery. When opting for regenerative medicine injections, providers and the patients have to have a realistic idea of just how effective or non-effective these treatments can be. Either you or your loved one is in a lot of pain now and maybe right now is not the right time to get a knee replacement. If you are reading this article it is very likely that you are exploring stem cell therapy for your degenerative knee condition or for the knee problems or surgical recommendations of knee replacement for a loved one. Steilen-Matias, MMS, PA-C Why stem cell therapy did not or will not work for your knee pain
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