Many activities can lead to tissue damage to the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. This can lead to pain, swelling, and bruising that may negatively impact your daily routine. Chronic pain leads to discomfort and distress. However, technology has paved the way for many innovative therapies that can help humans lead a good quality life. One such revolutionary innovation is regenerative medicine.
Tampa regenerative medicine team activates your body’s healing systems to fight tissue damage and alleviate painful symptoms.
An introduction to regenerative medicine
When you break a bone, or if there is a cut your body can self-heal. But that is not the case with certain conditions like diabetes or heart disease when your body’s immune system and healing abilities are compromised. This is where regenerative medicine comes to your rescue.
Regenerative medicine is an emerging area in medicine that helps to restore, repair and replace damaged tissues in your body using your cells to boost natural healing.
Application of regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine finds its application in the following conditions:
- Ligament sprains
- Tendon and muscle strains
- Tendinitis (inflammation of the tendon)
- Rotator cuff (group of muscles and tendons that surround your shoulder joint) tears
- Plantar fasciitis (heel pain)
- Cartilage injury
- Tennis and golfer’s elbow
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic joint pain due to arthritis
The science behind regenerative medicine
Your body consists of several stem or progeny cells that can replace damaged cells and tissues through their reparative properties.
When adult stem cells are extracted from your body and injected into areas of damage or injury, these cells induce a process of repair to reduce inflammation (PRP- platelet-rich plasma injections ). The main goal is to replace or reboot any damaged, injured, or aged tissue or organ.
The process involved fighting tissue damage through regenerative medicine
Harvesting the required cells
- Your doctor will draw your blood samples to extract the stem cells.
- The blood sample will be spun in a centrifugal machine and rotated at high speed to separate into plasma and platelets
Injecting the stem cells
- Once the cells are extracted, they are loaded into tiny needles.
- Your doctor will then inject the cells into the damaged cells.
- The exact location to inject the stem cells through ultrasound imaging scans.
You are likely to experience mild bruising and soreness that may resolve gradually. It may take around 6 months for the cells to show the results.
Your doctor will recommend you begin Laser Therapy 2 weeks after the injections to further stimulate the cells and promote healing.