What Are Stem Cells Solutions?

Researchers over the last decade have made remarkable strides in increasing the effectiveness of stem cell therapy says Dr David Spinner, a physician at Mount Sinai’s Department of Rehabilitative Medicine. In the last decade, there has been a tremendous amount of research that giving us ways of treating issues that otherwise were not healing. 

Stem cell therapy is a process that involves harvesting the most basic cells from bone, blood, or tissue to help regenerate previously untreatable conditions. It is most commonly used in cancer treatment, when cells or bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed by the disease, but it is also used at Mount Sinai’s Department of Rehabilitative Medicine as a treatment for degenerative conditions such as tendonitis or partial ligament tears.

Blood cells begin their journey in bone marrow, and, once blood cells have matured move into the peripheral blood system. If the bone marrow (the soft spongey tissue inside our bones) is damaged or destroyed by a degenerative condition or cancer, then the marrow cannot make normal blood cells. Stem Cell therapies will extract red and white blood cells alongside platelets at an early stage of their maturity in other parts of the body where they are properly nourished and transplant them into the damaged area.

We already mentioned that stem cell therapy is an effective treatment for people with degrative joint diseases, but it is especially good at treating damage to areas with poor surface of the cartilage. We can also use the therapy on rotator cuff disease or rotator cuff tears to amend damage before impossible to treat. A great method we adopt is concentrating stem cells after we have harvested them before putting them back into an area that is injured.

Stem cell is also a fantastic treatment for spine damage and knee damage caused by arthritis. If the spine or knee is inflamed around one or more joints the area will become increasingly painful and will gradually worsen if not attended to. This issue can be down to your genetics or lifestyle such as poor posture, bad lifting technique, or not enough moving. The stem cell therapy we outlined above is a promising treatment for arthritis all over the body, and can help you reclaim your life.

If you would like to learn more, or would like to visit a consultant or physical therapist for referrals, call us on (212) 241-6321).