The Best Regenerative Medicine Treatments for Chronic Pain

Chronic pain affects your body in many ways and can make everyday activities difficult or impossible. The good thing is that several new generative medicine treatments are now available for patients at Samwell Institute for Pain Management, to help relieve and treat your pain.

In the past, pain specialists have used pain medications to treat chronic pain. However, these medications are often addictive and may have side effects such as nausea and constipation. As a result, regenerative medicine treatments have been sought-after as an alternative to chronic pain treatment.

Regenerative medicine treatments are a type of treatment that uses stem cells or other types of cells to regenerate tissue or organs in humans. These treatments include:

1. Cell therapy

Cell therapy is a regenerative medicine treatment that uses your cells to promote healing. During this treatment, your doctor will take a small sample of your blood and bone marrow from the back of your hip bone, then use a special centrifuge to spin it down to remove red blood cells and platelets.

Your doctor will then place the remaining liquid into an incubator where it will be combined with other cells from your body (such as those from your skin or GI tract), giving them a growth factor called Epoetin. Your doctor will inject this combination of cells into the vein at the back of your hip.

This treatment aims to replace damaged tissue with healthy new tissue. The hope is that this regenerative medicine can help reduce chronic pain and improve function.

2. Platelet-rich plasma therapy

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a powerful regenerative medicine technique that helps to heal chronic wounds, including those associated with chronic pain. Doctors also use PRP for many other conditions, including tendonitis, sports injuries, and even hair loss.

The key to PRP therapy is using platelets from your blood, which contain growth factors that promote healing and repair. Platelets are naturally occurring cells in your blood that help stop bleeding when you cut yourself or sustain trauma.

Platelet-rich plasma therapy is performed by collecting a small blood sample and spinning it down to isolate the platelets before returning them to your body. Platelet-rich plasma therapy can be applied to the affected area or injected into the surrounding tissue using an IV (intravenous) line.

3. Prolotherapy and Neural Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy and neural prolotherapy are regenerative medicine treatments that can help restore your quality of life. These treatments are non-surgical, safe, effective, and relatively inexpensive.

Prolotherapy is a regenerative medicine treatment that uses an injection of an irritant to stimulate the body’s natural healing process. Doctors often do it for musculoskeletal conditions such as tennis elbow or repetitive stress injury in athletes. Neural Prolotherapy works by injecting a Versene into the nerve tissue to stimulate it to repair itself. That results in improved strength, flexibility, and pain relief.

Chronic pain is a common condition that many people experience. It can manifest in the form of back pain, arthritis, joint pain, headaches, and other types of pain throughout the body. If you suffer from chronic pain, regenerative medicine may be the solution to your problem. These new treatments promise to treat chronic pain and provide lasting relief. Healthcare professionals use a variety of regenerative medicine treatments. Your doctor will examine you and decide which regenerative medicine treatment can address the cause of your pain. Contact SamWell Institute for Pain Management and schedule an appointment with an interventional pain specialist to learn more about regenerative medicine treatments for chronic pain.