Regenerative Treatments
New Hope for Old Knees!
We are pleased to announce that Alpine Orthopaedics has recently made available regenerative stem cell procedures to our patients!!
If you’re not ready for surgery or not an ideal candidate, it may be that you have another non-invasive option. Now, through regenerative stem cell procedures, Alpine Orthopaedics offers a unique way to use your body’s own stem cells to heal your knees, hips, and shoulders.
What is regenerative stem cell therapy?
Adipose-derived stem cell therapy is an alternative to surgery for many types of chronic acute musculoskeletal pain and injuries. Adult stem cells are cells from your own body that can renew themselves and turn into other cells. Although stem cells are found throughout the body, they are most concentrated in embryonic, bone marrow and adipose tissue. There is well published controversy around embryonic stem cells and harvesting bone marrow stem cells is done in a surgical environment, involves anesthesia, and can be painful to the patient. At Alpine Orthopaedics, we take a small amount of fat tissue from the adipose or flank region where the most potent stem cells are found. The fat tissue is processed to concentrate the stem cells which are then reinjected into a damaged area of the knee, hip or shoulder to help the body heal the affected area naturally.
This treatment is done in the comfort of our offices with no general anesthesia involved. The procedure causes very little discomfort to the patient who may return to work the following day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are stem cell treatments FDA approved?
Are stem cell treatments right for me?
FDA regulations prevent us from making any sort of claims about expectations for success. You may see dramatic improvement in days or weeks or not until several months. Each patient is clinically different and will have varying degrees of success. However, anecdotal reports of success using this procedure are numerous and commonplace.