Regenerative medicine AKA orthobiologic therapy has the potential to heal damaged tissues in your body. It gives hope to people with conditions that conventional medicine cannot readily fix. Instead of highly addictive drugs or invasive surgery, regenerative medicine uses the body’s own healing mechanism to fight and repair the damage. You can literally heal your pain away!

At VIPrivate Care Clinic, we use the latest techniques in regenerative medicine to help those suffering from pain. Our treatments can make you feel better without the need for drugs or surgery.

What Conditions Do You Treat?

Knee- Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, ligament tears and sprains/strains (ACL, MCL. PCL, LCL), Patellofemoral syndrome, Meniscal damage and tears

Shoulder- Rotator cuff tears, sprains/strains, Tendonopathy, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Labral tears

Hip- Greater trochanteric bursitis, gluteus tendonopathy and sprains/strains, hip joint osteoarthritis, labral tears, hip adductor and abductor injuries.

Elbow- Lateral and medial epicondylitis (Tennis and Golfer’s elbow), tendonopathy, elbow joint arthritis, ligament sprains/strains and damage such as Tommy John’s.

Wrist/Hand- Tendonopathy, arthritis of the thumb, hand, wrist, and finger joints, TFCC tears, wrist and hand sprains/strains

Ankle/Foot-  Ligament tears, ankle sprains, Arthritis of the ankle, foot, and toe joints, metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis

Here are a few answers to a few common questions we receive about regenerative medicine.

What is Regenerative Medicine/Orthobiologic therapy?

Cellular therapy is the concentration that VIPrivate Care Clinic utilizes. Our physician injects a solution filled with your body’s own cellular healing materials and growth factors into a diseased or damaged tissue. We utilize advanced high definition ultrasound guidance to ensure pinpoint accuracy while injecting your orthobiologics directly into the treatment area. The growth factors will then help control the inflammatory response as well as begin to repair the damaged area.

What Type of Cellular Materials Do You Use?

VIPrivate Care Clinic harnesses your body’s own healing agents to repair damaged tissue uses cellular healing materials and growth factors that come straight from your very own bone marrow. Research has shown bone marrow concentrate is safe, complies with FDA CGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) and GTP (Good Tissue Practices) standards, and has been shown to target specific tissues in the body to repair the damage

Why do you use bone marrow concentrate?

Bone marrow is easily obtained. Your bone marrow can then be concentrated with minimal manipulation, per FDA guidelines. But most importantly, bone marrow contains adult stem cells which are closer in cell lineage to cartilage and tendon than fat cells. That means they have less to differentiate (change) to become the cells we need them to. Finally, there are many more clinical studies documenting the efficacy of bone marrow derived cells as compared to adipose cells.

Is Cell-Based Regenerative Therapy Safe?

Like any medical treatment, a question of safety is always a significant concern. But rest assured, our cell-based therapy programs are low risk. That’s because we use your own healing agents to initiate and augment your body’s healing response. Numerous studies have shown musculoskeletal cellular therapy to be safe. The risks of the procedure include infection, stiffness, swelling, or abnormal tissue growth. These risks are very rare. Other risks include swelling at the injection site or bruising at the bone marrow harvest location. You may feel some pain, nausea, and dizziness following the injection; however, the downtime is minimal, and you should be able to go back to your daily routine shortly after the treatment.

Can I Still Have Treatment if I Already Had Surgery?

If you had surgery but are still experiencing pain, you may still benefit from these treatments. However, it’s always best to consult our physician to see if our treatments are right for your case.

Can I still have an orthobiologic procedure if I have had a hip replacement?

Yes, the iliac crest bone, where we obtain the bone marrow, is not the bone that was replaced with your replacement surgery. It is relatively distant from your hip joint, anatomically speaking

What makes me a candidate for Orthobiologic therapy?

We base the recommendation for the therapy on multiple factors, including: your exact medical condition, failure of other treatment methods, joint alignment, age, activity level, and overall health.

What are some examples of musculoskeletal treatments using regenerative medicine?

At this point, most musculoskeletal treatments using orthobiologic therapy are performed at research centers as part of controlled clinical trials. Orthobiologic procedures are being developed to regenerate articular cartilage in arthritic joints, and to heal ligaments or tendons. These are detailed below.

Articular cartilage: The lining of joints is called the articular cartilage. Damage to the articular cartilage can frequently lead to degeneration of the joint and painful arthritis. Current techniques to treat articular cartilage damage use grafting and transplantation of cartilage to fill the defects. It is hoped that this healing process will create growth of primary hyaline cartilage to restore the normal joint surface.

Ligaments and tendons: Bone marrow derived cells may also develop into cells that are specific for connective tissue. This would allow faster healing of ligament and tendon inflammation and injuries, such as tennis elbow, ankle sprain, rotator cuff tear, or quadriceps/Achilles tendon ruptures.