About Regenerative Therapies
Regenerative therapies are spectrum of cutting edge therapeutic techniques used to naturally treat and heal the cause of a painful condition rather than masking the symptom. Regenerative therapies stimulate and accelerate your own body’s natural ability to heal itself. Two of the most effective Regenerative therapies include stem cell and platelet rich plasma injections.
Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cells
Stem cells are “undifferentiated” cells, which allow them to develop into another type of cell that is required to repair or replace damaged tissue.
Stem cell therapy can repair tissues that are too damaged to heal on their own. Stem cells can stimulate the formation of cartilage, tendon, ligaments, bone and fibrous connective tissues.
Stem cells are obtained from the patient’s own tissue. These concentrated stem cells are then injected into the patient’s damaged tendon or joint.
Autograft Tissues
A patient’s own tissue – an autograft – can often be used for a surgical reconstruction procedure. Autograft tissue is the safest and fastest-healing tissue that can be used.
Platelet Rich Plasma
Platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy utilizes platelets taken from the patient’s own blood to rebuild damaged tendons or cartilage.
Platelets
Platelets normally circulate within the blood stream and are responsible for blood clotting and initiating a healing response in an acute injury. Many acute injuries do not heal adequately and can lead to chronic pain and loss of function of the injured area. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy allows us to harvest the patient’s own platelets and re-inject those platelets into the site of the injury to initiate healing and improvement of function. This is typically done under image guidance such as ultrasound and/or fluoroscopy.
Treatments
Injuries and conditions commonly treated by regenerative therapy procedures include:
- Back & Neck Pain
- Golfer’s Elbow
- Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Hip & Shoulder
- Tennis Elbow
- Joint Injuries
- Ligament, Cartilage, & Tendon Injuries
Treatments
Platelet rich plasma therapy and stem cell injections are done at our office and take about an hour. Patients return home the same day and are often able to work the following day.
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frequently asked questions
Pain is a warning system, alerting you that something is wrong your body. Neurons are specialized nerve cells that transmit pain signals are found throughout the skin and others. Most forms of pain can be divided into two general categories: acute and chronic. Acute pain is temporary. It can last a few seconds or longer but wanes as healing occurs. Some examples of things that cause acute pain include burns, cuts, and fractures. Chronic pain, such as that seen in people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, ranges from mild to severe and can last a lifetime.
During your first visit, you will have a comprehensive medical examination where we review your pertinent history. A detailed and thorough medical exam with be tailored to identify specific musculoskeletal pathologies. After a thorough exam, we will formulate targeted treatment options and modalities that are targeted uniquely to you.
Procedures can vary completely in the type that are done but the basic premise is to find the nerve or joint that is painful and guide placement medication upon that region. This can be done by different modalities, including fluoroscopy, ultrasound or trigger point type injections.
As Interventionalists we create individual, comprehensive treatment plans to effectively treat your specific painful condition. Our primary focus is on interventional techniques supplemented with other modalities.
Getting Here
Reviva Medical Aesthetics of NC
502 McKnight Dr, Suite 100B Knightdale,
NC 27545