But sometimes those treatments come without scientific evidence to support how well they work.
Stem cell therapy for knee injuries and arthritis.
In oa the cartilage covering the ends of the bones starts to deteriorate and wear away.
Regenexx stem cell platelet rich plasma procedures are breakthrough non surgical stem cell treatments for people suffering from knee pain due to common injuries to the knee meniscus acl or mcl cartilage or who are experiencing degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis.
They can go on to form things like bone ligament cartilage things that make up the joints in our body.
And we wanted to see whether or not it works to help treat knee pain from osteoarthritis.
Stem cells are the building blocks of many types of adult human tissues.
As a degenerative disease of the knee joint it is more common in females older than 40 years.
What the research into stem cells and arthritis shows is that there are opportunities for stem cell treatment to be used as injection therapy alone and in addition to orthopedic surgical procedures.
Stem cells treatments are booming with procedures for knee arthritis especially popular.
Stem cell therapy offers a minimally invasive alternative for treating knee arthritis damaged knee cartilage and other ailments of this important joint.
Successful stem cell therapies thus far have resulted mostly in pain relief and improvement in function or quality of life.
Stem cell therapy could also potentially treat osteoarthritis oa of the knee.