The use of bone marrow aspirate relies on the action of stem cells to initiate and guide this joint repair. This treatment refers to the use of bone marrow concentrate injections into areas of degenerative joint disease to stop and repair degenerative changes. This is discussed further in our article on “ amniotic stem cell therapy.” So while these treatments may help some people, and we have seen people who responded positively to these injections, no matter what is in them, we will concentrate this article on bone marrow aspirate concentrate or as we call it bone marrow Prolotherapy. The use of this donated material is not stem cell therapy as there has not been shown by any credible research that there are actual live stem cells in the treatment. Most of the emails we get are from people who have recently attended a seminar or a webinar in which they were introduced to the idea that a newborn baby was willing to donate his/her amniotic fluid or cord blood or placenta afterbirth material to them to replace the patients own old or weakened stem cells. In addition to stem cell therapy, we talk about cortisone, Hyaluronic acid injections, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, Botox injections into the knee, and ozone therapy Young stem cells versus old stem cells You can see that article here: The different types of knee injections.
We have a very extensive series of articles discussing the different types of injections for knee pain. Many emails that come into our office ask us to compare the various forms of stem cell therapies. Placenta stem cell therapy, which some are now more appropriately calling: Placenta Tissue Injections.Amniotic stem cell therapy, which some are now more appropriately calling: Amniotic Membrane Injections.There are also stem cell therapies that are not really stem cell therapies. Adipose (Fat cells) derived stem cell therapyīoth of these treatments are stem cells from you.Stem cell therapy can be confusing to many patients because there are many services being offered as stem cell therapy. In this article, we will examine the research and the clinical application of stem cell therapy for articular cartilage repair.Ĭase Histories: Bone marrow stem cell therapy in patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis