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Kickstart your body's ability to recover with Biological Injections

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Regenerative injections aim to stimulate the body to repair itself in areas of degeneration.  They include Prolotherapy, PRP and Stem cell injections and they aim to induce a healing response in the body.  These injections are a safe, non-surgical treatment for chronic injuries, pain and arthritis, using injections to stimulate healing and repair.

What is it?

It's an injection that is designed to restart a controlled and beneficial inflammatory process around your problem area, which gives the tissue the nutrition it needs to recover differently and more efficiently than before. 

What does it do?

Prolotherapy relies on the body’s ability to heal and grow so like a haircut, it can take a few weeks to see results and sometimes it needs repetition to keep the momentum of growth going to full repair

When injuries occur, the area may not heal completely due to lack of proper treatment or poor blood supply. For this reason, ligaments, joints and tendons heal very slowly.  If left untreated, damaged ligaments become loose, allowing bones in the joint to shift with excessive movement causing pain, muscle spasms, and eventually arthritis.  Arthritis occurs in the joints and spine as a result of instability in the structures supporting them.  We can intervene by stabilizing the structures and decrease the progression of pain, degeneration and aging.

What is it?

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a treatment that uses components of your own blood to treat orthopedic conditions that affect your body including chronic pain from osteoarthritis and tendon disorders, such as tendinopathies, eg. tennis elbow or jumper's knee. Also cosmetic ones like facials, hair loss and anti-aging 

What does it do?

Blood is removed  using a needle into the vein. Then the blood is processed in a centrifuge

equipment that separates blood components into different parts according to their density.
The platelets are separated into blood serum (plasma), while some of the white and red blood cells may be removed. Therefore, by spinning the blood, the equipment concentrates the platelets and produces what is called platelet-rich plasma (PRP).

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The 3 Stages of Healing

Inflammatory

Increased blood flow, swelling and discomfort as the healing process begins. Immune cells remove damaged an unhealthy tissue from the treated area

Occurs during the first week

Fibroblastic

Swelling and pain begin to subside. New blood vessels form with an improved blood and nutrient supply. Tissue repair cells (fibroblasts) form new collagen, repairing the injured and unstable tissue or joint.

Around day 3 and continues for 6 weeks

Maturation

New blood vessels mature the tissue now becomes stronger with more organized and healthy fibers. pain subsides. Collagen density and tissue strength are increased

Continues from week 6 to 18 months

 

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a safe procedure when performed by a trained and highly skilled physician who has an in-depth knowledge of anatomy and experience using this injection technique. The use of needles involves risks, but complications are rare.
1Do the injections hurt?
The use of a needle is always accompanied by some degree of discomfort. It varies from patient to patient, but is usually well tolerated. It helps to stay very relaxed by not tensing the muscles and focusing on deep breathing.  A local anesthetic is used to numb the skin and decrease discomfort.
2Are there any risks?
Anytime a needle is used to penetrate the skin into the deeper tissues, there is always the chance that inadvertent puncture of arteries, nerves, spinal fluid or lung tissue may occur. Complications are rare and are greatly minimized by the skill of the well trained practitioner. However, since it is a procedure with some risk to the patient, all patients are asked to read and sign a consent and waiver form prior to the procedure. Keep the injection sites clean and avoid public hot tubs, swimming pools and lakes for 3 to 5 days following the injection.  Showering the day of the injection or the next day is fine.
3Do the injections hurt?
The use of a needle is always accompanied by some degree of discomfort. It varies from patient to patient, but is usually well tolerated. It helps to stay very relaxed by not tensing the muscles and focusing on deep breathing.  A local anesthetic is used to numb the skin and decrease discomfort.
4Should I eat before my appointment?
A light meal and plenty of water about 1-2 hours before the procedure and good hydration the day before is recommended. Water improves cell hydration and lessens the discomfort of the injections, while food diminishes the likelihood of dizziness. Patients report less discomfort when they drink water right up to the time of the injections. Eating very clean and avoiding processed sugars and junk food will lead to better healing after the procedure.
5How many treatments are needed?
Two to six treatments for a given area is about the average needed.  More with Prolotherapy and less amounts with PRP of Stem cell injections.  A few patients respond quickly to just a treatment or two, but most patients require more to stimulate the healing properly. The longer the duration of the pain and disability and the more severe and widespread it is, the more treatments will be needed to stabilize the joints, ligaments or tendons. After the first session, successive treatments follow at intervals of four to six weeks. Staying on a consistent schedule of treatments will decrease the chance that early benefits are lost.
6When will the benefits occur after the injections?
It does not result in immediate relief of pain. Some patients report improvement in as little as two weeks following injections, but it is not expected that any significant relief will be obtained until four to six weeks after the first treatment. Others may not receive much benefit at all until they have had further treatments. As ligament strength and joint stability improve, results become more noticeable with decreased pain and improved function. Improvement may continue for up to three years after the last prolotherapy treatment.

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