Sunday, March 4, 2012

 


Here are some stories about professional athletes and their success with stem cell therapy and platelet rich plasma therapy:

Jarvis Green and Stem Cells

Jarvis Green is a 2 time super bowl champion who had a failed lateral knee meniscus surgery. The patient also had lost cartilage under the knee cap. He was frustrated with his lack of results with traditional orthopedic surgery and in the 2009 season he missed 3 games due to knee surgery. The patient was referred to us by his physician and agent to see if stem cells would help his knee. He received a stem cell injection in his knee in July of this year. He reports 70% improvement today and has had significant changes in his before and after MRI’s. The radiologist noted improvement in the cartilage behind the knee cap. The loss of cartilage behind the knee cap can be a big game changer for many athletes, as this important structure helps the big thigh muscle (quadriceps). Jarvis will be coming back for future treatments.

Regenexx Patient Joe Maroon Featured in Wall Street Journal

Joe Maroon is amazing. A 70 year old iron-man that just keeps going and going like the Energizer bunny. Joe’s Ironman Triathlon work-out was just featured in the Wall Street Journal. When we first met Joe three years ago, he was placed into one of our mesenchymal stem cell studies and at that point hadn’t run an iron-man in 5 years due to his knee. After we injected stem cells in his knee, he went on to complete the Hawaii iron-man and is still competing. Joe didn’t get a new knee from stem cells, but clearly it does seem to have really helped him get back to competing at high levels and in major triathlons. Congratulations to our iron-man friend. Joe you’re an amazing inspiration to us all and at 70 you could swim, bike, or run any of us far younger guys under the table!

regenexx.com



What do you think about this therapy? could it replace surgeries for good?
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  1. kaitMarch 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    if this kind of therapy is helping you, then yes it could possibly replace surgeries. I guess it would depend on the kind of therapy a person could need, I know my dad has some problems with his knees and that one day he might need a knee replacement, but hopefully there will be such advancements in medicine that he would be able to do out patient therapy rather then go and get the knee surgery. I am not too familiar with stem cell therapy, but after reading how Jarvis Green felt after the stem cell therapy then yea I am a believer.

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