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STEM CELLS

What About Stem Cells?

One of the advantages with a change in career and moved to New York City was experience in the field of stem cells. This started when I was taking care of some retired NFL and NBA players who were going to Denver for stem cell injections. I was doing prolotherapy here to get the joint ready for healing before their stem cell injection.

At that time they were having a separate procedure were bone marrow was drawn from the hip bone. This took several hours to process and concentrate the stem cells. This was then injected later in the day.

Because of FDA regulations, if stem cells are cultured then it is considered a prescribed medication and this has not been authorized at the federal level. These are the stem cells that patients will then go to the Caribbean or other countries to have the injection.

Another source of stem cells is adipose tissue which also requires a separate procedure to liposuction the fat and obtain the stem cells.

With retired professional players I noted that some did better than others. This correlated very closely with chemical and hormone balance. Somewhere in a shape where their body wasn’t ready to heal anything. They were in a slow degenerative, aging process.

Then I was introduced amniotic fluid stem cells. One of the benefits as it saves the patient an additional procedure for harvesting stem cells. The other thing to consider is what is the shape of stem cells that come from someone who is medically very healthy?

Amniotic fluid stem cells are harvested from patients are undergoing a scheduled C-section. Donors are 18 to 35 years old and are medically cleared from one end to the other. The fluid is donated at the time of the C-section. These little cells are pluripotential-- in other words, they can do anything. This has been shown in studies as well as with clinical experience. I have opportunities to speak with colleagues across the country about their experience with one type of case or another. These cells cannot cause any allergic reaction. Over the years when I have talked with these colleagues, there have been no adverse side effects. Very safe with good results.

Besides amniotic fluid there is another embryonic type stem cell that can be obtained from placental cord blood. These cells are pluripotential-versatile ball players. This also does not require the separate procedure for harvesting the stem cells. The cells have been filtered so they have no HLA which causes an allergic reaction.

So the use of the last two would seem that they could be used in anyone. It saves them from having a painful second procedure.

Another thing to consider is where to inject. Intra-articular and soft-tissue results have been great. I have found it useful for Achilles tendon tears to prevent rupture. I have used the injections for other tendon tears including intra-articular injections.

Then you go on to discuss what other things can stem cells be administered. Mixing these with a little bit of hyaluronic acid can help lengthen the duration of dermal fillers. And this is all natural tissue.

I have used injections for different types of facial pain and migraine headaches.

Here is how I approach a patient about stem cells:

1.  what are we attempting to heal or repair? Judgment needs to be used because sometimes the injury is such that a surgical procedure is necessary.

2.  Look at the overall chemical and hormone balance of the patient. If there are borderline diabetic and things such as ferritin levels are elevated this will certainly affect results. I like to think of being a coach training, training patients and getting the human machine ready for healing. Sometimes what I call a recovery course of growth hormone can get things started off well.

3.  Look at where the injection will be located. Intra-articular is easy enough. A sphenopalatine ganglion block in the head can be very useful as a location to inject to relieve many facial symptoms. Pain specialists are looking at sympathetic denervation like the stellate ganglion. Stem cells will go for repair. We are looking at something long-term and possibly permanent. So location is very important. As surgeon who spent over 40 years operating on every part of the body this is not difficult.

4.  This can be given intravenously for lung problems. After circulation through the heart the stem cells will become sequestered in the spleen and that makes it hard for them to locate in a large number in a certain location. However, chronic inflammation will attract stem cell activity.

5.  Look at what can be added to an injection solution to help support the stem cells. This may include hyperbaric oxygen treatment, growth hormone injections, hyaluronic acid, and low doses of bio identical hydrocortisone. A little bit of glucose helps ignite the insulin receptors on cell membranes. I believe this allows the entry across the blood brain barrier for the cells to go intracranial. Now we are dealing with Parkinson’s, post stroke pathology, and we go from there.

6.  If you have chronic low-grade inflammation there is a step in the process that produces a chemical called tumor necrosis factor. This is the real killer that causes problems with chronic inflammation. There are drugs that can block this effect. When this is given at the time of the injection it can increase the efficacy.

7.  This is a procedure with very little risk. The big cost is the pocketbook. Stem cell injections for joint may be in the range of $4000-$5000. This may be as high as eight or $10,000 in California. So to me the real risk is finding someone who knows what they are doing. Is also finding someone with enough medical background and experience that they cover the entire human machine and get things ready to go on an optimum basis. When your chemical balance is not proper, you can’t just go in to the doctor’s office and get a shoulder injection and expect that will work miracles.

So people do not come to me and just get an injection. I really look at the chemical hormone balance. We look at optimizing the healing potential for the human machine. The location of the injection and what may be in included with the stem cells during the injection also complain a big part.

So that is the start as far as a conversation in stem cells. Any you want to throw at me let me know or we can even schedule a call. Part of antiaging has to deal with parts that wear out. The patient can decide whether they want as good normal healing as possible, or they can go in and have a joint replacement. So there may be other options that are still very vauleable.

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