What About Stem Cells and Back Pain?
Stem Cells and Back Pain?
I estimate that more than 60% of patients seeking regenerative medical options for an arthritic joint have a major co-morbidity; namely, degenerative disc and joint disease of the low back. The backache complaint is so frequent that I only wish I could recommend stem cell intervention into the degenerative disc or degenerative facet joint at L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1. Yet, the evidence-based statistical data for safety and efficacy is not quite sufficient to allow me to begin a stem cell initiative concerning the low back. Is there an alternative for those experiencing daily back pain; something to make a symptomatic patient functional?
A Virtual Way to Combat Back Pain
During our forced shelter-in-place over the past many weeks, my wife, Sharon, has not been able to visit Body and Brain Yoga or enjoy a weekly appointment for a 55-minute Pilates session. Her low back started to become a recurrent source of concern, symptoms, and limitations until she came across DesirelistTV. #AtHomeTogether, the website features MOVE with us, DINE with us, and Let Us Entertain you; segments led by professionals and all professional content is for free. Try it at www.desirelist.com/TV ; the “coaches”, instructors, and professionals change daily, as does the subject matter. This is where I joined master mixologists to learn how to make the perfect Margaritas for Cinco De Mayo.
Ah, but I have digressed from the low back. By “attending” the virtual yoga, tai chi, core strengthening and stretching classes four to five days a week, Sharon no longer has a back symptom; she has regained all of her function and then some. In the meantime, my office schedule is starting to fill up, the Surgi-Center that I depend on will reopen for me on May 13, and I will be returning to our Personalized Stem Cell Clinical Trial next week as well. All patients may be certain that our offices, Surgi-Center and staff will be using every available precaution and more when we assess and treat our patients. What is your ultimate assurance that we are taking every know precaution to protect patients? It is quite straight forward: neither Mary, Kelly, nor I want to be infected with COVID-19.
On Tuesday, we evaluated and treated 14 patients including interventions in six with orthobiologic products. Wednesday, we treated both knees of a patient with a proprietary Platelet Rich Plasma/growth factor autogenous biologic. Today, Thursday, four patients are scheduled. Next week, we will return to working at the Surgi-Center following all protective guidelines and then some.
To catch up or keep up, visit my website at www.sheinkopmd.com as well as www.PersonalizedStemCells.com. You may learn about stem cells and COVID-19.
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