What is Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy?

Living in today’s innovative society means that options for treating injuries, arthritis or other degenerative joint issues don’t have to be limited to surgical interventions or pharmaceuticals. At Spine Correction Center, new cutting-edge treatment options like amniotic membrane stem cell injections may be used to successfully treat patients suffering from arthritis or other joint conditions.

For clarification, this type of stem cell comes from the amniotic sac – not an embryo. While ethical debates have arisen about embryonic stem cell therapy, most everyone agrees that the use of Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy raises no ethical or moral questions.

Spine Correction Center is one of the few clinics in the country to offer amniotic stem cells for Stem Cell Therapy. We couple the treatment with rehabilitation (if needed) provided by our integrated team, to correct the reason your joint “wore out” in the first place. Spine Correction Center is integrated with nurse practitioners, medical doctors and chiropractors — dealing with chronic joint pain is what we do!

Stem cells are found in all of us and play a key role in the body’s healing process. They lie latent in your body until they receive signals that the body has suffered an injury and then they follow your platelets to the injured site. Stem cells are able to transform into the same type of cell that was injured to promote healing. They are tasked with healing injured ligaments, tendons, tissues and bones. After an injury, or as a natural result of aging, the amount of stem cells needed in certain areas of the body declines. Stem Cell Therapy solves this problem by delivering a high concentration of stem cells into the injured area, promoting natural healing.

How Does Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy Work?

Stem cell treatment takes advantage of the body’s ability to repair itself. With Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy, your doctor injects stem cells from amniotic tissues into your body. Similar to cortisone and steroid shots, stem cell injections have anti-inflammatory properties, but they offer far more benefits than those of standard injection therapies. While cortisone and other drugs only provide temporary pain relief, stem cells actually restore degenerated tissue while providing pain relief. They linger in the injured area for up to 24 months, constantly dividing and building new tissue. Additionally, stem cell injections contain hyaluronic acid, which lubricates joints and tendons, easing the pain and helping restore mobility.

Amniotic stem cells can turn into any type of tissue found in joints including cartilage, ligament, tendon, bone or muscle. The only tissue they can’t become is nerve tissue. This makes Stem Cell Therapy a “curative” treatment — once your joint is healed, it’s healed for good! The oldest research to date shows that 100 percent of Stem Cell Therapy recipients were still pain free four years later.

How Does Stem Cell Therapy Differ from Other Options?

Current treatments for the painful and debilitating effects of arthritis rely on early intervention with synthetic drugs, either singly or in combination, but this pharmaceutical approach is still not effective for some 20 to 40 percent of those suffering from arthritis. According to the National Institute of Health, Stem Cell Therapy provides a promising alternative to surgery by promoting safe and natural healing.  The less invasive approach Stem Cell Therapy offers attracts thousands of patients each year.

What are the Benefits of Stem Cell Therapy?

Stem Cell Therapy can be performed at Spine Correction Center and provides pain relief without the risks of surgery, general anesthesia, hospital stays or prolonged recovery. Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy is very safe and effective. Some of the amazing benefits of this treatment include the following:

• Amniotic stem cells contain hyaluronic acid, which lubricates cartilage and promotes new cartilage growth.
• Amniotic stem cells contain no steroids. Instead, the injections rely on naturally occurring anti-inflammatory agents, such as cytokines.
• Amniotic stem cells contain growth factors, which stimulate tissue growth.
• Amniotic stem cells carry no threat of patient rejection.
• Amniotic fluid is a highly concentrated source of stem cells, which makes this type of injection superior to embryonic stem cells and even the patient’s own stem cells collected from bone marrow or fat.

Are Amniotic Stem Cell Injections Safe?

Yes. More than 10,000 injections have been performed in the US without a single reported adverse side effect.

• Amniotic stem cells have been used by ophthalmologists and plastic surgeons for about 20 years. The use of amniotic stem cells is well-researched, safe and effective.
• Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy is the preferred type because patient rejection is extremely rare. Amniotic stem cells are “neutral” cells that have no DNA in them, meaning everyone’s a match and you can’t contract anything from the donor.
• All Amniotic stem cell donors go through a rigorous screening process, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB).

What to Expect

At Spine Correction Center, the goal of Stem Cell Therapy is to relieve pain through natural healing while promoting long-lasting results. Your treatment only requires one injection, and you may notice a difference within just a few weeks with steadily increasing improvement as your healing advances. Stem Cell Therapy allows you to return to your active lifestyle prior to injury.

Call for a Free Consultation

If chronic knee pain, hip pain or osteoarthritis in another joint is limiting your daily routine or preventing you from enjoying the activities you love, Stem Cell Therapy may be the answer. The team at Spine Correction Center is here to help you understand where your symptoms are coming from and what it will take to improve. We provide specialized treatment plans for your condition right here in Fort Collins. Contact us online or call (970) 658-5115 today to schedule your free consultation!