Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week we held our Educational Seminar in Tysons Corner, VA. We have gotten many inquiries on when our next seminar dates are for those who could not make it. While the dates are not set in stone, patients are able to attend a recorded Webinar! They are held once every few days, and patients are sent an email reminder of their chosen date and time. This is a recorded session of the physicians at a typical Patient Education Seminar. It includes and overview of the regenerative procedures available at StemCell ARTS such as, Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma, Platelet Lysate, and Stem Cells. Here, potential patients can also find the answers to many frequently asked questions. Click the link to register yourself for our next Webinar!
Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Pinpointing pain can often be a difficult task. When patients come to see our physicians, they have been dealing with their pain for months or even years. Low back pain plagues 31 million Americans at any given time. Platelets and Prolotherapy have been proven in our practice to effectively help treat low back pain. Since these procedures are not yet covered under insurances, our physicians perform diagnostic cortisone injections in order to determine which areas are causing patients pain. If a patient is able to be provided relief from these diagnostic injections, then platelets or prolotherapy will be the next steps. Regenerative treatments are scheduled three to four weeks after any steroid injections. Platelets and prolotherapy aim to create inflammation in order to alert your body to send repair cells to the site. Steroids inhibit inflammation, and therefore, counterintuitive to regenerative treatments.
While we hope that one day, these effective treatments will be accepted and paid for by insurance companies, there is not yet a set timeline. Sometimes one or two cortisone injections are all that it takes to settle down an inflamed nerve. For those with chronic back pain that have exhausted the use of steroids, our regenerative procedures could be your answer. Contact our office to schedule your consultation to determine your candidacy for our procedures!
Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the fifth year in a row, Dr. Robert Wagner has been delivering an engaging Regenerative Medicine lecture at the annual INOVA Sports Medicine Symposium. His presentation revolves around an array of sophisticated diagnostic and treatment options, including regenerative medicine, for musculoskeletal injuries. This year, he presented on “My Patellar Tendon and Achilles are Angry: Can I avoid surgery?”
His recent lecture at the Annual Sports Medicine Symposium at INOVA Center for Personalized Health focused on the following:
- Discuss the process of tendon degradation and dysfunction
- Discuss the role of PRP and other alternative treatments for chronic tendonitis/tendinosis
- Discuss the future role of regenerative therapy
Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. Robert Wagner is a leading physician from NSPC and StemCell Arts and a highly sought after pain management expert from our Tysons Corner, Virginia center. He specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries of the spine, joints, tendons, nerves and ligaments by utilizing injection techniques. Dr. Wagner also has extensive experience treating acute and chronic injuries with Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Prolotherapy. He has lectured and mentored clinicians nationally on these innovative techniques and their application for healing chronic pain conditions.
While Dr. Wagner’s lecture at the INOVA event was a true success, we’d also like to highlight the significance of sharing educational information about these innovative techniques and their efficacy for healing chronic pain conditions.
Stem Cell Therapy and PRP treatments are safe, highly effective alternatives to surgery for people who suffer from joint or bone pain due to degenerative conditions, torn or strained tendons or ligaments or other common joint injuries.
Webinars
Jun 22, 2017 | Articles by Body Part, Platelet Lysate, Spine and Neck, Uncategorized
Often, when patients are diagnosed with spinal stenosis, the only solution most physicians and surgeons give them is surgery. Stenosis occurs when there is a narrowing in the spinal canal; this narrowing causes trapped nerves which can produce symptoms of sciatica. Weakness, numbness, and tingling (down legs and buttocks) can be a result of these trapped nerves. The most common surgery for spinal stenosis is ‘decompressive laminectomy’. This surgery involves removing a portion of the bone or thickened tissue that is compressing the nerves. Laminectomies are often coupled with spinal fusions in order to provide the back with more support. For those who wish to avoid such an invasive procedure, StemCell ARTS with Regenexx has a solution for you!
Regenerative Options
Our physicians are able to provide customized treatment plans for patients suffering from pain due to spinal stenosis. Platelet Lysate is a treatment we utilize for trapped nerves. The process starts with a venous blood draw. After that, we hand process your sample in our state-of-the-art lab, and separate the platelet from red blood cells. We then freeze the platelets and break them open to extract the growth serum inside. These growth factors are then injected by the doctor around the nerves to calm the inflammation.
See how Dr. Centeno helped Kathie overcome the pain from her spinal stenosis in order to help her continue her coral restoration work!
May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Same-Day Stem Cell Treatment
At StemCell ARTS, we have seen an interesting trend among older women. We have found that women who were middle-aged, and slightly over-weight, have seen higher improvement rates than men with our same-day stem cell knee procedures. We are unsure as to why, although we do find that women tend to be more cautious after their stem cell series; while men are usually more eager to get back to physical activities. While our procedures do provide patients with less down time, intense physical activity too soon afterwards could do more harm than good. Although it is difficult to narrow down healing to one specific factor, we have seen that a combination of diet, exercise, and supplements really helps.
Positive Patient Outcomes
But men, do not be discouraged! We have an average success rate of 75%! Meaning that 50% of all patients (men and women) who were treated reported an average of 50% or more in pain relief. See our knee infographic here for a more detailed breakdown.
We welcome both men and women to contact our StemCell ARTS clinic and schedule your appointment today!
May 4, 2017 | Blog, Prolotherapy, PRP, Sacroiliac Joint Pain, Spine and Neck, Uncategorized
Pelvic Pain in Women
We here at StemCell ARTS appreciate all that women (especially our mothers) do for us! We understand that women who have been pregnant are more susceptible to pelvic pain, as child-birth causes trauma to that area. The ligaments around the pubic symphysis get stretched out, and can cause instability; this in turn can cause deferred pain in the hips and low back. Often, these pains are misdiagnosed, and steroid injections provide only temporary relief because they are not treating the source of the problem.
SCA Treatments for Pelvic Pain
Here in our clinic, we provide customized treatments that are able to help tighten up those sacral ligaments and tendons to help relieve pain. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections are concentrated autologous platelets that are hand-processed in our laboratory. Once injected, they are able to shorten and strengthen tendons and ligaments. Prolotherapy is sometimes also an option for those with less severe pain. It is a dextrose-based solution that is injected into the pelvis and surrounding ligaments, also in an effort to tighten them. Prolotherapy causes inflammation which tells your body’s repair cells to congregate to the site, which might have been an old injury that your body has forgotten about. Our treatments can help women (and men) get back to those kids that initially caused your pain!
See how Dr. Friedlis describes diagnosing and treating pelvic pain here at StemCell ARTS!
