How is Regenerative Medicine changing the game for today’s athletes? Faster recovery, natural healing and improved performance are just a few ways. The enhanced tissue repair is perhaps one of the most game – and life – changing results that has emerged. Just as important, though, is the reduced reliance on pain medication that we’re seeing among athletes because of this new array of innovative treatment approaches.
Regenerative medicine is revolutionizing athletic recovery by making use of the body's innate healing abilities to repair damaged or deteriorated tissues and restore physical function. Utilizing non-surgical, minimally invasive treatment procedures, Regenerative Medicine means less time on the sidelines.
Contact us online or call (240) 754-7954 to schedule a consultation with one of our specialists at the Center for Sports & Regenerative Orthopedics to see how you can potentially benefit from the game changing power of Regenerative Medicine.
Regenerative Medicine is a field that uses innate human biological processes to restore function by naturally repairing or replacing tissues, cells, or organs that have suffered injury or deterioration. By definition, treatments in this field trigger natural healing processes to regenerate tissue, addressing diseases and injuries that, until now, were generally considered irreversible.
Put simply, it is a form of medical treatment that uses the body's own cells to promote healing and restore function.
The types of ways Regenerative Medicine can be applied have evolved in four primary directions. Cell-based therapies utilize stem cells or other types of cells to repair damaged, deteriorated or diseased tissue. Tissue engineering can modify or actually create tissues in a lab for transplantation or to be used to stimulate healing. It’s even evolved into organ regeneration where they have now developed the means to regrow or repair entire organs. Regenerative Medicine has contributed so much to Disease-specific treatments that are being used to address a wide range of conditions, from arthritis to heart disease, by targeting the underlying cellular or tissue damage.
The field is exploding with new treatment options, and the list keeps growing. Some of the most recognized examples of Regenerative Medicine treatments include:
While Regenerative Medicine is ripe with game changing benefits for all types of patients – not just athletes – there’s no doubt that athletes benefit even more profoundly because of the high level of physical performance required in what they do, as well as how critical it is for them to achieve full recovery to achieve that optimum level of performance. These are just some of the benefits:
At its core, what Regenerative Medicine offers is a promising new approach to sports injury treatment, truly revolutionizing how the field of sports medicine approaches – and even thinks about – sports injuries in the modern age of athleticism.
Even seemingly minor injuries could sideline an athlete’s career before Regenerative Medicine therapies came along. Most athletes relied on conservative treatment methods like rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE), together with physical therapy and medication. For severe sports injuries, they tried corticosteroids. Ultimately, surgery was the only option, but oftentimes, it just didn’t work – and sometimes it made things worse.
Basically, many sports injuries simply could not be successfully treated – and that’s the part that makes Regenerative Medicine so game changing. It can be used to treat a variety of diseases or injuries that were otherwise difficult or impossible to treat in the past. When these innovative new therapies like PRP or stem cell therapy emerged, it opened possibilities never before considered for previously career-ending sports injuries.
Regenerative Medicine treatments are clearly effective in improving function, facilitating healing, decreasing pain, and reducing inflammation – but you don’t have to be an athlete or even physically fit to benefit from the healing potential of its innovative therapies.
Healing and relief from pain or poor function are as much your right as any sports figure. As we’ve repeatedly stated, the promise of Regenerative Medicine belongs to us all – and it’s not only not just for sports figures, it is also not just for sports injuries. PRP, one of the most well-known Regenerative Medicine therapies, is noted not simply for treating sports injuries, but for use in everything from osteoarthritis and hair loss to aesthetic skin rejuvenation. Almost all of the Regenerative Medicine therapies have applications that extend beyond sports injuries.
For more questions about Regenerative Medicine’s ability to tackle major league football injuries – as well as the impact of aging, illness or weekend warrior injuries - speak with our experts today to see if Regenerative Medicine could be a gamechanger for you. Call (240) 754-7954.
Let our team at the Center for Sports & Regenerative Orthopedics help you achieve your goals and enhance your health and wellness goals with the healing potential of Regenerative Medicine.
Call (240) 754-7954 or contact us online to arrange a consultation with our Regenerative Medicine specialists at our offices in Alexandria, Virginia, or Waldorf, Maryland.
