The Procedure Explained
Stem cells live in all of us – they are the repairmen of the body. The problem is that as we age or get injuries, we sometimes can’t get enough of these repair cells to the injured area. The Regenexx™ procedure takes care of that problem by amplifying your body’s natural repair process.
The Regenexx™ procedure begins when the doctor thoroughly numbs the back of the hip (PSIS) and takes a small bone marrow sample through a needle. In addition, some blood is also taken from a vein in your arm. These samples are sent to the Regenerative Sciences lab.
Our trained staff isolates the mesenchymal stem cells. These cells are then grown using natural growth factors found in your blood. The goal is to achieve much greater numbers of stem cells than you could muster to the injured area.
The Regenexx™ procedure is safe and can often prevent the need for surgery. Unlike other stem cell procedures or products just coming to market, the Regenexx™ procedure doesn’t expose your cells to non-FDA approved growth hormones or drugs, experimental drugs, potentially harmful animal products, or the risk of someone else’s cells. In addition, unlike BMAC aspirates (where the marrow is taken, processed, and injected the same day) which contain too few stem cells to be clinically useful, the Regenexx™ procedure is capable to getting to useful numbers of mesenchymal stem cells. The Regenexx™ procedure is the power of your stem cells unleashed.
