Can Stem Cells Prevent the Need for Back Surgery?

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If you are living with chronic back pain, you may have found yourself wondering if back surgery is the only option left. The idea of surgery can feel overwhelming, especially with the risks and the long recovery time involved. 

But what if there was a back surgery alternative that could help heal your back without going under the knife? That’s where regenerative medicine options such as cell-based treatments come into play.

Understanding Back Pain

Back pain, especially the kind caused by inflammatory degradation of the spine, sometimes referred generally as “degenerative disc disease” or damaged tissue, can be debilitating. Traditional options like pharmaceutical medications (even opiates), injections, or physical therapy often provide temporary (and often only partial) relief, but for many people, the thought of surgery starts to loom large as the next step. 

Surgery may be effective, but it is not without its risks, including long recovery periods, complications or even a failure to fully resolve the problem.  Surgery does not always cure the problem fully either.  Many patients and doctors both have noticed a large gap between the temporizing treatments and a more significant surgical option.

Regenerative Medicine Alternative

One of the most promising alternatives for back pain is the application of regenerative medicine, including stem cells, which harnesses and helps enhance the body’s natural healing and anti-inflammatory (often pain reducing) powers. By using your other natural biological materials, regenerative medicine can help stimulate repair and regeneration of your damaged spinal tissue (such as discs, bone spurs, and related structures), offering help with relief from back pain without the need for invasive surgery. Medical journal studies have already been published that have shown these approaches are at least as good as surgical outcomes, but with only a fraction of the risk, cost, and invasiveness. These stem cells and related approaches are designed to target the root cause of your pain and promote healing at a cellular level.

How does this work for back pain? When you suffer from conditions like “degenerative disc disease”, “spinal arthritis”, “facet joint pain” or other inflammatory pain generators of the spine, the discs and joints between your vertebrae begin to break down. This can cause inflammation, pain, and even bone-on-bone contact. 

Regenerative medicine offers a potential solution by using stem cells and related biologics for the inflammation that is contributing to your back pain which helps to repair damaged tissue. These cells and biological materials have the incredible ability to help you fight inflammation and to regenerate new tissue and promote healing, giving your back the opportunity to heal itself.

Are Stem Cells for Back Pain Right for You?

While cell-based treatment is not necessarily an instant fix, many patients experience noticeable improvements from reduced inflammatory based pain within a few weeks. Instead of opting for back surgery, these regenerative approaches can provide a less invasive, back surgery alternative with fewer risks. The goal is to stimulate your body’s natural repair process, reducing pain and restoring function without having to be cut open.

The best part? These treatments are not just limited to back pain. They can also address other joint injuries, arthritis,bone-on-bone and various types of tissue damage, providing a holistic approach to healing.

Contact Stem Cell Expert Dr. Jeff Gross

If you are interested in learning more about how regenerative medicine and cell-based and other biological approaches can help you find help with relief, and are open to back surgery alternatives, get in touch with us today!

We want to chat with you about your specific options and help you determine if stem cells or related biologics for back pain are the right path for you!.