Back injuries and the pain that accompanies them can be tough to manage. Our backs are at the core of everything we do! Depending on the location of the injury, your pain could be responsive to movement in the upper half or lower half of your body. Pain is often a sign of poor spinal health or in response to a traumatic injury. Degenerative conditions like facet joint syndrome as well as herniated, slipped or bulging discs can lead to chronic issues if they aren’t addressed early.

The professionals at Stem Cellutions have years of expertise administering stem cell therapy for a range of joint and pain management. Previously Back pain treatments were limited to steroid injections, physical therapy, partial replacement, or full Back replacement surgery. Stem Cell therapy provides a promising non-surgical option. A 2016 study highlighted by the National Institute of Health, outlines the use of stem cells as a promising therapy that shows signs of being useful in diminishing back pain and preventing or reversing damage to deteriorating joint tissue as well.

Stem Cell Back Therapy Explained

Think of stem cells as unprogrammed cells, awaiting instruction for what type of cell they will function as. Cells tend to follow gene mapping and adapt to the function of the surrounding cells. When stem cells are injected into injury sites, that is the intended purpose, to provide your body with fresh, unprogrammed cells, so that it has the potential building blocks to repair damaged tissue. Stem cells are extracted from natural sources that are familiar to the human body, for example, taken from bone marrow. So you can consider stem cell therapy as a simple relocation of resources. Taking resources from a place of abundance, and placing them directly in an area of need!

The goal of the injections is to slow or reverse a process called catabolism, which is the process of cellular structures breaking down. This is the source of your pain, so by correcting the cause at its source, the pain will subsequently ease as well. You should always explore non-surgical options like stem cell therapy before considering surgery. Back surgery is not only expensive and requires significant downtime, but it also can lead to more complications. Stem cell therapy is a non-invasive option for pain management that requires little to no downtime after the procedure.