Stem Cell Therapy-Denver and Ft. Collins Colorado-CROM

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After more than 20 years of practicing physical and rehabilitation medicine, the Colorado Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine (CROM) medical practice announces the availability of CROM's regenerative medicine department, with a focus on amniotic stem cell therapy and platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections.

Stem cell therapy is a novel approach with the capacity to repair injured, torn, or arthritic tissue by delivering biological material directly to the site of the problem.

Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into cartilage, muscle, or other cells, and can provide a degree of regeneration to the joint, cartilage, tendon, or muscle that other medical treatments cannot.

Much of the excitement surrounding stem cells is the potential that this type of treatment has to repair problems; labral tears, rotator cuff tears or partial tears, and osteoarthritis. In many cases, surgical treatment or even joint replacement is the only other treatment available.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is another regenerative medicine approach. For this treatment, blood is drawn from the patient, and then spun in a centrifuge to produce a therapeutic injection containing platelets and growth factors from the patient's own blood. This injection can assist in healing tendonitis, tendon or labral tears, and arthritis.

Although many physicians and patients are excited about the results of their individual treatments, and there are many exciting case studies, at this point in time there are no controlled studies that prove the effectiveness of these treatments, and so they are not covered by insurance.

However, many professional athletes have decided to use stem cell and/or PRP treatments to help them heal from athletic injuries and reach peak condition.

Now these advanced medical treatments are available in Colorado from the state's premiere physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians- Colorado Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine practice.

Stem cell therapy and/or PRP treatments are performed only after an initial consultation to determine if these treatments are suitable for your specific problem, or whether other treatments, which may be less expensive and/or covered by insurance, are optimal.

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Stem Cell Therapy-Denver and Ft. Collins Colorado-CROM