American Spine offers experimental fix for pain — Gazette.Net

Doctors at American Spine in Germantown and throughout the State of Maryland have rolled out a new experimental set of regenerative treatments for injuries ranging from torn muscles to serious back pain and patients are starting to take notice.

Frank Chilcoat received his first platelet rich plasma injection on Dec. 2 for what he described as, Two tears on the outer part of my shoulder in the muscle.

Ive actually seen some difference already, Chilcoat said. My range of motion was very bad. I was limited and I would get pain.

Platelet rich plasma injections and stem cell therapies are under American Spines umbrella term of Regenerative Medicine Therapy, which the practice describes as the application of biological therapies that enhance the bodys ability to heal itself.

American Spine has several different locations, including one in Olney and another in a brand new building in Germantown, which will be a fully functioning surgical facility. As of now, any of the surgical locations can offer the regenerative treatments on site.

Dr. Mike Yuan has been spearheading the procedures at American Spine.

The [platelet rich plasma] procedure is a very simple process. Draw blood, like a blood test, then centrifuge the blood, Yuan said, explaining that the centrifuge separates the components of the blood isolating the plasma that helps bodies heal.

Next, doctors inject the patients own plasma back into the problem area, focusing their healing functions directly on site.

Instead of waiting for your body to take it to the site, we are injecting there, Dr. Sandeep Sherlekar, a co-owner of American Spine, said.

This procedure uses the bodys natural method of healing in a more effective way, giving the body the green light to send more healing cells to help out.

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