In this week's episode of the Spine & Nerve podcast, Dr. Raman Gurai and Dr. Brian Joves introduce the field of regenerative medicine.

Regenerative medicine at its core is a theory that we can influence the body's natural healing abilities to help with pain. The field has been developing over the past few decades, but really made it into the mainstream lexicon when professional athletes began utilizing it in the mid 2000s. Since that time, science and the medical literature have continued to evolve in helping us understand which patients are appropriate for which intervention.

Just like all forms of musculoskeletal medicine, we tend to take a conservative to more invasive approach with regenerative medicine interventions. Some of the techniques that are currently used to help patients with pain and injuries in joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles, etc include:

-Low level laser therapy, also called photobiomodulation (currently recommended by the American College of Physicians and American College of Rheumatology)

-prolotherapy, also called proliferate therapy

-platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP)

-amniotic fluid therapy

-adipose tissue or fat derived stem cell therapy

-bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC)

Listen as the doctors dive deeper into this topic and give some practical considerations as we continue to evolve this burgeoning field.

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