22 Nov Repair, Regenerate, Restore – What Is Regenerative Medicine?

Regenerative medicine isn’t exactly a household word yet, but it’s well on the way to becoming one in the next few years. Regenerative medicine has provided patients with all sorts of long-term relief from symptoms that were often believed to be incurable or, at the very least, quite difficult to cure.

There are a number of different components that fit into the category that we call regenerative medicine. Things like Phoenix stem cell treatment, plasma-rich platelet therapy, and certain injections can all help to accelerate your body’s natural ability to regenerate.

We’ll explain exactly what this is and how you can take advantage of some of the most popular forms of regenerative medicine.

So What Exactly Is Regenerative Medicine?

The body is a natural healer, there’s no way around that. Its whole function is a coordinated attempt to maintain balance. It does this by attempting to ensure that everything, from our hormones to our digestion, is in good shape.

Unfortunately, the body often can’t keep up with some of the drastic changes that humans have made over the last few hundred years. The industrial revolution has basically been a race against nature to develop a completely inorganic, mechanistic way of life that is completely disharmonious with the way that our bodies work.

In other words, the very world we’ve created as a species has also created the need for regenerative medicine. We need to learn how to regenerate and rejuvenate our bodies because we’re constantly under attack: radiation, heat, fear-mongering, stress… All of these things take a toll on our bodies and can lead to disease and illness.

Our body is equipped to deal with most of these things. Regenerative medicine simply gives it an extra push in the right direction.

Types of Regenerative Medicine

Here are a few examples of regenerative medicine.

1. Platelet-rich plasma therapy

Platelets are important components of our blood that indicate to the rest of the body where healing needs to take place. By introducing additional platelets into an injured part of the body, we send it the message that “we need healing over here, pal!”

2.  Phoenix stem cell treatment

Stem cells can be derived from all sorts of different tissues. The most common are bone-marrow-derived and adipose  (fat tissue) derived. Stem cells can also come from embryonic tissue, umbilical cords, and other tissues.

Stem cells are basic cells that have minimal function on their own. However, they evolve to fulfill a very specific role once they’re exposed to certain elements. Any stem cell treatment involving placing stem cells in a human heart will lead to the development of new heart cells, for example.

3. Cartilage regeneration

For many years, damaged cartilage was thought to be an irreversible problem. However regenerative medicine doctors have found that you can, in fact, regenerate cartilage by using chondrocytes – cartilage-forming cells – that are harvested from the patient’s body.

Conclusion

Regenerative medicine is one of the most fascinating and promising fields of medicine that we are exploring today. Advances in practices like stem cell therapy and cartilage regeneration have allowed us to make progress in areas that were previously thought to be impossible.

As we continue to learn more about regenerative medicine, we will begin to see new possibilities. Contact Phoenix stem cell treatment center at (844) GET-STEM to learn more.