{"id":16,"date":"2013-03-23T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premium_theme_1\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2018-10-03T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:59:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About R3 Stem Cell Centers in Tampa metro<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18.66666603088379px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16057\" src=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stem Cells Tampa\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43062462_2193915397518409_3474464573497540608_o.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">R3 Stem Cell is the nation&#8217;s leader in regenerative therapies. Having performed over 10,000 successful stem cell procedures to date, our Centers are all about changing your quality of life and helping you avoid potentially risky surgery. Whatever those activities are that you&#8217;ve been missing such as biking,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">swimming, gardening, hiking, football, golf, playing with your kids again, we see patients every day achieve their goals!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">R3 Stem Cell partners with the best medical practices around the country to offer stem cell and PRP therapy to those desiring ground breaking therapies by compassionate, knowledgeable, Board Certified providers. R3 Stem Cell provides the best stem cell therapy providers in Tampa metro. R3 is proud to help patients receive regenerative therapies\u00a0 with the latest effective technology available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Conventional pain treatments have been very good at reducing pain by masking discomfort in a &#8220;band aid&#8221; fashion with oral or injected medications like steroids, narcotics,\u00a0 or NSAIDs. These therapies unfortunately do not fix the underlying problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Fixing Tissue Injury<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So how is the condition actually repaired, whether it&#8217;s shoulder\/knee\/hip\/ankle arthritis, COPD, neuropathy, anti-aging, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">golfer&#8217;s or tennis elbow, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">rotator cuff tendonitis or a ligament injury?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Regenerative Medicine has the potential to restore anatomy\u00a0 with <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">stem cells, growth factors and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">platelets to facilitate a healing response in one&#8217;s own body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stem Cells are like a blank slate and may differentiate into any number of cell types for tissue regeneration. This is in large part dependent on the environment in which they are placed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Tampa Stem Cell Procedures<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16054\" src=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Replenish IV Stem Cells Tampa\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/37864894_2142242959352320_5130020242419875840_o-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stem cell injection treatments include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/stem-cell-treatments\/umbilical-cord-tissue-procedures\/\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Procedures<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/stem-cell-treatments\/amniotic-derived-stem-cell-injections\/\">Amniotic Stem Cell Procedures<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a title=\"Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy\" href=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/stem-cell-treatments\/platelet-rich-plasma-prp-therapy\/\">Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These are all minimally invasive, same day, low risk, outpatient procedures. Often performed with an IV, the stem cell material is able to reach many areas of the body to help. Some of the time the regenerative biologic is administered with an injection as well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Initial studies are showing these stem cell therapies to offer substantial promise in healing injury while reducing pain. For example, most professional sports leagues have approved of PRP therapy along with the World Anti-Doping Association.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Pro athletes who have received regenerative medicine treatment include the likes of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Rafael Nadal, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dwight Howard, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Bartolo Colon and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The treatments are also producing exceptional outcomes for degenerative and rheumatoid arthritis, sports injuries, neuropathy, Lyme disease and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All of the treatments are performed by highly experienced providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; 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He earned his Bachelor of Science in Anthropology-Zoology from the University<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16053\" src=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/99852800.jpg\" alt=\"DR. JOHN SOSA\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/> of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and his Doctor of Medicine from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten. Following a General Surgery Residency at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan, he completed a Family Medicine Residency at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan where he was Chief Resident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dr. Sosa is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. He has a clinical interest in Preventive Medicine.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; thickness=&#8221;2px&#8221; up=&#8221;20&#8243; down=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>If you would like to receive stem cell therapy with the top metro Tampa<br \/>\ncenter, <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/tampa-fl\/regenerative-medicine\/contact\/\">CONTACT US<\/a> or call <b>(844) GET-STEM<\/b> <\/strong><span class=\"textwidget\"><strong>today!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] About R3 Stem Cell Centers in Tampa metro &nbsp; R3 Stem Cell is the nation&#8217;s leader in regenerative therapies. 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