Stem Cell Therapy for Lower Back Pain

If you are one of the 80 percent of American adults who will suffer from lower back pain, I have some good news for you. Stem cell therapy is proven to benefit patients struggling with a number of different conditions that cause lower back pain. Here are just a few:

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• Osteoarthritis – One of the most common causes of joint pain, this degenerative condition also causes stiffness, tenderness, weakness, and numbness in the joints and extremities.
   

• Degenerative Disc Disease – Fibrocartilaginous ‘discs’ (picture a jelly donut) surround our spinal cord and cushion our spinal vertebrae. Wear and tear or injury to these joints can lead to chronic, debilitating pain.
   

• Herniated Disc Disease – You know what happens when you squeeze a jelly donut? Something similar can happen to the discs in your back, leading to nucleus pulposus, sometimes called a “slipped disc.” This is when the cushioning material in your spinal discs leaks out, lessening their ability to function as spinal cord protectors and shock absorbers for the vertebrae. This condition causes pain, weakness, and numbness in the back, buttocks, and legs.
   

• Spinal Stenosis – The spinal cord and spinal nerves are surrounded by protective vertebrae and ligaments that hold those vertebrae together. In a healthy spine, these vertebrae and ligaments offer plenty of room for the spinal cord and nerves. Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal that applies pressure to the spinal cord and nerve roots.
   

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (aka: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) is an uncommon form of chronic pain that usually affects limbs, though the treatment, in this case, involves the spine. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)  typically develops after an injury, surgery, stroke or heart attack. One of the key indicators of CRPS is that the pain is out of proportion to the severity of the initial injury or illness.
   

• Facet Joint Pain – Inflammation or injury to the Facet Joints is one of the most common causes of neck pain or back pain. In fact, Facet Joint Pain, also known as Facet Joint Syndrome or Facet Joint Sprain, accounts for about 30 percent of all reported cases of back pain. Many of these cases are caused by Osteoarthritis.
   

• Sciatica – Sciatica is pain caused by a medical problem in or around the sciatic nerve. Because the Sciatic Nerve runs from the lower back down into each leg, the associated pain may be referred. While lower back pain is the most common symptom of Sciatica, you may also feel pain in your hips, buttocks or legs, often on a specific side of the body.
   

• Medial Branch Block
   

• Joint Pain and Dysfunction
   

After stem cell treatment, many patients experience significantly reduced pain and stiffness, as well as reduced inflammation and increased flexibility. More importantly, with the pain gone, they achieve an improved quality of life.