A 2015 study found that prp injections were more effective than hyaluronic acid injections a traditional therapy for treating osteoarthritis.
Cell injection therapy.
Stem cell therapy involves using these cells in injections and tissue transplants to heal injuries and treat.
In animal studies stem cell treatments have shown promise for various.
Stem cells are special cells with the potential to repair damaged tissue and organs.
However the trial was a small group of 160 people.
Doctors who do the treatments cite anecdotal evidence as validation that the treatments work.
For knee injections doctors often take stem cells from the patient s bone marrow fat tissue or blood.
In recent years stem cell therapy has been hailed as a miracle cure for many conditions from wrinkles to spinal repair.
You can t get prp injections if you have.
Treatment can cost 250 to 1 500 a session and you may need several sessions to see results.