Frequently Asked Questions

Regenerative medicine through use of stem cells, growth factors, and PRP, Beaver County Regenerative Wellness Centers promotes a self– healing environment within the body.

What exactly is the difference between PRP injections for pain and stem cell injections for pain?

PRP is a mix of concentrated platelets and serum.  PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) is generally great for helping painful areas or conditions that may either heal on their own (given enough time) or are possibly stuck in the healing process and need a little “jump start” to get things moving towards pain resolution.  PRP injections utilize the patient’s own blood.

Stem cells are more powerful than PRP and are used to treat more difficult or stubborn pain conditions.  Stem cells encourage a greater concentration of stem cells; administering these cells directly into the damaged area provides faster pain relief along the environment for repair.  Stem cells are derived from a donor’s healthy blood.

Stem cell injections provide healing, repair, and regeneration of injured or damaged tissue.  Stem cells can regenerate tissues that are injured in the spinal column of the neck and/or back, meniscal tears, ligament tears, rotator cuff tear, tennis elbow and in degenerate diseases like arthritis and osteoarthritis.  It decreases pain at the level of injury; improving performance.  The procedure is administered in our office, under local anesthesia; eliminating the risks associated with surgery or general anesthesia.

Stem Cell Therapy Treatments

Stem cell therapy treatments use healthy stem cells to repair damaged or damaged diseased tissue so your body can heal itself.  The area of orthobiologics that is growing the fastest and showing the most promise is the use of stem cells and other similar cell-based treatments that work with stem cells.  Stem cells help to maintain the body’s continuous cycle of regeneration, repair and healing.  As the body ages, the concentration of stem cells found in the body diminishes.  As the stem cell concentration diminishes, it becomes increasingly difficult for the body to recover from injury.  Similar to the techniques used in PRP, a stem cell and other cell-based biomaterials can be extracted, concentrated and delivered by a clinician into areas of chronic pain that need help.  These building blocks provided at a higher concentration can occur naturally due to the aging process are capable of advanced reconstruction and revitalization.  

The popularity of these advanced regenerative treatments is growing quickly as patients now have an alternative approach to try that is minimally invasive, requires NO downtime like surgery and also does not include the risks associated with surgeries.