I am curious if any of you guys have considered stem cell injections. I have recently listened to some podcasts. One was on Superhuman Radio about a Dr Seeds that was using the patients own bone barrow. Separating the stem cells and injecting them into the joint. A half hour procedure with amazing results. He also uses peptides to feed the stem cells into new cartilage and joint material. Sounds amazing. And this podcast was from 2018. I have also heard of it on Think Big podcast. Forget who mentioned it but they said guys were going to Panama. Dr takes out some bone marrow. You chill on the beach for 5 days while they multiply your stem cells. Then they inject it into the joint and you fly home. I realize these procedures would be out of pocket and most likely you guys are going through insurance. But if not it might be something to look into. If this Dr Seeds was doing this 3 years ago in the US, I would think it should be more available now from other doctors. And if it’s working as good as it sounds, hopefully will become more of a standard option. Instead of cortisol shots that actually damage the joint further. I could see this procedure being slow at being accepted by most doctors and surgeons because it will put them out of a job potentially. And the prosthetic joint companies out of business as well. So just like finding a cure for cancer, no one (besides the patient) wants that to happen.
I looked into this very, very extensively for my left leg, I was shot in the groin and the round went through my scrotum and into my upper thigh, hit my femur and travelled down the front of my quad (and more) it was and is very fucked up even though I have trained it enough in 24 years to look good cosmetically it still have functional issues.
I had 3 absolute top notch no $$ spared professionals go over this with me independent of each other as well as a Dr that specializes in the injections that Knows my history and my goals for the future.
Final answer was not worth it as MOST likely it will NOT help me at all.
I would have dropped whatever the number if any one of them gave me a glint of hope but they all have used the stem cells and the plasma injections etc in the past while tracking their patients that DID and the ones that DID NOT go this route but none of them gave much promise to the procedures.
I know everyone is different and all injuries are not the same and this is just the experience that I had while looking for an answer.
