Sports Injuries

The majority of sports injuries can be treated effectively using conventional first aid and medical treatments, with most people being able to return to a satisfying level of physical activity after such an injury. However the damage done by some sports injuries can linger on for months and even years and worsen over time. This is true of both weekend, amateur and professional athletes.

Many injured professional athletes such as Tiger Woods have had platelet-rich plasma therapy, in which their own blood is used to create a serum brimming over with growth factors that help heal up old injuries. Dr. Steenblock has been doing PRP therapy for many years now.

In addition, some doctors here in the US and many overseas use stem cells from a patient’s own bone marrow and/or fat to help effect healing in injured joints and tissues. Yankee’s pitcher Bartolo Colon had injections of stem cells from his own bone marrow and fat in a clinic in the Dominican Republic resulting in the healing of ligament damage and a torn rotator cuff.  And here in the US Dr. Christopher Centeno has successfully treated various orthopedic issues and injuries using mesenchymal stem cells he isolated from patient bone marrow samples and then cultured and injected (into them.) Click this link to see a list of case history reports and papers by Dr. Centeno and his associates attesting to the merits of his approach.

However, the government of the Dominican Republic recently moved to close all the private clinics doing business on their shores, while Dr. Centeno is locked in a legal tug-of-war with the FDA, which contends that his doing more than “minimal manipulation” of the bone marrow he harvests from patients makes the end product a new drug (that must go through rigorous testing & FDA approval.)

Dr. David Steenblock, too, has been using stem cell-rich bone marrow to treat various medical issues including sports injuries since 2005. However, as he does not take the bone marrow he harvests beyond “minimal manipulation” his procedures are legal. And judging from case history reports gleamed from the 1000+ bone marrow procedures he has done, these treatments have produced some often remarkable results in people suffering a wide range of problems including chronic sports injuries.

If you or a relative has a new or old sports-related injury and would like to know more about Dr. Steenblock’s innovative approach to treating this you can do so for free. Just call 1-800-300-1063 and ask to book your free five minute phone consultation with Dr. Steenblock.