Common Regenerative Treatments for Sports Injuries
The old adage among athletes is “No pain, no gain.” Sure, sore muscles after a hard workout are to be expected, but according to the National Safety Council, sports-related exercise accounted for nearly 800,000 injuries among adults in 2017. These included injuries...
Can PRP Therapy Help Avoid Surgery For Arthritis and Orthopedic Conditions?
Join our free webinar to learn about PRP, an innovative non-surgical treatment option for osteoarthritis and other orthopedic conditions. Dr. Mary Ambach specializes in non-surgical orthopedics, regenerative therapies, and interventional pain management. As a key...
Painful Orthopedic Conditions Can be Treated with Orthobiologics
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 1 in 5 Americans, more than 50 million people, suffer from chronic pain. And, 20 million of these people suffer from pain that interferes with their lives every day.[i] Advances in medicine provide new...
Ask the Docs on Facebook Live | Non Surgical Treatments for Osteoarthritis
When: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Time: 12:30 pm PST Join the Facebook Live Event here "Non Surgical Treatments for Osteoarthritis" Presented by Dr. Christopher Rogers and Dr. Mary A. Ambach Join the first of our Free Facebook Live Series called Ask the Docs. In this...
Expert Panel Discussion Webinar | Low Back and Neck Pain
Watch the webinar playback of Dr. Choll Kim, an internationally recognized Orthopedic Spine surgeon from the San Diego Spine Institute, who hosted an expert panel discussion with Dr. Christopher Rogers and Dr. Mary Ambach from the San Diego Orthobiologics Medical...
What You Need to Know About Exosomes
What are Exosomes? Exosomes are microscopic bubbles packed full of proteins and genetic material such as DNA and RNA. When released from cells they allow those cells to communicate with each other. The molecules and genetic material direct cell behavior such as cell...
Successful PRP Injections with Dr. Rogers
A patient of Dr. Christopher Rogers, Kristi Plume, has had successful PRP injections for two separate injuries. A torn rotator cuff was healed within 2 months of receiving the injection, by healing the tendon. Within 2-3 after the injection, Ms. Plume was pain free...
Regenerative Medicine: What Can it Do For You?
The field of Regenerative Medicine is based on the principle that the human body can heal itself. Scientific discoveries in cellular biology, genetics and tissue engineering have been translated into treatments for previously untreatable conditions. The American...
Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapies
What’s the Difference Between Platelet Rich Plasma and Cell Based Therapies? Regenerative medicine therapies are increasingly being used for people with painful orthopedic conditions. Commonly used orthobiologics include platelet rich plasma (PRP) and other cell...
Treating Joint Pain with Cell Therapy
You may have seen stories in the news about the potential of cell therapy to treat severe cases of COVID-19. One story in particular mentioned positive results of an experimental study of stem cells with the patient mortality rate decreasing from 85 percent to 15...