Regenerative & Sports Therapy
About
Regenerative Therapy
In sports medicine, regenerative medicine therapies are typically used to treat musculoskeletal injuries and disorders, in particular to repair or replace damaged ligaments, cartilage or tendons. Regenerative therapies can also be beneficial for muscle and bone-related injuries, as well as many types of chronic pain and degeneration. Some examples include:
Tendonitis, such as tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow and patellar tendonitis
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Joint pain resulting from inflammation after an acute injury
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Early-stage partial tendon tears
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Stress fractures
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Damage to knee cartilage
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Chronic degenerative joint disease
For Athletes
Regenerative Therapy & Sports
Treatment for athletes suffering from musculoskeletal injuries often involves surgery to repair the damage or replace an injured joint. Surgical approaches are effective, and sometimes necessary, but they frequently require months of recovery and rehabilitation to restore mobility and strength. They also carry a higher risk of complications.
Regenerative therapies can be highly effective without the pain, downtime and risks associated with major surgery, allowing athletes to return to their athletic lifestyle quickly.
Benefits to regenerative therapy for athletes:
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No surgery, no drugs, no scars
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No prolonged post-procedural recovery period
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Permanently restores function and structure of damaged tissue
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Minimal downtime and less downtime
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Less risk associated with major surgery
Regenerative Therapies
What do we offer?
Viscosupplementation
This is a medical procedure during which lubricating fluid called hyaluronic acid, is injected into a joint to increase pain-free mobility and fluidity of the joint.
Orthobiologics
This treatment uses natural substances, or biologics, from one’s own body as an attempt to treat musculoskeletal injuries, tendon injuries, muscle injuries, (and) osteoarthritis.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
FAQ'S
These therapies are considered low risk compared to surgery, with better recovery and fewer complications. However, surgery can be the best option for some advanced or severe cases.
Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, Bartolo Colon, Rafael Nadal and Kobe Bryant are just a few of the professional players who have sought out regenerative treatments.
*Undergoing regenerative therapy does not prevent a patient from having surgery in the area if it becomes necessary in the future
Steroid injections are useful tools for treating some pain conditions and are mostly covered by insurance. However, Steroid injections can offer short term pain relief and do not fix your problem permanently. The regenerative treatments are directed at the source of your injury, using your own tissue to regenerate.Besides offering pain relief, they are meant to improve the actual cause of your pain as well.
These treatments do not work fast. If you have an acute injury, improvement can be seen over weeks. For chronic injuries and pain, we gauge improvement over months. With PRP we reassess 2 months after treatment. With stem cell therapy, you should expect improvement over 3-6 months. Number of treatments to heal or manage your condition depends on severity and duration of your condition. During your evaluation with the physician it will be discussed how many treatments to expect it will take to treat your condition.
It is highly unlikely that this treatment will worsen your condition. While discomfort after a treatment can occur, this will pass after a few days. With any injectable treatment, there are risks of bleeding, tissue injury, pain, and no response to treatment.
Why Choose Precision Care Centre?
Fully Covered by OHIP
If you are referred by your Family Physician and are a resident of Ontario, our services are covered by OHIP.
Short Wait Time
Our experience enables us to diagnose and begin treatment sooner, with greater precision.
Top Specialists
Highly qualified and experienced team of specialists with additional training in pain management and sports medicine.
Best Facilities
We deliver updated, modernized and state of the art equipment to treat pain.