Opioids are popular medicines that relax the body and relieve pain in the short-term, but they’re not necessarily the best for long-term health and wellness. If you’re in need of pain relief from an injury, accident, or an ongoing affliction, there are a few non-opioid all-natural treatments that can help your body heal so you can return to your healthy lifestyle.
Why Opioids Are Not The Solution You Need
While opioids are commonly used to relieve moderate or severe pain, they can also make people feel relaxed, drowsy or confused. These side effects can be dangerous and addictive, with overdoses leading to death.
Common opioids include:
- Heroin
- Hydrocodone (Vicodin®)
- Oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®)
- Oxymorphone (Opana®)
- Morphine (Kadian®, Avinza®)
Misusing opioids can lead to a condition known as hypoxia, which results in a lack of oxygen to the brain. The short-term and long-term psychological effects of hypoxia include comas, permanent brain damage, or even death.
Regenerative Medicine For Pain
Instead of relying on prescription drugs to relieve pain, regenerative medicine treatments uses your body’s natural self-healing properties to treat diseases and injuries. Regenerative medicine treatments are typically used for pain caused by muscle, tendon, ligament, cartilage, or tissue damage.
Injections Involving Regenerative Cells
Injections involving stem cells are one branch of regenerative medicine used for healing and pain management. Although your body’s stem cell function decreases with age, our regenerative cell treatments introduce young and healthy mesenchymal cells at the site of your pain to help amplify your body’s healing process.
Healthy mesenchymal stem cells from the Wharton’s jelly of umbilical allografts are collected safely from consenting mothers at cesarean births. These regenerative cells contain cytokines, growth factors, collagens and proteins.
Mesenchymal cells divide and differentiate when they are introduced into your system, which allows them to develop into the tissue cells your body needs. When these young, potent cells are targeted at the site of your pain, your body’s healing processes will be increased in order to repair, rejuvenate, or regenerate damaged tissues.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatments
PRP treatments take advantage of healing factors that are readily available in your bloodstream. These healing factors include platelets, proteins and growth factors. After taking a sample of your blood, our doctors create a concentrated formula. By injecting a higher concentration of platelets and other growth factors into the site of your pain, your body’s healing process will increase.
Since PRP treatments use your blood in the process, there is a low risk of your body rejecting treatment, or of developing allergic reactions to the solution. PRP is a viable treatment that doesn’t use of habit-forming pain medications or opioids, and is an all-natural long-term solution for pain relief.
Is Regenerative Medicine Right For You?
Regenerative medicine treatments involving stem cells and PRP injections have been used for a variety of conditions, including:
- Tendonitis
- Shoulder pain, torn labrums, and rotator cuff tears
- Fibromyalgia
- Bulging discs, back pain, and injuries to the spine
- Sports injuries
- Workplace injuries
If you’ve been living with chronic pain from an injury or affliction, regenerative medicine treatments may be the all-natural solution you’re looking for. Regenerative medicine treatments are a viable alternative to opioids, and will help your body heal safely, efficiently, and without surgery or drugs.