Top Benefits of Stem Cell Therapy for Sports Injuries

When a serious athlete or even a weekend warrior suffers an injury playing their sport, they usually have one major thought: How soon can I get back to playing the sport I love?

With advances in stem cell therapy bringing major changes to the way we treat sports injuries, the answer just might be: “Sooner than you think.”

Stem cells are different from typical cells in the human body because they can differentiate and develop into different types of cells to meet specific needs when they are dividing.

Because of these traits, stem cells are highly effective at treating sports injuries, and many athletes have used them to recover more quickly from issues such as meniscus tears, ACL injuries, rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, runner’s knee, sprains and strains, and more. 

At PRO Institute, regenerative sports medicine techniques like this are at the heart of everything we do. Here are just a few of the benefits of stem cell therapy for sports injuries:

Faster recovery

Stem cell therapy begins with harvesting stem cells from the bone marrow in one of your pelvis bones or from adipose (fat) tissue elsewhere in your body. Because we’re using cells from your own body, the risk of rejection or infection is very low, meaning the cells can get right to their work of repair and healing. Using stem cells supercharges the natural healing process your body is already beginning to implement.

Reduced inflammation

Because stem cells are injected directly into the site of your injury, they can work effectively and quickly to reduce the pain and inflammation you typically experience after an injury. Blocking this kind of bad, painful inflammation leads to faster healing times — and better healing. Plus, the anti-inflammatory effects can linger on even after your injury has healed.

New tissue

If your injury has caused damage to any of your tissues, studies have suggested that stem cell therapy may be able to regenerate and repair those damaged tissues so you have brand-new tissue that functions as it’s supposed to. Local stem cells are already working to heal the damage; stem cell therapy just brings more firepower to speed the process along. It’s like building a new road with 100 construction crew instead of just five.

This is especially helpful for injuries such as tendon tears or cartilage tears — if stem cell therapy facilitates the repair of these injuries, your body will feel new so you can return to the sport you love.

If you aren’t recovering from a sports injury as quickly as you’d like and want to be back on the field or court as soon as possible, our team at PRO Institute stands ready to help. Just call our Davie, Florida, office at 305-209-1951 or use our online scheduler to book your own appointment anytime!