Chronic knee, back or joint pain can be debilitating. Not only does it make everyday activities significantly more difficult, but the treatments to manage the pain can be fraught with side effects that further diminish the quality of life for chronic pain sufferers. In addition to the potential for nasty side effects, pain sufferers who must rely on opioids also face the risk of addiction to the substance. Cutting-edge technology in the form of regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies is helping chronic pain sufferers reduce their reliance on pain medications while avoiding the dangers and recovery time associated with surgery. [Read more…]
The Truth About Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Setting the Record Straight about Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Arrowhead Health Centers uses a Placental Tissue Matrix Therapy, a specific type of stem cell therapy to treat chronic back, knee, and joint pain. Over the course of our work, we find that many people have reservations about the therapy—a completely understandable occurrence given the amount of misinformation surrounding stem cells and regenerative medicine. [Read more…]
Ways to Reduce Inflammation and Minimize Pain
Pain is a lifestyle killer. It sucks the fun out of your life by limiting your experiences and interrupting your daily routine. It causes your to miss out on events and just makes you crazy with its constant presence. When it comes to managing that pain, where do you start? Is there something out there that can help alleviate the pain or get rid of it altogether? Very often a strong factor in the pain game is the amount of inflammation in your body. Inflammation occurs as a reaction to injury or infection whereby the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful. So we must ask, are there ways to reduce inflammation in order to reduce pain or possibly ways to eliminate it altogether? [Read more…]
Stem Cell Therapy (Infographic)
Placental Tissue Matrix Therapy, better known as Stem Cell Therapy, is becoming a medical revolution of sorts. Able to treat a variety of ailments and conditions, this versatile therapy uses stem cells from a source and is injected into the affected area that is to be treated. These cells then regenerate tissue there by healing damaged tissue. At Arrowhead Health Centers, the stem cells are collected from the placental tissue that would otherwise be discarded after birth. Tests are done to make sure the placental tissue collected is from healthy sources. [Read more…]
Effective Fibromyalgia Treatments (That Aren’t Drugs)
Fibromyalgia. The word often elicits an internal eye roll. Yet, fibromyalgia affects nearly 5 million Americans, 80-90% of which are female. Many women show signs of fibromyalgia, but feel silly admitting they may be affected by the uncomfortable symptoms.. Below we will identify what characterizes fibromyalgia, what causes it, and how Arrowhead Health Centers effectively treats your symptoms so you can return to your pain-free life. [Read more…]
Get the Lowdown on Placental Tissue Rejuvenation
Seemingly everywhere you look there’s a new article about stem cells or placental tissue rejuvenation. But if you’re like a vast majority of Americans, you want to know the facts starting with what exactly it is. Placental tissue rejuvenation is a part of a larger part of emerging regenerative medicine, which unlocks the body’s immense power to heal itself. The truth is this, these treatments work, and they work for a wide variety ailments. It is also important to know that placental tissue therapy are not the same as embryonic stem cell injections, but it works in a very similar fashion. We’ve done the research so that you can get the inside story. [Read more…]
Total Joint Rejuvenation Program Press Release
Arrowhead Health Centers at the Forefront of Pain Management with Use of Regenerative Cell-based Therapies to Treat Chronic Pain
NFL Hall of Famer, Eric Dickerson, one of the first to find back pain relief through Arrowhead Health Centers’ Total Joint Rejuvenation Program
GLENDALE & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (March 30, 2016) – Arrowhead Health Centers, a multidisciplinary medical practice, has introduced a new way to treat a variety of ailments, from a weekend warrior’s torn rotator cuff, to a former athlete’s lower back pain, or an active adult’s long-standing knee pain. With the launch of its Total Joint Rejuvenation Program, Arrowhead Health Centers is now offering a proprietary regenerative cell therapy for the treatment of large joint osteoarthritis (shoulder, knee, hip, ankle) as well as degenerative spinal conditions.
Stem Cell Therapy Glendale Program in the News
Arrowhead Health Centers, (located in Glendale and throughout the valley) new stem cell therapy program, Total Joint Rejuvenation is making a big splash in the media. AZBigMedia.com featured the innovative pain treatment program that was recently used to treat NFL Legend, Eric Dickerson. [Read more…]