Alternatives to surgery / stem cell treatment

[jross]

I have several partial tears in my rotator cuff and labrum.  Has anyone had success with bone marrow stem cell treatment rather than surgery?

[Scouts Honor]

no but let me know if you do it... and it works...

 

[jross]

I spoke to a 53 year old that does tore his with ninja training.  Says his labrum and rotator cuff healed completely but his bicep tendon did not…

[Scouts Honor]

I had my right one done in 2008, rotator cuff destroyed.

bicep tendon was giving me fits a few years ago... got a shot

 

left rotator cuff i blew about 2 years ago..finally getting back to strength

they were going to detach and reattach the bicep tendon in a different spot.. but it was so bad they just cut it and let it dangle.

 

doing pretty well. just have to be careful and really warm up.

the gable 45 minute warmup is real.

[Saylors_Tiny_Willie]

If only George W Bush hadn't bent the knee to the religious right and stopped all research for a decade.

[jross]

Stem cells from the patient’s own fat and bone marrow has never been banned to my knowledge.  It is also much safer…

Embryonic cells are off topic and problematic to many for understandable reasons. 

[red viking]

Snake oil it seems to be. Peer reviewed studies didn't appear to demonstrate any significant improvements. 

Edited yesterday at 01:35 PM by red viking