Microsurgical Spine Center – 1st to Perform Stem Cell Injections for Spinal Issues in Washington

SEATTLE - Sept. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Microsurgical Spine Center offers stem cell injections for back, knee, hip, or other pain. Stem cell injections use the body’s own healthy stem cells to regenerate and repair diseased spinal tissue. Using a person’s own stem cells arguably carries the lowest risk, since they are obviously a perfect tissue match. Bone marrow or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is extracted from a patient's hip or other parts of the skeletal system. The bone marrow is centrifuged, separating the stem cells from other components in the marrow. The extracted stem cells are injected directly into the affected disc or joint. The entire process is done in about an hour during an office visit. The procedure was developed by Celling Biosciences.

Stem cell injections treat degenerative disc disease of the spine, degenerative joint disease of the hip or shoulder, arthritis, meniscus tear, rotator cuff tear, Achilles tendon, sacroiliac (SI) joint pain and more. Stem cell injections are also used to help the bones heal and to stimulate healing from another procedure. Treatment plans can include an anti-inflammatory diet and physical therapy to ensure the body’s mechanics are correct and the pain will not return. Patients are able to leave immediately after the injection and will begin to see results from the injection in 4-6 weeks. There is virtually no recovery time needed. The pain should be minimal, with some localized pain around the injection site, as with any shot.

About Microsurgical Spine Center: Microsurgical Spine Center (http://mybackmylife.com) is an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) offering high quality outpatient procedures and part of the NeoSpine practice located in Puyallup, near Seattle, Washington. MSC combines the most advanced equipment in the world with the region's most qualified staff of professionals to provide patients with individualized care for back and neck surgery, using state-of-the-art techniques like laser spine surgery.

About Richard Rooney, MD, FACS: Dr. Rooney is a double board certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeon. After medical school, he completed his Orthopaedic Surgery training in the Army and a Spine Surgery Fellowship at U.C. San Diego. Among his many awards while in practice in the Army; he was selected as the Clinical Travelling Fellow by the Scoliosis Research Society, the North American Spine Society and the Cervical Spine Research Society. He is the only surgeon to ever win all three of these awards.

About Kathy Wang, DO: Dr. Wang is board certified in pain medicine & anesthesiology. She received her bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from The University of California at Long Beach, Cum Laude, and went on to the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri where she received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. She served as chief resident in anesthesiology at Saint Louis University Hospital, and then to the Harvard Medical School on a Pain Fellowship as well as additional acupuncture training.