Etiqueta: ligaments
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Treatment Spotlight: Stem Cell Therapy for Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis can affect every aspect of your joints. Some think it and its effects are inevitable as we get older, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis can help you experience improvements in the use of your joints. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that can affect people…
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Stem Cells in Theory and Practice
Dr. Douglas J. Herthel of Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in Los Olivos, California was one of the first practitioners to use stem cells, beginning in 1995. Herthel used stem cells from bone marrow to treat ligament and tendon injuries in horses. The results from these treatments were so promising that he began using stem…