Treatments
- Regenokine Program
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
- A2M Therapy
- Prolotherapy
- Radio Frequency Ablation
- Steroid Injections: Joint and Spine
- Trigger Point Injections
- Bracing Some Issues Addressed
- Arthritis and degenerative joint conditions
- Muscle and ligament tears and injury
What is Regenokine injection therapy?
Seattle Seahawks’ linebacker K.J Wright flew to England to undergo an injection therapy called Regenokine. Similar to platelet-rich plasma therapy, the procedure uses growth factors found in the patient’s blood to stimulate natural healing in the injured area.
Is Regenokine regenerative for dogs?
Regenokine is not regenerative, but a natural anti-inflammatory shot that lasts for about 6-9 months and has generally long since been abandoned by U.S. vets for more effective platelet rich plasma. In addition, as I’ve blogged before, the interventional spine standard of care in Europe is much different than in the U.S., so buyer beware!
Is Regenokine covered by insurance?
Regenokine is not typically covered by insurance, so it’s really only accessible to athletes, celebrities, and the insanely wealthy. But as the benefits of regenerative medicine become mainstream, insurance companies may begin covering treatments, making Regenokine and other regenerative medicines, more attainable.
Why is Regenokine banned in the US?
It’s called Regenokine in the United States and is a variant of the German Orthokine process, which is not approved in the United States. The Stem Cell Institute says that the U.S. ban has to do with blood manipulation and blood storage.
Regenerative Medicine
Your body can heal itself in many ways. Your skin will repair itself if you cut yourself. A protective blood clot forms shortly after you break a bone. New bone cells then start to form.
What Is Regenokine?
Regenokine was in the news because of professional athletes seeking out the treatment. Scientific research has mostly focused on its effects on osteoarthritis.
What Is Osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder. The number of adults in the US with osteoarthritis is expected to almost double from 21.4 million in 2005 to 41.1 million by 2030.
Treatments for Osteoarthritis
Typical treatment for osteoarthritis is aimed at relieving your symptoms and pain.
Regenokine Treatment
Keep in mind that Regenokine can be expensive. It may be as high as $10,000 a session.
Effectiveness of Regenokine
Several different studies have found that Orthokine and Regenokine have been effective in reducing pain.
What is Regenokine used for?
It is a medical procedure developed and used in Germany in which anti-inflammatory factors are removed from a patient’s blood and injected into painful areas. The principal anti-inflammatory factor is called IRAP which stands for Interleukin Receptor Antagonist Therapy (3).
What is the difference between PRP and Regenokines?
The differences however are significant and important to understand. Regenokines takes serum from blood and incubates it with zinc etched glass beads. This produces IRAP which is an anti-inflammatory agent. PRP, on the other hand, concentrates platelets.
Does Regenokine work on stem cells?
It uses a patient’s own blood to create IRAP which is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. Regenokine is not stem cell treatment and can not repair an injury. PRP also uses a patient’s own blood and concentrates the platelets which contain growth factors.
Is remonokine a stem cell?
Regenok ines do NOT contain stem cells. Hence, Regenokine is NOT stem cell therapy. Regenokines use IRAP which is ONLY an anti-inflammatory agent. It can NOT repair or heal the underlying injury. PRP contains growth factors that can reduce inflammation AND accelerate the healing and repair of a given injury.
Does Regenokine reduce inflammation?
Growth factors can reduce inflammation and accelerate the healing and repair of an injury. The comparison is easy. Regenokine can treat inflammation whereas PRP can treat inflammation and accelerate repair and healing. There is no reason to live in the past.
What is the difference between Orthokine and Regnokine?
Orthokine was a great replacement at the time (in the 90s and early 2000s) for steroid anti-inflammatories. Regnokine is made by taking the serum from blood and incubating it with zinc etched glass beads.
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How much does Regenokine cost?
Regenokine treatments are beyond the average person’s budget, costing up to $10,000 – ten times more than PRP therapy. Regenokine is not typically covered by insurance, so it’s really only accessible to athletes, celebrities, and the insanely wealthy.
What is the difference between PRP and regenokine?
The difference between PRP therapy and Regenokine is that the latter is anti-inflammatory focused , whereas PRP focuses on regeneration. Wright’s success with Regenokine injection therapy has encouraged five other Seahawk players to undergo the same procedure.
Does Regenokine help with knee pain?
Many reports show that ACS treatments like Regenokine reduce pain and increase mobility in patients with unilateral knee osteoarthritis and unilateral lumbar radiculopathy. Other studies found that ACS treatments have no long-term clinical improvements for osteoarthritis.
What is the Regenokine process?
The Regenokine process is where “anti-inflammatory factors are removed from the patient’s blood, manipulated, and then reinjected into the painful areas,” according to the Stem Cell Institute.
What specifically will players be treated on?
According to the Seattle Times, Bennett will have treatment on his knee that he had surgery on last season. Lockett is still recovering from his tibia and fibula fractures from last season and will receive treatment for that.
How effective is it?
Wright, who underwent the process two weeks ago, told the Seattle Times he felt “1,000 percent” better than before.
How is it different from stem cell therapy and platelet rich plasma therapy?
Simply put, Regenokine is anti-inflammatory focused, whereas stem cell therapy and platelet rich plasma therapy are focused on regeneration.
