If you’re dealing with chronic pain or injuries that are taking a long time to heal, it may be difficult to trust that your body contains huge intrinsic healing powers. Your body is packed with growth factors and specialized cells that can help you heal. Bones are full of a substance called bone marrow. But what can bone marrow do?
Understanding the Functions of Bone Marrow
Bone marrow is a spongy substance found in the center of your bones that offers the raw materials necessary for your body to produce the kind of specialized cells that help with healing. Bone marrow is the source of hematopoietic cells and mesenchymal stem cells.
Hematopoietic cells transform into white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Mesenchymal stem cells can transform into specialized cells.
Improving Natural Healing
Although your bone marrow contains stem cells that have the potential to heal, there can be barriers that stop it from being as effective as you need. Your body may be unable to get the stem cells to the area of the injury as quickly as needed, or it may not be able to do so in the necessary quantities.
That is where stem cell therapy comes into play. Stem cell therapy extracts stem cells from various areas in your body, like your bone marrow, and creates injections that contain large amounts of stem cells. These injections go into the site of the injury, potentially resulting in less inflammation, less pain, and faster regeneration of tissues.
The Power of Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine, including bone marrow stem cell therapy, offers the chance to manage injuries and diseases without turning to painkillers, steroids, or other medications. By enhancing your body’s natural healing processes, stem cell therapy allows you to improve what your body already knows how to do.
This post was written by a medical professional at Stemedix Inc. At Stemedix we provide access to Regenerative Medicine. Regenerative medicine has the natural potential to help improve symptoms sometimes lost from the progression of many conditions. Click here to learn more.
