AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE TO ELBOW SURGERY

A VIABLE NON-SURGICAL SOLUTION FOR AN ELBOW CONDITION

Going for elbow surgery is a massive decision as it entails several risks and painful and enduring rehabilitation after the surgery. Most people cannot cope with the pain from the injury, and surgery seems necessary. Being unable to perform everyday activities has its toll on the patient, and they wish to relieve themselves from the unbearable elbow pain.

If you had a severe injury because of a bad fall or sports or exercise, surgery might appear to be the best option to return to your everyday life. It is understandable when rest and physical therapy do not work; surgery seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel. Although there is a viable non-surgical treatment for elbow injuries and chronic elbow pain, you don't need surgery and have a great chance of full recovery for your elbow condition.

Regenerative medicine has non-invasive and non-surgical treatments to utilize the body's natural healing properties and encourage an accelerated recovery for chronic elbow pain.

Before deciding to go for surgery, it is important to exhaust all options, and Regenerative Medicine is a powerful and safe alternative to surgery. Dial 815-412-6174 now to book an appointment!

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

The body undergoes a regenerative and degenerative process each day. With day-to-day use, our muscles weaken, and their cells degenerate. The body makes new cells in the regenerative process and repairs the damaged ones to make the muscles healthy again. These processes keep going on all the time throughout the body.

In case of an injury or over-usage of a ligament, muscle, or tendon, the regenerative process has the job of healing the body. In contrast, the degenerative process has done the maximum damage it can. This is the reason for constant pain from the source of injury or the weak joints and muscles.

Regenerative Medicine works by increasing the power of the regenerative process to speed up the recovery of the damaged muscle tissue by mending it with healthy new cells. It's an anon-invasive and non-surgical way of treatment with the help of an injection. The healthy tissues regrow in the affected elbow, and the elbow injury gets healed quickly, relieving the pain.

RISKS IN ELBOW SURGERY VS. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

A major cause to exhaust all options before agreeing to surgery is that surgery entails several risks. For an elbow condition, the risks of surgery include:

Infection
Osteolysis
Implant fracture
Loosening or movement of implant components
Injury to nerves, bone, or muscles
Using bone cement can cause cardiovascular disorders like blood clots, lowered blood pressure, heart attack, and in rare cases, death.
Potential neurological allergic reactions

Regenerative Medicine is free of all surgery-related risks since the procedure requires only a tiny incision to be made, and no prosthesis is implemented in the process. No sutures are needed for the process; that's why the chances of infection are less than 1%. No overnight stay or hospital visits are required. The procedure will only take 2 to 4 hours, and the patient can leave immediately after that and carry on with everyday routine life within 1 to 3 days.

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RECOVERY TIME: SURGERY VS. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

After surgery, the patient can suffer from excruciating pain. The need for a hospital stay can last for many days, and the recovery duration can be anywhere between 3 months to 1 year, accompanied by a painful long-term rehabilitation process.

On the other hand, there is no recovery period needed for the procedure of Regenerative Medicine, and most patients can resume normal activities within 1-3 days. Regenerative medicine speed up the natural recovery time of the body to repair the degenerated elbow and keep healing the elbow for about one year. The pain may reduce significantly immediately after the treatment, or the improvement may start to show within a few weeks with gradual progress in the healing.

ELBOW CONDITIONS TREATABLE

Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
Medial Epicondylitis (Golfer’s Elbow)
Partial Tear of the Distal Biceps Tendon
Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury (UCL Injury)

WHY IS THIS A BETTER OPTION?

Regenerative Medicine can heal chronic elbow pain once and for all, creating a possibility for each elbow movement to be pain-free. You can resume exercising, playing sports, or any activity involving arm movement without worrying about pain.

For injured athletes and sportspersons, it is very groundbreaking that they can revert to their sport without needing months of physical rehabilitation after surgery. By choosing Regenerative Medicine over surgery, you minimize a significant amount of risk and the long-lasting impacts that a surgery potentially brings.

Being non-invasive and non-surgical with promising results, Regenerative Medicine is worth trying. If considered in the long run, it proves to be less costly than surgery, which has life-altering impacts.

Disclaimer: It is essential to recognize that every individual is unique, and so are their medical conditions and healing process. Although there are no guarantees for recovery, Regenerative medicine procedures have a track record of helping many patients with joint arthritis and joint and tendon injuries.