The regenerative modality we select depends on your specific pathology. A degenerative disc responds differently than a ligamentous sprain. A stress fracture requires different biology than a facet joint arthropathy. We use all three columns of the spine to understand each patient and build a personalized treatment plan-whether you're 22 or 82. Below is an overview of the regenerative and adjunctive approaches we use, when we use them, and why.
Why the Spine Responds to Regenerative Medicine
Your spine doesn't want to degenerate. Degenerative disc disease, facet arthropathy, and ligamentous laxity don't arise because your spine has lost the ability to heal-they arise because the healing resources available through normal blood supply are insufficient for the task.
Intervertebral discs are avascular-they receive nutrients through diffusion from blood vessels at the disc margins. Under normal conditions, this passive nutrient exchange is adequate. But when the disc is injured or loading patterns change, the cells in that disc cannot access the growth factors and repair cells they need to heal. They decompensate instead. Regenerative medicine overcomes this limitation by delivering those healing resources directly.
The same principle applies to facet joints, ligaments, and even nerve tissue. We're not doing something your spine cannot do on its own. We're providing the biological resources that normal circulation cannot deliver, allowing your spine's own repair mechanisms to work.