Exploring Stem Cell Therapy for Back & Neck Pain

Acute back pain is a short-term pain condition resulting from an injury or accident that lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. Most back pain is acute.

Chronic back pain refers to back pain that lasts 12 or more weeks. This type of pain may develop after your acute back pain injury heals or from an underlying degenerative condition. If you suffer from chronic back pain and have tried multiple treatments without getting relief, schedule a consultation with the experts at Doctor’s G. Almost half of all back pain causes are related to muscle contusion and strain. Muscle tissue is comprised of long, tubular cells called myoblasts, which fuse to form muscle fibers. Muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells are responsible for muscle repair. During exercise, muscle fibers become damaged and send signals to satellite cells that sit on top of the muscle tissue. In response to these signals the satellite cells become activated, begin to divide, and as well as making copies of themselves, generate new myoblast cells. These myoblasts are then integrated and repair the damaged muscle tissue. UCMSCs are adult stem cells which, as well as being able to produce copies of themselves, can divide and form bone, cartilage, muscle, and adipose cells when cultured in the appropriate conditions. MSCs produce proteins that are suggested to alter the surrounding environment and promote healing and tissue regeneration, such as anti-inflammatory factors, angiogenic factors (which promote the growth of new blood vessels) and other factors, which stimulate local, tissue-specific stem cells.