by rss feed | Apr 1, 2026 | Knee Pain, News Feeds
Can Stem Cell Therapy Help ACL Tears Heal Without Surgery? For many years, patients with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, were told that the ligament could not heal on its own and that reconstruction surgery was the only path back to sports, exercise, or an...
by rss feed | Nov 2, 2025 | Knee osteoarthritis, Knee Pain, News Feeds, Stem Cells for Knee osteoarthritis
Marc Darrow, MD. Stem cell therapy for the knee generally involves injecting a preparation made from a patient’s own bone marrow or adipose tissue into the joint, or in some newer protocols, other biomaterials. These treatments are being studied mainly for...
by rss feed | Jul 24, 2025 | Knee Pain, News Feeds
Marc Darrow, MD. In this article we will focus on how a meniscus tissue can be regenerated. In many cases, a meniscus can heal itself or can heal with a little repair. One aspect of meniscus repair borne out by research is that your meniscus is always trying to make...
by rss feed | May 4, 2025 | Knee osteoarthritis, Knee Pain, News Feeds, Stem Cells for Knee osteoarthritis
Stem cell therapy works in a multi-factorial way. Stem cells repair, stem cells regenerate, and stem cells communicate. Communication is one of the key but less understood functions of stem cell therapy. In this communication aspect, newly introduced stem cells (those...
by rss feed | May 4, 2025 | Blog, Knee Pain, News Feeds
For many active individuals, knee pain begins as a nagging ache at the front of the knee—often dismissed as overuse or aging. Over time, that discomfort can evolve into a limiting condition that interferes with walking, climbing stairs, exercising, and even routine...
by rss feed | May 4, 2025 | Knee Pain, News Feeds
The problems of ACL reconstruction surgery are many. So much so that surgeons are now exploring new surgical options. In the medical journal Knee, doctors discuss the resurgence of interest in primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair.(1) This is a surgery that...
