Elite athletes have been using stem therapy for over a decade. Sports injuries range from torn ACLs to rotator cuffs, strains, sprains, and bone fractures that refuse to heal. In an industry where performance is the focus, elite athletes use stem cells for sports injuries to ensure they can heal the injury from the inside out.
🤔 What is Stem Cell Treatment for Athletes?
Stem Cell treatments for athletes are different at each facility. Our stem cells at StemLife Clinic in Guadalajara use mesenchymal stem cells harvested from the Wharton’s jelly in the umbilical cord and placenta after an infant is born.
Stem cells can morph into any cell in the body, including neurons, heart cells, cartilage, and bone tissue. The procedure is non-invasive, and the effects can last for years after the initial treatment. While not everyone is a candidate, those who have received stem cell therapy for sports injuries have reported decreased healing times and stronger joints after treatment.
⚡ What Stem Cell Treatments Do for Elite Athletes
While stem cells are not a cure for sports injuries, they do repair the injury at the cellular level. The best outcomes are achieved by combining current treatments for sports injuries with stem cell therapies.
Once injected, the stem cells target the injury and its surrounding area to reduce inflammation.
Stem Cells regenerate the existing cells in the injury by using the body’s natural healing to repair cartilage, ligaments, muscles and tendons. Instead of treating the symptoms of the injury, the stem cells repair the area at the cells.
Stem cells can reduce the healing time for sports injuries, allowing athletes to return to their sport more quickly than with surgical options.
Often, athletes use stem cells during the off-season to treat minor injuries, ensuring they do not develop into major injuries.
👨⚕️ Athletes Who Have Used Stem Cell Treatments
While PDez Bryant was a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys in 2015, he broke a bone in his right foot that required surgery. Stem cells were harvested from his right hip and used to ramp up his recovery by injecting the cells into his ankle. His ankle healed quickly, and his recovery took only seven weeks, allowing him to return to the playing field.
Chris Johnson was playing for the New York Jets when he injured his left knee meniscus. His decision to play out the season only succeeded in exacerbating the injury and causing further cartilage damage. Stem cells were used to accelerate his recovery. Not only did he recover quicker, he stated, “the knee was more stable than before his injury.”
Bartolo Colon pitched for the Chicago White Sox in 2009, resulting in severe shoulder injuries that also affected his elbow, preventing him from pitching during the 2010 season. He underwent a stem cell transplant to repair the damage caused by years of pitching. His amazing recovery allowed him to continue pitching until 2018.
Peyton Manning, one of football’s greatest quarterbacks, nursed a neck injury before finally having neck surgery in 2011. His goal was to play football for four more seasons. He used stem cells to reduce inflammation, regenerate neck tissue, and promote rapid healing. Stem cells allowed him to play for four more years until his retirement in 2015, after he won the Super Bowl.
Ahmad Bradshaw was the New York Giants’ running back in 2010. He fractured his foot in two different places and had surgery to have screws put in the foot for stability and to heal the fractures while the bones were held in place. A year later, he refractured the same foot. He had not been happy with the results of the first surgery and opted for stem cell injections to regenerate the bone and stimulate bone growth. The screws were removed a season later, in 2012, and he played the rest of the season without experiencing any foot fractures.
Conor McGregor, the fierce MMA fighter, tore the ACL in his knee. His doctors used a combination of Physical Therapy and stem cell injections to treat him. He made a full recovery in time for his next fight.
One of the all-time best golfers, Jack Nicklaus, had eighteen major wins in his lifelong career. Towards the end of his career, he suffered from life-altering back pain. The pain changed his quality of life and left him miserable. While on a trip to Germany in 2015, a doctor offered him stem cell injections. In 2016, he had ten stem cell injections in his back. Months later, he shared with the media that he no longer had back pain.
David Payne, who hurdled his way to a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics, developed an injury to his shin that doctors couldn’t heal with the current therapies. Eyeing the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, he had stem cell therapy. While his recovery was quite successful, he didn’t get the gold medal.
Dana Torres, a medal winner in five individual Olympic games, developed painful arthritis in her knee after competing in the 2008 Olympics. During 2009, she had a stem cell transplant to repair the cartilage and reduce inflammation and pain in the knee. Not only did her knee grow new cartilage, but she also made a comeback to participate in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Christiano Ronaldo, the forward for Real Madrid, injured a hamstring muscle during a match. His doctor harvested stem cells from his bone marrow (Autologous Stem Cells) and injected them into his hamstring. The therapy was so successful that he played in the next game in Manchester.
Knowing how stem cells have helped elite athletes, those of us who suffer from strains, sprains, and weekend warrior sports should schedule an appointment with a stem cell expert at StemLife Clinic. Why suffer from painful sports injuries when you can have stem cells and enjoy a better life!
We are dedicated to giving quality care at prices much lower than those in the US. Our bilingual staff will pick you up at the airport and accompany you throughout your visit. Don’t waste another painful minute. Call us today and schedule your consultation.
