About Regenerative Medical Partners
Our History
Since our founding in 2001, Regenerative Medical Partners has been dedicated to providing high-quality medical care to our patients. Over the years, we have grown to become one of the most trusted healthcare providers in the area.
Our Doctors
Our team of doctors includes some of the most respected and experienced medical professionals in the industry. Each doctor brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our practice, and is committed to providing compassionate care to our patients.
Our Services
We offer a wide range of regenerative services, Our goal is to use non-medical and non-surgical solutions. We use stem cells from both your own body autologous - bone marrow and fat derived. We most commonly use allogeneic - Perinatal cells derived from umbilical tissue. We treat a verity of muscular skeletal problems including back problems, joint problems and other inflammatory conditions such as diabetic neuropathy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at Frontdesk@extremityhealthcenters.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Regenerative Medical Partners offers specialist care in a variety of fields, including Podiatry, Natropathic, sub-specialties.
Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), commonly referred to just as stem cells, are multipotent cells that have the ability to become more than one cell type. While they have this ability to change into other cell types, it’s their ability to secrete bioactive molecules that make them so amazing at healing our bodies. MSCs release proteins called growth factors, trophic factors, cytokines, chemokines, and exosomes.
MSCs work by:
- Controlling inflammation
- Modulating the immune system
- Stimulating regeneration
- Reduce scarring
So simply put stem cells are a type of cell that produce medicine to heal other damaged cells and keep the environment around them balanced. They manage the bodies innate regenerative potential.
According to Arnold Caplan, PhD, considered to be the father of stem cell therapy since he discovered and named them Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs). MSCs should more appropriately be named “Medicinal Signaling Cells” due to their most important function being the totality of secreted bioactive molecules.
“MSCs are multifactorial site-specific sensors with genetically wired molecular responses. MSCs see a signal and they respond in a controlled way. The MSC story will change the way medicine is practiced. Management of the patient’s innate regenerative resources will be the new treatment.” – Arnold Caplan
The conditions that can be treated with regenerative medicine is growing rapidly. The physician determines what conditions can safely be treated, and what kind or how much regenerative medicine would be clinically best for each patient. As with all other areas of medicine, we do not guarantee or claim that regenerative medicine/stem cell therapy will cure any disease. Our specific treatment protocols have NOT been evaluated by the FDA. Our treatments our guided by years of research and clinical experience to determine what will provide the best outcomes.
At this time these procedures are not likely covered under any insurance plans. But that shouldn’t stop you from receiving treatment!
We can give you a ‘super bill’ which you can submit to your insurance to see if they’ll reimburse you
At Regenerative Medical Partners, stem cell therapy procedures can range from $2,000 $15,000+ depending on what needs to be treated. This will be discussed with you in full at the time of your complimentary patient consultation.
Our treatments are also fully comprehensive, including acupuncture, herbal and naturals medicines to help facilitate your healing. These are included in your plan at no additional cost.
If you would like to get a ballpark idea about how much a particular treatment protocol might cost, please email Frontdesk@extremityhealthcenters.com and one of our patient coordinators will be happy to assist you.
As of December 1st, 2024, our payment protocols have been updated. We require a 50% deposit to schedule the appointment and start preparing for the first treatment. The remaining 50% will be due prior to receiving treatment when you arrive at the clinic on the first day of the treatment series.
Once they are administered in the body (with or without the addition of new stem cells), they get eaten (endocytosed) up by resident stem cells (stem cells already present in the body) and activate cell cycle (to increase stem cell proliferation), cell differentiation (to become the cell that has to be repaired in the body) and stem cell self-renewal. They will usually be absorbed by cells in the body within 24-48 hrs.
It will not mix with our DNA, but it will be a part of the body.
If we eat meat and plants, their DNA will be a part of our body too! The human DNA is a mix of bacterial, viral, fungal , protozoan and human DNA. We are only 70% human by genome.
There should be no issues of integration of MSCs DNA into our DNA. Only viruses have that capability.
The MSCs injected will never be transferred onto the next generation.
This has many different factors, and everyone’s treatments could be different. This is determined though our clinical experience, knowledge of current research, and how willing or proactive the patient is in investing in treatments. Typically, the more chronic and severe a condition the more cells are needed. The patient’s size and weight, age, and overall health is taken into consideration. A great thing with UC-MSCs is how safe they are so there’s little to no worries about using more cells within reason.
Your physician will help guide you through recommended doses that we use most frequently and successfully. If it’s a condition we haven’t treated or haven’t treated often we will review research to see the best dosages.
In general, the FDA has no jurisdiction over physicians and clinics. The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution regulates the governance of healthcare to the states, the federal government has almost no authority over how physicians treat patients, including stem cells.
Where the rumor, “The FDA says it’s illegal to do stem cells” comes from is from clinics promoting “cures”, “treatments” etc using stem cells, and/or not even using stem cell medicine at all. So, it’s more about the bad players that harming patients or false advertising. Both the FDA and FTC have authority to punish medical practices for making public advertising claims about unsafe, untested, or unapproved procedures. However, they still have no authority to take action against a physician for counseling a patient within the confines of a consultation. The key issue in this situation is whether the patient fully understands the treatment, the risks involved, and has given proper consent. If this is the case, and the treatment has at least reasonable scientific validity for the physician to recommend the treatment, the FDA still has no authority to take action against the physician.
What is illegal is when medical professionals make claims their treatments can cure a disease, or something along those lines. Or when a medical professional states they’re using stem cells for a therapeutic purpose when they are not. This gets clinics and doctors into trouble as they listen to commercial labs that sell biological “stem cell” products without any actual stem cells in them.
Off-Label Use: It is a bit of a grey area as to how much enforcement authority the FDA has over a physician using even a stem cell “drug” in his own private practice. However, the FDA still has no official authority over a physician practicing in a particular manner he/she deems safe and effective in his/her independent medical judgment. While the FDA can regulate stem cells if they are considered drugs, it cannot regulate a physician using the drug in a responsible way that is unapproved by the FDA.
Another reason the umbrella phrase “Stem cells are illegal…” is thrown around a lot is because of the distribution of stem cell products. If we were to culture stem cells and sell these cells to doctors, clinics, hospitals, etc, then we would need to apply for a Biologics License Application and we would essentially be manufacturing a drug. We DO NOT sell stem cells and are not a commercial lab.
We’ve gone the extra mile to provide umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells for the use of experimental therapies. We’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the process of developing live umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for the purpose of experimental treatments.
State Law: Arizona permits naturopathic physicians to diagnose and treat disease with a wide range of procedures and natural medicines. In the state of Arizona, it is legal for us to administer stem cells. This can be a very confusing topic.
So, while this may be an issue for some doctors in other states, the state regulatory board in Arizona allows us to administer stem cells. However, we can’t and don’t make any claims that stem cells can treat or cure any condition. The use of any stem cell medicine is purely experimental.
The Use of Stem Cells in Medical Procedures in the US
A huge case was just decided in August of 2022 that ruled in favor of a doctor here in US administering stem cells, from adipose in this instance, for medical procedures. Essentially the FDA took a doctor/medical practice to court claiming they were using stem cells as a drug. I’ve often gotten a lot of negative comments in these FB groups when I try to tell others that you can get expanded umbilical cord MSC procedures in the US, it just greatly depends on where you go. Hopefully this will educate those that are unaware or deter those that are spreading myths (or lies).
USA (FDA) vs California Stem Cell Treatment Center
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
You can google the case and maybe find the PDF on the injunction. The long and short of the outcome was that if a physician is taking material that’s in the human body, removing it and putting it back into the human body, that’s not a drug. This isn’t my sole interpretation of the case, I discussed this with my FDA healthcare attorney (who had already known about the case).
FDA’s claim is that if you’re altering it in anyway then it’s a drug. The Court is saying that’s not the case, altering stem cells from the human body isn’t the same as manufacturing a drug. Even if you’re changing the cells it still doesn’t constitute using the cells as a drug. Therefore, anyone using stem cells for a medical procedure is outside the regulations of the FDA.
Only thing is if you’re trying to sell stem cells (or biologics in general) across state lines is when it gets messy. Or if you’re changing the cell from one type from another. Therefore, taking stem cells from an umbilical cord, expanding them, and using them for a medical procedure is a legal practice if the state medical board allows it.
Typically, we see results within two to four weeks. In general, it can take up to three to six months to see results after the first transplantation of stem cells. Improvements are seen continually till around the 6-month mark. Many of our patients’ report feeling 90-100% improved within 3 months.
We prefer to review any MRI or Xrays before the procedure. If you do not have any, we can order them for you. Some patients refuse to get imaging or can’t due to certain circumstances. We’ve performed lots of treatments with out imaging. We will determine where the injections are needed based on your symptoms, history, and physical exams.
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