Non-Surgical Treatment Options

Musculoskeletal degeneration and complications from injuries have become more prevalent as people live longer and increasingly participate in more rigorous athletic and recreational activities. At the Center for Spine & Orthopedics, we strive to offer our patients a wide array of non-surgical treatment options, including orthobiologics, such as platelet injection therapy. Platelet injections have been around since the mid 1990’s and is the most common type of orthobiologics as well as the most studied.

What is orthobiologics?

Orthobiologics refers to the use of the body’s repair cells or platelet injections to repair and heal damaged tissues. The body’s repair cells occur naturally in bone marrow and fat tissue and can be harvested from your own living cells or from someone else’s cells in the case of placental embryonic cells (typically a pregnant mother’s cord blood following child birth).

The body’s repair cells are most commonly harvested from a patient’s bone marrow or fat, both of which require a surgery center and anesthesia. The use of the body’s repair cells harvested from placental tissue involves an in-office procedure not requiring a surgery center or anesthesia. Platelet injections involve an approximately 30-minute in-office procedure without anesthesia.

Non-Surgical Treatment Options

Our board-certified pain management specialists offer platelet injections for hip, knee, foot and ankle, hand, and shoulder joints and the facets of the cervical (neck) and lumbar (lower back) spine.

Why CSO for orthobiologics?

The key to effectively administering orthobiologics injections is the placement of the injection at the exact point of injury. Our specialists, Dr. George Leimbach and Dr. Paul Leo, each have 30 years of experience giving injections, and they have a 99 percent track record of success. To ensure that platelet injections get to the exact injury site, they administer platelets very precisely, using image guidance with ultrasound or, in the case of disc pain, with fluoroscopy.

Shockwave Therapy is another technique offered to patients to deal with pain. It is a newer treatment method and can promote quicker recovery from exercise, injury or surgery. Click here to learn more!

Is orthobiologics covered by most insurance?

Platelet injections and other forms of orthobiologics are covered by Workers Compensation and Personal Injury. They are not usually covered by most insurance.

What is the cost of platelet injections?

The cost of platelet injections can run up to $2,500 out-of-pocket. However, at CSO, we have our own in-office equipment and can offer a very high quality service in a single office visit for $750 per injection.

Unlike many centers offering only orthobiologics, we offer multi-modal non-operative treatment. Therefore, our practice is not solely dependent upon orthobiologics as our sole source of income.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation For Chronic Pain
 
Our physiatrists offer a variety of diagnostic and non-operative pain management options to offer comprehensive pain management treatment.