Ankle & Foot Treatment at OrthoNovo
If you suffer from chronic or acute ankle pain or instability due to arthritis, cartilage loss, ligament strain or tear, or tendon damage, then you may benefit from non-surgical stem cell treatments or stem cell-enhanced surgery.
Can stem cells heal ankle injuries?
A study has been published, by Dr. Neil Riordan and Dr. Wade McKenna of the Riordan-McKenna Institute, USA, in CellR4 Repair, Replacement, and Regeneration & Reprogramming on treating severe chronic Achilles tendinopathy with bone marrow aspirate concentrate, which contains several types of stem cells known to rebuild and vascularize tissue. 10 weeks after the ultrasound-guided injections into the tendon, MRI imaging confirmed significant healing. At 32 weeks, MRI images showed nearly complete healing published my Dr. Neil Riordan and Dr. Wade McKenna of the Riordan-McKenna Institute, USA.
Original article: Minimally Invasive Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate Stem Cells in the Treatment of the Chronically Injured Achilles Tendon: A Case Report
To read the 32-week follow-up letter to the CellR4 editor, Click here.
What makes Treatment at OrthoNovo Different?
Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (NovoMAC™)
Learn More…AmnioNovo™ - Amniotic Tissue Product
Learn More…At OrthoNovo, we augment NovoMAC™ with AmnioNOVO™, a proprietary, pliable tissue allograft (transplant) derived from human placental amnion, which functions as a biologic structural matrix to facilitate and enhance tissue healing and repair. AmnioNOVO™ contains 108 different growth factors including WNT-4 and prostaglandin.
Prostaglandin inhibits inflammation, which occurs after injury and marks the beginning of the healing process. The faster we can tame this inflammation, the sooner the body can move on to the next phase of healing, regeneration. It’s important to note that AmnioNOVO™ has more than 60 times the amount of prostaglandin compared to other products.
WNT4 is arguably the single most important molecule required for wound healing. AmnioNOVO™ has more than 10 times the amount of WNT4 as competing products.
Common ankle and foot conditions treated at OrthoNovo Institute:
Below are common ankle and foot conditions we treat at OrthoNovo Institute. If your condition is not listed, please contact us to see if you are a candidate.
- Achilles’ tendon damage
- Ankle instability
- Arthritis
- Chronic debris
- Fractures: non-union or slow healing
- Ligament strain or tear
- Osteoarthritis
- Peroneal tendon sprain or tear
- Plantar fasciitis
