Better Joints with Stem Cell Therapy

Name: Better Joints with Stem Cell Therapy
Uploaded: 2025-02-21T13:00:22+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok compares PRP and stem cell treatments for joint cartilage. PRP shows mixed results with some imaging improvements but no clear cartilage…

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Dr. Charles Mok compares PRP and stem cell treatments for joint cartilage. PRP shows mixed results with some imaging improvements but no clear cartilage regrowth. Multiple studies report that stem cell therapy produces actual cartilage regrowth, increased joint space, and functional improvement.

The jury's out on PRP and cartilage regrowth. I have found papers that show some improvement of radiologic imaging. Where the cartilage did appear to improve over time. There's other papers saying not so much changes. It just stabilizes symptoms and makes it not get worse, but doesn't actually reverse it. Where there's been numerous papers showing with stem cells that there's more cartilage regrowth, the space gets bigger, so the bigger cushion between the bones. The MRI looks better, the X rays look better. You're functionally improving in addition to be symptomatically improving.