Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Powerful Joint Relief Using Your Own Cells

28 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter uses mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow and fat to treat joint pain. The procedure involves numbing the pelvis, extracting about 180 cc of bone marrow, and a small fat aspiration, then injecting the processed cells into the joint.

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About 180 cc (cubic centimeters) of bone marrow.

The pelvic area.

Like a small/mini liposuction (fat aspiration).

Wharton’s jelly, cord blood, and placenta.

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We're really interested in using those types of stem cells to optimize the whole system.
I love mesenchymal stem cells because I'm used to the bone. But the harvest of mesenchymal stem cells, like when we do bone marrow aspirate, you got to get into the bone. So that can be a little nerve wracking for people. We find that our patients really do not have a problem with it. It's a very powerful and versatile treatment. And basically what we do is a numb up an area of the pelvis here, and then we go in with a small needle and draw off about 180cc's of the bone marrow and process it here in the office. It's really a pre for fat aspiration. It's like a little bit of a mini liposuction. So you take some fat, then you process it that way. And then as far as allogeneic stem cells or stem cells from somebody else, like Wharton's jelly and those types of things, those are typically young stem cells or embryonic stem cells. And the idea is that they're very young. They're from cord blood or placenta or something of that nature. We're really interested in using those types of stem cells to optimize the whole system and using a more focused bioactive for that particular patient. Treatment for the joint.