This YouTube interview (Aug 16, 2023) features patient Michael Alexander (age 64) describing knee pain before and after a PRP orthobiologic procedure performed by Dr. Schecter / Pinnacle Integrative Orthopedics. He reports heavy use of painkillers before treatment, difficulty working on his feet, a simple clinic-based PRP procedure (blood draw and injection), recommended downtime of 2–3 days, returning to work after five days, and meaningful improvement in pain and stair-climbing afterwards.
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May I get your name please?
Michael Alexander.
And your age?
64.
What was life like for you before your procedure?
Hard to get around, hurt all the time. I say live on pain pills but not what you say. Pain pills, ibuprofen, Tylenol type stuff. Took a lot of that stuff. Didn't really need to be taken because it's hard on the body. One of the things you gotta do, what you gotta do.
What were you unable to do that made you upset?
The way I work, I have to be on my feet a lot, my legs hurt, knees hurt a lot when I'm at work and that was starting to affect my job and that type of stuff.
What finally triggered you to come and meet with our medical staff?
Dr. Schecter had mentioned to me about doing stem cell and wife and I were on a trip, met a lady that had stem cell done five years prior and had had a knee replacement in one knee, the other knee had had stem cell. And she's made the comment that she had had better results out of stem cell than she did the replacement. And then when I came back, was talking to Michelle about it, she mentioned the prp. So I looked at the cost wise and everything on both and just went with prp thinking I can hopefully buy myself some time not have to have surgery.
What kind of concerns did you have prior to the procedure?
Is it going to help? Is it going to give me what I'm looking for to be able to like say postpone surgery? That's something I'm trying not to have to do is replacements. I know it's coming eventually, but I'm trying to put it off as long as I can, work as long as I can.
What was the procedure like for you?
Simple.
Like going to his lab and getting blood drawn. That's basically what it was. Did the blood draw, did their thing, injected them back in my knees. Outside of walking out after procedure, rest of it simple.
What kind of downtime did you have after the procedure?
They suggested two to three days. Luckily I had done on Wednesday afternoon. I had a holiday on Monday. So I was like four or five days before I actually had to go back to work. I was down like two and a half days, probably on relaxing. And about the third day I was up doing whatever I want to do pretty well around the house and stuff. As far as going back to work, I didn't have to go back to work for five days. So it worked out pretty good.
What is life like for you now?
I can definitely tell a difference. I'm not taking the pain pills, not anywhere close near the pain pills I was taking. Occasionally have to take one or two. And I can actually climb stairs that I had to be real cautious about doing before.
And somewhat downstairs. Still having a little trouble going down. Getting better. Getting a lot better.
What would you tell someone considering Pinnacle Integrative Orthopedics?
Definitely come see them. They know what they're doing. I've been dealing with Dr. Schecter and Michelle for several years for different various things. And after moving over here to Pinnacle, the staff is great. I've met some different folks over here that weren't at the other facility, but you couldn't go wrong by coming over here.
