PRP & Stem Cell Therapy | University of Utah Health

Stem cells are special cells inside your body that can develop into many different types of tissue. When injected into your body, stem cells may have the ability to grow into healthy new cells. (You may have heard of stem cells being used alongside chemotherapy during cancer treatment).

In a similar way, doctors use stem cells to treat bone and joint problems. Doctors extract (remove) stem cells from your bone marrow. Your doctor will then re-inject these stem cells into areas of your body that are in pain (for example, your knee or shoulder).

The stem cells then may grow into healthy new tissue.

Just like PRP, stem cell therapy is a new, experimental treatment. This means doctors and researchers are still studying how it works and how effective it is at treating different types of pain or dysfunction.

Stem cell therapy may not work for everyone. You may also need multiple injections of stem cells before your pain gets better.

Stem cell therapy may be a good option if other treatments (like steroid injections) haven't worked.

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PRP & Stem Cell Therapy | University of Utah Health