HEALTHY AGING
Innovative Treatments for Aging By Rhema Zlaten for Aging at Altitude
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n the pursuit of healthfully supporting active aging processes, innovative treatments and procedures stemming from cutting-edge medical research are growing in availability on the Front Range. Medical professionals are seeking to meet aging needs like never before, from providing better learning communities around needed lifestyle changes to implementing regenerative practices as a component of whole body healing. Explore how area professionals are using techniques such as endocrinology support groups, orthobiologics (regenerative therapies), thyroid healing and individualized endocrinology plans
to help revitalize aging.
Orthobiologics
The theory behind orthobiologics is that the body has the necessary mechanisms to repair itself. However, sometimes injury or aging (or both) can keep the body from healing damages. The CentenoSchultz Clinic in Broomfield offers patented regenerative procedures called Regenexx® procedures, a process where bone marrow is drawn from a patient’s hip bone. Next, the mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow is processed to derive a highly concentrated level of stem cells that are then injected into a precise area of an injury to help rebuild or mitigate the breakdown of tissue. Another option for clients is the use of
platelet-rich plasma, containing numerous growth factors, to jump start normal body healing processes. Dr. Jason Markle, DO, is an interventional orthopedic physician with the Centeno-Schultz clinics in Broomfield. He specializes in treating neck and back, elbow, foot, ankle, hand, wrist, hip, knee, and shoulder injuries as well as degenerative diseases, such as osteoarthritis. “We are able to evaluate, figure out damaged tissues and then precisely inject those damaged tissues with our orthobiologics,” Markle said. “If you have an ACL tear, I can inject directly into your ACL and encourage healing.” The Regenexx procedures are implemented for patients after a 60 minute comprehensive evaluation,
and a holistic lifestyle evaluation. Markle and his colleagues will look at a patient’s lifestyle, nutrition, conservative treatments options like physical therapy and considerations of surgery options to treat specifically injured areas. To determine the best course of treatment, however, sometimes more information is needed. The injured area is evaluated with X-Ray, MRI and/or dynamic ultrasound techniques first. “In the office we can evaluate your biomechanical integrity and see if the function of that ligament [or injured area] is doing its job,” Markle said. If someone is determined by the practice to be a strong candidate for success with either plateletrich plasma or regenerative stem
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