Regenerative Medicine
Autologous (refers to cells, tissues or even growth factors that are re-implanted in the same individual as they come from.) In other words the patient receives his or her own cells. Cell therapy injections are a by-product of blood that is rich in growth factors and platelets. Until now, it’s use has been confined to the hospital setting. This was due mainly to the cost of separating, the cells from the blood and the large amount of blood needed to produce a suitable quantity of cells from only 30 to 50 cc of blood drawn from the patient while they are in the office setting. It takes about 20 minutes to harvest these cells prior to the injection.
During the healing process, the body rushes many cells and cell types to the injected area in order to accelerate the healing process. These cells perform many functions, including the release of growth factors (GF) into the diseased or arthritic and injured sites. Another main function is attracting Mesenchymal Stem Cells to the damaged areas. These growth factors (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF1) function to assist the body in repairing itself by stimulating stem cells to regenerate new tissue. The more growth factors released sequestered into damaged cells, the more stem cells stimulated to produce new host tissue. Thus, one can easily see that Cell Therapy and its applications for injection into the joints and tendons to improve osteoarthritis and sports injuries. Currently Cell Therapy has been used for pain and arthritis of Knee, Shoulder, Spine, Hip, Ankle, Wrist and Elbow at The Center For Regenerative Medicine.
A subfamily of these cells, are Mesenchymal Stem cells (different from the embryonic stem cells). These stem cells are contained within each individual and are derived from the person’s self. They have been shown to be multi potent, and have the potential of becoming, cardiac cells, nerve cells, Hepatocytes (liver cells), Chondrocytes (cartilage cells), and even vascular cells (angiogenesis). Angiogenesis is of great significance to the Orthopedic Regenerative physician whose goal is the improvement of arthritis and sports injuries.
The Center for Regenerative Medicine in Miami Beach, Florida concentrates on helping arthritic and injured people get back to a functional level of life and their activities using non-surgical techniques and Orthopedic medicine. The center’s expertise is in the spine, knee, shoulder, and other areas of cartilage damage. We have developed non-surgical and rehabilitation techniques focused on treatment and management of joint pain.
Traditionally, they were only able to put out the fire, at times only for a temporary time. Now they have the technology to do much more.
The Center For Regenerative Medicine
Questions & Answers
Muscular-skeleton, Joint injuries and Arthritis affect over 100 million Americans, or one in every three people, a majority of these people develop chronic problems and disability. Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) or more commonly known as Arthritis (In Latin ‘arth’ means joint, "itus" means inflammation) is not an isolated problem as it is becoming an epidemic as the aging population lives longer; it actually consists of more than 100 different conditions. These can be bursitis to crippling systemic, forms such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Do these treatments help only arthritis?
The treatments can help most Muscular skeleton problems such as neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, wrist pain, knee pain, hip pain, foot pain, sciatica, tendinitis, Tennis elbow, sprains, strains, whiplash and torn ligaments and cartilage.
How many treatments does a person need? Is there any down time?
The number of treatments depends on the tissue damage, severity of the condition, the size of area that need to be injected and most importantly the patient’s healing capability. People usually need a series of about 1 - 6 treatments to improve. Each treatment is independent of all the others, meaning each treatment by itself has benefits, there is usually no down time and people can go back to work or their usual activities immediately.
Are any of the medications used FDA approved?
All the medications used are FDA approved. The use of the medications for injection into ligaments, tendons and joints is an "off-label" use. This means that an FDA approved medicine can be used for other than the FDA approved uses if the physician believes the medication is beneficial for a patient.
In some cases Platelet Rich Plasma is used.
What is your patient demographic?
Since the project LaJRaN was started, the center has done over 10,000 procedures. Baby boomers comprise of 40% of the patients, 40% are 61-years and older and about 20% are in the 13-40-year-old group.
Knees are by far the most common problematic areas in the practice, followed by the shoulders and spine (back and neck).
75% of patients are Americans, 20% are from South American countries, and the rest come from different countries as far as Hong Kong, South Africa, and Australia.
Younger patients whom also are the fastest growing population of patients seen at the center are mostly professionals, including the NFL, NBA and PGA, Baseball players, Tennis Players, Dancers, Politicians, Doctors, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement.
What is the most important goal in this procedure?
Again, it depends on each patient, some want to just be pain free, some are looking for range of motion, some need more strength, some want to go back to activities that brought the this far such as playing Golf, Tennis, Dance, Soccer and Football.
For others it is important not to think twice about getting up to get a glass of water or just being able to walk again.
In general people like to be functional again.
What is your advice to people out there?
Do not abuse your muscular skeleton system, it is very fragile, it doesn’t take much to injure, it is easily damaged, and it is not easy to fix it.
Lose weight, 70% of Americans are overweight. Your weight bearing joints, meaning your ankles, knees and hips are not made to carry any fore than 20% more than your ideal body weight, this is why 60% of Americans over the age of 60 have arthritis in their knees, 60% is a big number. Cautiously take some supplements, some of the medications available actually can help.
About the Doctor:
Alimorad Farshchian MD (farsheean) was conferred his Doctorate of Medicine (M.D. Degree) with High Honors from Spartan Health Sciences University School Medicine in 1987. He then joined the highly acclaimed research staff at State University of NY (SUNY Down State), a subsidiary of New York Research Foundation. He pursued further education with an Internship at the University of Tennessee’s College of Medicine. He continued his medical training at the prestigious Ivy League Chestnut Hill Hospital (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Family Medicine Program).
At the turn of the century Farshchian started up the Center for Regenerative Medicine. That year he treated a patient’s hip with great success. Since then the injection has evolved to a combination of 4 - 5 different modalities called LaJRaN (Ligament and Joint Regeneration and Neuvogeneration). Today he has treated more than 7000 cases.
U.S.A. scientist and scholar, and the host of "arthritisusa web talk program" (currently featured on the media section of this web site) Farshchian is honored to be chosen as doctor of the year for 2004 by United States Republican Congressional Committee’s Physician Advisory Board.
Syndicated Web columnist and the editor for "From the Doctor’s Journal", is the recipient of 2004 Senatorial Medal of Freedom.
In 2005 special attention is focused on research, specifically the work of the late Thomas McPherson Brown; significant for correlations between bacteria and connective tissue diseases.
The CEO and the developer of the dietary supplements product line "Genorthix" and the inventor of "Genorcane" is currently based in Miami Beach, among his other achievements Dr. Farshchian is also happily married with two children.
The Center for Regenerative Medicine in Miami Beach, Florida concentrates on helping arthritic and injured people to get back to a functional level of life and their activities using non-surgical techniques and Orthopedic medicine. The center’s expertise is in spine, knees, shoulders, other cartilage damages. They have developed non-surgical and rehabilitation techniques focused on treatment and management of joint pain. Our team includes health professionals organized around a central theme:
THE CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: Includes a team of professionals, with on-site physical therapist, Digital ultrasound, X-Ray and necessary orthopedic equipment. Major players including Global Icons, World Champions, Sport Legends, Pro Athletes, Amateur Athletes, Dancers and people with just plain arthritis come to the Center for Regenerative Medicine from around the world for non-surgical orthopedic care, using our facility to improve their conditions.
The value statement for all employees of the Center for Regenerative Medicine is set forth as follows:
Service with pride
Teamwork
Attitude for excellence
Respect for the individual
State of the art technology
"Your gentleness, compassion, utter professionalism and A-Z holistic healing methods go way beyond any medical treatment I have ever heard of or experienced. You and your Associates are a ‘dream Team come true."
"With these few words I am, once again, thanking you for your kindness not only to me but to all those others which I have witnessed helping with your knowledge and good will to alleviate the pains…I constantly remember about you and all those beautiful people around you helping you to help others."
The Center is a short distance away from Miami and Fort Lauderdale Airports:
9573 Harding Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33154
During the healing process, the body rushes many cells and cell types to the injected area in order to accelerate the healing process. These cells perform many functions, including the release of growth factors (GF) into the diseased or arthritic and injured sites. Another main function is attracting Mesenchymal Stem Cells to the damaged areas. These growth factors (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF1) function to assist the body in repairing itself by stimulating stem cells to regenerate new tissue. The more growth factors released sequestered into damaged cells, the more stem cells stimulated to produce new host tissue. Thus, one can easily see that Cell Therapy and its applications for injection into the joints and tendons to improve osteoarthritis and sports injuries. Currently Cell Therapy has been used for pain and arthritis of Knee, Shoulder, Spine, Hip, Ankle, Wrist and Elbow at The Center For Regenerative Medicine.
A subfamily of these cells, are Mesenchymal Stem cells (different from the embryonic stem cells). These stem cells are contained within each individual and are derived from the person’s self. They have been shown to be multi potent, and have the potential of becoming, cardiac cells, nerve cells, Hepatocytes (liver cells), Chondrocytes (cartilage cells), and even vascular cells (angiogenesis). Angiogenesis is of great significance to the Orthopedic Regenerative physician whose goal is the improvement of arthritis and sports injuries.
The Center for Regenerative Medicine in Miami Beach, Florida concentrates on helping arthritic and injured people get back to a functional level of life and their activities using non-surgical techniques and Orthopedic medicine. The center’s expertise is in the spine, knee, shoulder, and other areas of cartilage damage. We have developed non-surgical and rehabilitation techniques focused on treatment and management of joint pain.
Traditionally, they were only able to put out the fire, at times only for a temporary time. Now they have the technology to do much more.
The Center For Regenerative Medicine
Questions & Answers
Muscular-skeleton, Joint injuries and Arthritis affect over 100 million Americans, or one in every three people, a majority of these people develop chronic problems and disability. Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) or more commonly known as Arthritis (In Latin ‘arth’ means joint, "itus" means inflammation) is not an isolated problem as it is becoming an epidemic as the aging population lives longer; it actually consists of more than 100 different conditions. These can be bursitis to crippling systemic, forms such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Do these treatments help only arthritis?
The treatments can help most Muscular skeleton problems such as neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, wrist pain, knee pain, hip pain, foot pain, sciatica, tendinitis, Tennis elbow, sprains, strains, whiplash and torn ligaments and cartilage.
How many treatments does a person need? Is there any down time?
The number of treatments depends on the tissue damage, severity of the condition, the size of area that need to be injected and most importantly the patient’s healing capability. People usually need a series of about 1 - 6 treatments to improve. Each treatment is independent of all the others, meaning each treatment by itself has benefits, there is usually no down time and people can go back to work or their usual activities immediately.
Are any of the medications used FDA approved?
All the medications used are FDA approved. The use of the medications for injection into ligaments, tendons and joints is an "off-label" use. This means that an FDA approved medicine can be used for other than the FDA approved uses if the physician believes the medication is beneficial for a patient.
In some cases Platelet Rich Plasma is used.
What is your patient demographic?
Since the project LaJRaN was started, the center has done over 10,000 procedures. Baby boomers comprise of 40% of the patients, 40% are 61-years and older and about 20% are in the 13-40-year-old group.
Knees are by far the most common problematic areas in the practice, followed by the shoulders and spine (back and neck).
75% of patients are Americans, 20% are from South American countries, and the rest come from different countries as far as Hong Kong, South Africa, and Australia.
Younger patients whom also are the fastest growing population of patients seen at the center are mostly professionals, including the NFL, NBA and PGA, Baseball players, Tennis Players, Dancers, Politicians, Doctors, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement.
What is the most important goal in this procedure?
Again, it depends on each patient, some want to just be pain free, some are looking for range of motion, some need more strength, some want to go back to activities that brought the this far such as playing Golf, Tennis, Dance, Soccer and Football.
For others it is important not to think twice about getting up to get a glass of water or just being able to walk again.
In general people like to be functional again.
What is your advice to people out there?
Do not abuse your muscular skeleton system, it is very fragile, it doesn’t take much to injure, it is easily damaged, and it is not easy to fix it.
Lose weight, 70% of Americans are overweight. Your weight bearing joints, meaning your ankles, knees and hips are not made to carry any fore than 20% more than your ideal body weight, this is why 60% of Americans over the age of 60 have arthritis in their knees, 60% is a big number. Cautiously take some supplements, some of the medications available actually can help.
About the Doctor:
Alimorad Farshchian MD (farsheean) was conferred his Doctorate of Medicine (M.D. Degree) with High Honors from Spartan Health Sciences University School Medicine in 1987. He then joined the highly acclaimed research staff at State University of NY (SUNY Down State), a subsidiary of New York Research Foundation. He pursued further education with an Internship at the University of Tennessee’s College of Medicine. He continued his medical training at the prestigious Ivy League Chestnut Hill Hospital (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Family Medicine Program).
At the turn of the century Farshchian started up the Center for Regenerative Medicine. That year he treated a patient’s hip with great success. Since then the injection has evolved to a combination of 4 - 5 different modalities called LaJRaN (Ligament and Joint Regeneration and Neuvogeneration). Today he has treated more than 7000 cases.
U.S.A. scientist and scholar, and the host of "arthritisusa web talk program" (currently featured on the media section of this web site) Farshchian is honored to be chosen as doctor of the year for 2004 by United States Republican Congressional Committee’s Physician Advisory Board.
Syndicated Web columnist and the editor for "From the Doctor’s Journal", is the recipient of 2004 Senatorial Medal of Freedom.
In 2005 special attention is focused on research, specifically the work of the late Thomas McPherson Brown; significant for correlations between bacteria and connective tissue diseases.
The CEO and the developer of the dietary supplements product line "Genorthix" and the inventor of "Genorcane" is currently based in Miami Beach, among his other achievements Dr. Farshchian is also happily married with two children.
The Center for Regenerative Medicine in Miami Beach, Florida concentrates on helping arthritic and injured people to get back to a functional level of life and their activities using non-surgical techniques and Orthopedic medicine. The center’s expertise is in spine, knees, shoulders, other cartilage damages. They have developed non-surgical and rehabilitation techniques focused on treatment and management of joint pain. Our team includes health professionals organized around a central theme:
THE CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: Includes a team of professionals, with on-site physical therapist, Digital ultrasound, X-Ray and necessary orthopedic equipment. Major players including Global Icons, World Champions, Sport Legends, Pro Athletes, Amateur Athletes, Dancers and people with just plain arthritis come to the Center for Regenerative Medicine from around the world for non-surgical orthopedic care, using our facility to improve their conditions.
The value statement for all employees of the Center for Regenerative Medicine is set forth as follows:
Service with pride
Teamwork
Attitude for excellence
Respect for the individual
State of the art technology
"Your gentleness, compassion, utter professionalism and A-Z holistic healing methods go way beyond any medical treatment I have ever heard of or experienced. You and your Associates are a ‘dream Team come true."
"With these few words I am, once again, thanking you for your kindness not only to me but to all those others which I have witnessed helping with your knowledge and good will to alleviate the pains…I constantly remember about you and all those beautiful people around you helping you to help others."
The Center is a short distance away from Miami and Fort Lauderdale Airports:
9573 Harding Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33154
1-305-866-8384
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