Stem Cells in Sports Injuries: A Performance Enhancement? Not Reimbursable? C’mon Man! (Josh Sandberg @ OrthoSpineNews)
By: Jeff Chandler, Sports Medicine Writer at OrthoSpineNews.com
Have you had enough? Let’s see, the last time I checked I thought that Doctors were to supposedly “best” treat our ailments in the US. It certainly appears that today’s governing bodies (i.e. insurers, regulatory, sanctioning committees) are notably limiting the scope of our MD’s care guidelines and it’s not getting any better. Is the US not considered the Leader of the Free-World? Then, why are high-profile US athletes forced to seek promising medical treatment, such as stem cell therapy, outside of the US? Needless to mention that our medical research and early-stage innovation are also being pushed outside the US. Plus, have these bodies developed amnesia and forgot about a minor term known as patient satisfaction?
From Peyton to Kobe to A-Rod to Tiger, our globally recognized action-based celebrities have undergone some form of stem cell or cellular treatment recently in Europe. Anecdotally, they seemed to have recovered faster than with existing US treatments, and returned to their workplace fas...
