605: Stem Cells & The Future of Healing with Dr. Jeffrey M. Gross
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
You’ve got a bum knee or wonky hip. Your doctor says you’re a candidate for a joint replacement, and your insurance has approved the procedure - but you’re not sure if you’re ready for that. You know that joint replacement success rates are extremely high. But you also know this is a major surgery with long-term effects, and you’d like to dig your heels in a little longer. What about platelet rich plasma (PRP)? What about stem cells? On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a regenerative medical doctor whose work is focused on healing ailing joints.
You’ll learn:
- Where stem cells come from
- Exosomes, stem cells, and PRP - what’s the difference?
- Ethical and legal issues surrounding stem cell harvesting
- Why bone, rather than tissue, injections are preferred
- Cost and recovery considerations
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Dr. Jeffrey Gross specializes in regenerative stem cell medicine and anti-aging. He has an extensive background in treating athletic injuries across many areas such as hips, knees, shoulders, and spine.
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| 0:00.0 | Very common scenario. You have a knee or a hip that's been giving you troubles for |
| 0:06.3 | five years for seven years for ten years plus and you're a candidate you've been approved |
| 0:11.0 | insurance will cover it a knee replacement hip replacement |
| 0:13.8 | whatever it might be but you're putting it off you want to explore all options |
| 0:18.2 | the success rate of total knee replacement hip replacements is very good but you know that you're probably going to |
| 0:23.4 | get 15 or 20 years out of that joint and then what happens you need another one and |
| 0:27.6 | will you age out of the neck surgery will there be complications it's definitely a |
| 0:32.0 | major consideration with that in mind there are |
| 0:35.0 | a major consideration with that in mind there are other therapies available |
| 0:36.8 | specifically PRP platelet rich plasma specifically stem cells we'll be talking about those on the show today. |
| 0:43.8 | Please understand this is not an endorsement. This is not anti surgery, anti hip |
| 0:47.4 | replacement, quite the opposite. I think the most important thing is that people |
| 0:50.7 | make educated decisions based on all the options they have available and unfortunately is that's the |
| 0:55.0 | the people make educated decisions based on all the options. |
| 0:54.0 | And unfortunately if you're like me you're very rarely presented with all the options. |
| 0:58.0 | So that's the purpose of this podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood show. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm a yoga teacher and a trainer. I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've got a few kids. I'm mostly a student though. |
| 1:07.0 | And I use this podcast as a way to research health span to learn more about how all of us can live our best life in the second half, a life of activity and adventure, |
| 1:16.0 | hopefully pain-free joints, all of the above. |
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