Exosomes 14: The shoulder – Recharge Biomedical

"Ok you have me very excited. I went to the gym to test my bad shoulder that you injected. It is now better than my good shoulder. At least 90% improvement so far"

Written: October 13, 2019
Author: Edward
Posted in: News
Tags: Dr. Ed Park, exosome blog 14, exosomes, exosomes 14, exosomes blog, rotator cuff, shoulder, subacromial bursa, subscapularis, ultrasound guided injection

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Exosomes 14: The shoulder

General Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only. It is not an advertisement for exosomes. Use of exosomes has not been FDA-approved for prevention nor treatment of any disease condition. Anecdotes provided do not constitute scientific proof and all patients were treated in the context of a fully informed consent and patient-physician relationship.

Exosomes 14: The shoulder

This week I would like to discuss the shoulder joint. I received a text from my patient tonight who received an injection only four days ago: “Ok you have me very excited. I went to the gym to test my bad shoulder that you injected. It is now better than my good shoulder. At least 90% improvement so far”

He is a 54-yo man with 3 years of pain related to weight lifting and a tear in his rotator cuff which upon clinical exam was isolated to the subscapularis muscle.

Using direct ultrasound visualization, I was able to introduce 2.5cc of MSC exosomes mixed with Durolane hyaluronic acid directly into the bursa. I could actually see the fluid entering below the deltoid and above the rotator cuff. The other 2.5cc were injected into the lumbar epidural space and the patient was tilted head down to access his cervical disk areas.

The proper localization of the exosomes is critical as they can be wasted in the wrong space and the injection is painful when placed blindly into the muscles. The use of hylaronic acid is keep the exosomes in the local area to be absorbed by the required cells. Otherwise, they can be eaten up and carried away from the site of potential repair. The fact that the patient is an avid weight lifter is helpful because local stress and injury I believe activates the regenerative processes.

I would be remiss to suggest that everyone has experienced the same degree of success. My own shoulder and that of my mother are greatly improved but one of my patients in his 8th decade (with a lifetime of high-contact rugby) was unable to avoid shoulder replacement. On the positive side, I also have a 47-yo airline pilot patient that required two sessions to reach total repair. He stated being 65% better after one treatment and 95% after the second injection four weeks later. After a fall snowboarding in March, his body was not able to repair the rotator cuff. After not being able to lift his arm without pain, he is now helping to lift carry on luggage and is back to playing tennis! Another satisfied customer…

The shoulder is a particularly easy area to injure but also one that is very safely accessed by a posterior approach using palpation of landmarks and aided by ultrasound. The course I took on ultrasound-guided joint injections was so helpful and I feel quite confident injecting shoulders, knees, and hips alike.

When we consider why some joints never repair, the problems is that when we are older, the remaining stem cells in the muscles, tendons, and joints are depleted in their ability to repair by virtue of senescence (possibly from telomere erosion and epigenetic silencing). The introduction of MSC stem cell exosomes is a game-changer, allowing the local stem cells to be reactivated or allowing new ones to be recruited.

POSTSCRIPT: For my friends in Hawaii, I am happy to announce that I was approved to practice medicine in Hawaii. If you are interested in discussing a possible treatment on my next trip to Honolulu, please contact me at drpark@rechargebiomedical.com

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Archived exosome blogs….Please read them all.

N.B. On 2/29/2020 I changed my philosophy about keeping these blogs private. The archives up to blog 32 were appended to blogs that had yet to be created when the earlier ones were first written.

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