Regenerative Medicine
Use Your Body to Heal Your Body.
Regenerative medicine goes beyond disease management to search for and discover therapies that support the body in repairing, regenerating, and restoring itself to a state of health and well-being. Visiting Physiatrist, Sonja Stilp, MD offers pain management, sports medicine and regnerative medicine clinics at St. Vincent Health. Dr. Stilp is fellowship-trained in interventional spine and procedural orthopedics. Her focus is on non-operative management of orthopedic and spine care with an integrative and comprehensive approach.
Regenerative Medicine Performed:
Stem Cell (BMAC) Therapy
BMAC extracts stem cells, plus healing and growth factors from a patient's bone marrow in the pelvic bone. It is concentrated in a centrifuge and injected into specific areas of the patient’s body to help renew and repair damaged or diseased tissue.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
PRP uses the body’s own healing potential found in a patient’s blood, called platelets. The platelets have growth factors involved in healing and regeneration. PRP is injected to promote healing, regeneration, and longevity.
Regenerative Medicine Facilitates Healing:
- Elbow
- Shoulder
- Wrist and hand
- Spine and hip
- Knee
- Ankle and foot
Appointments are available at St. Vincent Health Specialty Clinics. Call 719-486-7166 for information or to schedule. Specialty Clinics are located at 822 W. 4th Street Leadville, Colorado.
What is Physiatry?
Physiatry is the medical specialty that emphasizes the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of people disabled by disease, disorder or injury.
It is one of the newer areas of medicine that manages a diversity of conditions involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems, and focuses on function, independence and quality of life.
Physiatry, also referred to as Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, provides integrated, multidisciplinary care aimed at recovery of the whole person by addressing the individual’s physical, emotional, medical, vocational and social needs. Physiatry is unique among medical specialties in that its area of expertise is the functioning of the whole patient, as compared with a focus on an organ system or systems. A doctor who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation is called a physiatrist. Physiatrists can be medical doctors (MD) or doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) and practice in a variety of clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient facilities.
