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Cellular Tissue Injections

Top 5 Benefits of CTP Therapy

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CTP therapy can be a tool to help with recovery prior and after surgery

Cellular tissue product (CTP) therapy is a new approach to repairing the body. It aims to replace, regenerate and reconstruct the body’s tissues. This can be a game changer if you have suffered from an injury or chronic pain. CTP stimulates your cells to regenerate into normal healthy cells. Resulting in the body’s healing.

CTP therapy is an amazing non-surgical form of relief, and today we’re going to go other five benefits of CTP therapy

Benefit #1 Arthritis

If you’re dealing with arthritis, you’re not alone. Arthritis affects nearly 25% of all adults in the US. Although usually caused by just aging, some arthritis can also be caused by tears, infections, and underlying diseases. However, symptoms often include pain, swelling, stiffness, and a decreased range of motion in the affected joints.

Though arthritis most commonly affects the hands, hips, and knees, CTP injections can help treat all major joints, including the ankles, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medication are typically used to manage a bit of the pain caused by arthritis and rarely work to solve the issue or prevent future damage. CTP injections can prevent inflammation and stimulate your tissue cells to regenerate.

Benefit #2 Chronic Pain

If you have felt pain for an extended period, you may suffer from chronic pain. Often caused by inflammation of dysfunctional nerves, chronic pain can be felt in many different areas of the body. Though the underlying causes of chronic pain can be difficult to understand, research shows that the number of people suffering from chronic pain has significantly increased for all US adult demographics. Primary care providers may recommend painkillers or surgery to help deal with chronic pain. An alternative is the use of CTP. CTP may help naturally heal damaged tissue, reducing inflammation which can help reduce pain.

Benefit #3 Knee Injury

Knee injuries can be excruciating and debilitating. Often tied to sports injuries, a knee injury can be caused by vehicular accidents, or in the case of seniors, a slip on uneven ground can cause a knee injury. Surgery may be required in some cases, while in others, treatment with CTP injections in conjunction with physical therapy can forgo the need for an invasive procedure.

Benefit #4 Low Risk

With the variety of benefits and conditions, CTP can help patients. The side effects of CTP injections are infrequent. Patients have stated that there is occasional mild discomfort in the treated area. 

While over-the-counter pain medication and pharmaceuticals only mask the pain, CTP has been used to resolve some issues. It has also been used to help patients avoid going through invasive surgeries.

Benefit #5 Post Surgery Recovery

Some patients may still require surgery. CTP therapy can help your body recover sooner after surgery. Physical therapy is sometimes recommended before surgery. CTP can buy valuable time before surgery to help the body prepare.

Take the Next Step In Improving Your Health by Contacting SOHMA Integrative Medicine

Our goal is to help you improve your health. You can reach out to us and ask about the Myers Cocktail, IV Therapy, Chiropractic care, or how our other health service lines can help you with your journey to improved health. 

Located in Long Beach, CA, we help individuals from the surrounding cities.

We look forward to helping you take the next step in your journey to better health.

What are CTP Injections Good for?

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Cellular tissue product (CTP) is a new form of therapy we provide at SOHMA Integrative Medicine in Long Beach CA, that aids the body to repair and heal itself. 

Though the thought of any procedure involving needles can seem unnerving, CTP injections are helping us provide pain relief and a better quality of life to many patients without the need of drugs or surgeries.

Join us as we explore why you should know more about CTP injections and what they are good for.

What are CTP Injections?

CTP injections are used as an aid to support the body in healing damaged tissue caused by infections, trauma, injury or aging. CTP can help you to regrow tissue to be strong and fully functioning. Oftentimes CTP is used to help manage issues in the spine, hips, shoulders and other major joints. Days after treatment, new cells begin to grow and divide forming new tissue and repairing the damaged area.  

What are CTP Injections used for?

Due to the nature of CTP injections, they can be used to help with a variety of conditions including: 

  • Arthritis
  • Chronic Joint Pain
  • Chronic Muscle Pain
  • Inflammation
  • Ligament Tear/Sprain
  • Muscle Tear/Sprain
  • Trauma Caused by Injury

Dealing with long term chronic pain can be difficult for anybody. A common source of pain is usually swelling caused by the condition. CTP injections help prevent further inflammation in the area being treated. They then stimulate your own cells to regenerate, and encourage your body to heal the damaged tissue from the inside out. Damaged cells produce a chemical signal attracting the CTP, it then attaches itself to the local blood vessels rejuvenating, replacing and regenerating the damaged cells.

While there is no effective timeline for when a patient will notice significant improvement of their condition, CTP has been shown to help many chronic conditions. Like many procedures, each patient and condition will have their own individual variables determining the outcome of the treatment. Some patients notice an improvement in their condition within a few weeks while others will take months. There are also other cases where patients may require more than one treatment with CTP injections.

Are CTP Injections Right for You?

While there is nothing we can do about aging, here comes a time where our body can no longer keep up with our lifestyle. Whether it’s due to a sports injury, or a sedentary lifestyle, continual wear on our body can eventually become too much for it to recover from. This will slowly begin to affect muscles, tendons, cartilage and nerves. Furthermore poor lifestyle choices can accelerate the degeneration and cause additional pain to the point of it becoming a chronic condition.

Side effects of CTP injections are minor and extremely rare. Mild discomfort after in the treated area is common and increased nerve sensation can be seen when treating damaged nerves. CTP being delivered through injections will involve some level of pain though it’s usually for only a handful of seconds and are typically no more painful than other forms of joint injections or soft tissue injections. Many patients are choosing CTP injections as treatment over the alternative to masking their pain with pharmaceuticals. It’s also been used to avoid going through invasive surgeries. Although in severe cases surgery may still be required for some patients, CTP can help buy valuable time before surgery is needed.

Take the Next Step In Improving Your Health by Contacting SOHMA Integrative Medicine

Our goal is to help you improve your health. You can reach out to us and ask about the Myers Cocktail, IV Therapy, Chiropractic care, or how our other health service lines can help you with your journey to improved health. 

Located in Long Beach, CA, we help individuals from the surrounding cities.

We look forward to helping you take the next step in your journey to better health.

Warning Signs of Neuropathy

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What is neuropathy?

In short neuropathy is nerve damage that can be the result of many different conditions such as trauma, viral infection, and diabetes.

Neuropathy is a condition where you suffer from nerve damage, that although rarely fatal, can lead to a variety of life altering problems. Neuropathy is not any single health condition but rather it is used as an umbrella term to describe a range of health issues which involves damage done to your peripheral nerves which include the symptoms of those issues. 

While there is no cure for some of these conditions, you can take steps in preventing neuropathy or managing it through treatments, lifestyle changes and diet. 

The nervous system is divided in two different sections, the central nervous system, which controls automatic body functions like breathing and digestion. The second is the peripheral nervous system, which transmits messages from the central nervous system out to the rest of your body like your feet and hands. In this article we are going to focus on prevention by looking at some of the warning signs of this condition as well as when to see a doctor.

Somatic nervous system

The somatic nervous system is the voluntary nerves that you have conscious control over. Also known as the voluntary nervous system due to its association with the voluntary control of the body.

When your somatic nerves are damaged some early warning signs include:

  • Sharp, burning, or jabbing pain
  • Poor coordination and loss of balance
  • Muscle weakness
  • Intense sensitivity to heat and touch
  • Gradual feeling of numbness or tingling in your feet and hands

Central nervous system

The central nervous system is made up of the spinal cord and the brain. This system controls the functions of the body we tend to have little control over such as bodily functions, awareness, sensations, thoughts, and memory.

Since you have less control over the central nervous system it may be more difficult to realize you are suffering from a case of neuropathy. Some of the things to keep an eye out for include:

  • Persistent headaches
  • Loss of feeling or tingling
  • Loss of muscle strength
  • Erratic vision
  • Lack of coordination
  • Memory loss

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With early diagnosis many of the long term effects can be avoided and in some cases symptoms can be completely treated. This is why if you are suffering from any of these symptoms it is important to visit your primary care provider to get a diagnosis as early as possible.

When to See a Doctor

Although many of these symptoms are indicative of neuropathy it is still difficult to judge whether your symptoms will get better on their own or if you need to see your primary care provider. If at any point in time you begin to suffer any of these symptoms on a regular basis, it is a signal that there may be an underlying medical condition to be taken care of and this would be the appropriate time to ask your primary care provider about potentially suffering from a form of neuropathy.

If diagnosed with a type of neuropathy, at SOHMA we offer regenerative cellular tissue repair therapy, which may be covered by Medicare. Regenerative cellular tissue repair therapy is incredibly helpful in treating neuropathy by aiding in the healing and regeneration of the damaged nerves. This will help reduce pain as well as return sensation to your hands and feet.

Take the Next Step In Improving Your Health by Contacting SOHMA Integrative Medicine

Our goal is to help you improve your health. You can reach out to us and ask us about the Myers Cocktail, IV Therapy, Chiropractic care, or how our other health service lines can help you with your journey to improved health. 

Located in Long Beach, CA we help individuals from the surrounding cities.

We look forward to helping you take the next step in your journey to better health.