Sports & Regenerative Medicine

What is Sports Medicine?

A physician that practices Sports Medicine treats patients that have suffered injuries during athletics. This would include professional and amateur athletes but also regular people who are very active and enjoy participating in athletics and exercise. Despite the name of Sports Medicine, we also take care of patients who have sustained injuries during daily life including overuse injuries, job related, or just regular life related injuries.

Key Areas Treated

Musculoskeletal injuries in athletes.
Overuse injuries.
Job-related injuries.
Life-related injuries.
Sports-related injuries.

In summary, a sports medicine doctor specializes in treating patients with all types of musculoskeletal injuries.

Is Sports Medicine Just For Athletes?

No. Sports medicine covers a wide variety of injuries. While it includes professional and amateur athletes, it also includes regular people who have sustained musculoskeletal injuries in their daily lives. Sports medicine doctors are capable of treating a wide variety of injuries of people in all age groups.

What Types of Treatments Are Involved?

There are a wide range of potential therapies that can be done for patients with these types of injuries. These include:

Initial rest and ice: Often recommended in the days after an injury.
Physical therapy: a key part of recovery integrated with care.
Chiropractic treatment: an powerful adjunct to treating musculoskeletal injuries.
Surgery: In some cases surgery is needed and patients may be referred to a surgeon.

My Philosophy:

It is my experience that many injuries will not heal unless some type of active treatment or intervention is applied. A good Sports Med doctor will integrate multiple treatment methods to stimulate a healing process. Many times, these procedures will involve Regenerative Medicine.

Regenerative Medicine

Regenerative medicine is on the cutting edge of treatment especially for sports medicine doctors. It allows us to perform procedures that can activate the body’s healing process, giving us some control over the outcome. Since we’re usually dealing with injuries that don’t heal well on their own, we use techniques that stimulate the body’s natural healing process.

Key treatments in Regenerative Medicine

PRP (platelet-rich plasma).

Stem Cell therapy.

Regenerative peptides

Red light therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Meet Dr. Nick Sadeghi

“The mission of my Regenerative Clinic is to help you feel better, look better, and
maximize your lifespan – feeling as youthful, healthy and active as possible, for as long
as possible.”

If you’re over 35 and feeling tired, gaining weight, losing motivation, struggling in the
gym or watching your libido disappear – you’re not crazy. You’re not weak. And you’re
definitely not alone.

I felt it too.

Using the latest in advanced regenerative and longevity medicine, my practice aims
to treat injuries and roll back time. Our core treatments optimizing natural
processes that occur in our bodies with Hormone Replacement, NAD, Stem Cell
Therapy, Platelet-Rich-Plasma, Peptides, Tenex and other modern treatments.

Dr. Nick Sadeghi

What is PRP and how does It work?

PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. Platelets are cells in your blood that play a key role in initiating the healing process after an injury. They form clots and growth factors that attract stem cells and promote healing in the injured area.

How PRP is Administered:

Blood Draw: a small amount of blood from your arm
Processing: the platelets are separated from the rest of the blood
Injection: the platelets are injected into the injury site.

Once injected, the platelets begin the healing process in the targeted area. With a proper recovery program, PRP therapy can lead to excellent healing outcomes.

How do Stem Cells work and where do they come from?

Stem cells have the ability to grow into a variety of different tissues. Although our bodies naturally contain stem cells, sometimes they don’t reach the injured area or aren’t highly active due to age or chronic illness.

Stem Cell Therapy:

Direct Injection: Stem cells are injected directly into the injured site to regenerate damaged tissue.
Source: Stem cells can either be harvested from your own body or obtained from a lab.

Stem cell therapy is the gold standard of regenerative medicine and one of the most promising therapies in medicine.

What Are Peptides?

Peptides are small pieces of proteins already found in our bodies such as hormones, enzymes and signaling proteins. These proteins perform very specific functions, and peptides are concentrated versions that can be used to enhance their effects.

Example: BPC-157

Derived from: a protein found in human stomach acid
Effect: stimulate and promote regeneration of damaged tissues.

How do Red light and Hyperbaric work?

Red light therapy:

Red light therapy has several benefits including mitochondrial stimulation which results in increased ATP (energy) production in the cells. This increase in energy supports tissue regeneration and healing

Hyperbaric oxygen:

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves treatment in a pressurized chamber which increaseds oxygen delivery to the tissues. This is crucial for healing and regeneration, as new tissue growth relies on excellent oxygen supply.

Combined Effect:

Increased oxygen: Promotes recovery and regeneration.
Increased Energy: stimulates the repair of damaged tissues.

Conclusion:

Sports medicine is a field that specializes in treatment of injuries of the joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones. The treatment of these injuries can be complex and sometimes difficult. Some of the treatments are outside of the mainstream of medicine but are extremely effective so it is crucial that you see a physician that is experienced in all the different types of treatment, knows how to integrate them successfully and is proactive about initiating therapies.