Peyton Manning Throws a Hail Mary Pass With Stem Cell Therapy

When Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning said he was doing everything he could to get his health back, he was telling the absolute truth. After months of physical therapy and three failed surgeries to repair his neck, the 35-year-old traveled to Europe to receive adult stem cell therapy.

Stem cell procedures are commonly in use in Europe and China. Americans are beginning to understand the regenerative power of stem cells and are looking to become part of this new direction in medicine. Manning's European physicians removed some of his body fat, extracted stem cells from it and then injected the cultured cells into his neck to rejuvenate the damaged nerves and tissue.

Although Manning's procedure created many discussions among American doctors and ethicists, adult stem cell therapies are in preclinical trials and are mostly used in "desperate situations" in the U.S. In Colorado, a leading spine surgeon successfully performed a lumbar disc procedure using adult stem cells to reverse the disc degeneration and regrow cartilage. In Ohio, doctors grew a teenager's cheekbones, which were missing due to a rare genetic defect.

Optimism is high as adult stem cell treatments are seeing very promising results. The effectiveness of Manning's treatment is pending, leaving the four-time league MVP still unsure as to when or if he'll be able to play this season. However, leading European doctors have cured varying levels of blindness and engineered entire windpipes, organs and digits. With every research and clinical trial that's performed, come more surprising and encouraging results for the developing field of regenerative medicine. Frankly, the U.S. needs to start playing catch-up.

One American company is capitalizing on the increasing applications of adult stem cells by offering a life-saving service. American CryoStem is one of the only stem cell banks in the world dealing exclusively with adipose tissue. Participating physicians can extract adult stem cells from body fat with a minor procedure. It's tested for viability and cryogenically preserved for as long as necessary. Storing your personal stem cells today provides more treatment options without the possibility of cellular rejection from donor cells, and the ability to capture your current cell age because as your body ages so do your stem cells.

Ask your doctor about the adult stem cell storage and services of American CryoStem. Pre-enroll today to find out when a service provider becomes available in your area. American CryoStem is a publicly traded company trading under the symbol (OTCQB: CRYO). For an investor kit, go to www.americancryostem.com/investor-relations. Follow them on Twitter, @cryostem.

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Osteopathy for Back and Neck Pain

Osteopathy employs a combination of philosophy and alternate medicine for treating a disease in the human body. The origin of osteopathic treatment dates back to 1874, when A.T Still, a physician at Missouri tried to find some alternative medicines for some diseases where the conventional treatments just did not seem to work. Still believed that all illness begins with any type of malfunctioning of our spine; and hence to cure the illness the problem with the spine must be corrected instead of treating the disease itself.

Osteopaths help by augmenting the healing ability of our body. It takes into account the inter–relationship of the body's nerves, muscles, bones, connective tissue and organ systems. The various organs of our body are connected to the spine with different nerves. The functioning of the body is controlled by the signals sent by the spine. When the spine sends wrong signals to an organ, the organ starts functioning abnormally resulting in a restrictive barrier which gives rise to health problems. Still believed that this can be corrected if the patient is made to follow some specific motions guided by the physician to avoid the voluntary contraction of the muscle by following these movements under the direction of an osteopathy practitioner.

The Osteopath does manual adjustments of the spine disconnecting the dysfunctional body part from the restrictive barrier, thus regulating the function of the nerves and relieving pressure on the nerves which eases pain. Most practitioner will use the technique along with the normal course of treatment including medications, surgery etc.

The diagnosis by the Osteopaths is called the palpatory diagnosis i.e. the feel of the tissue, muscle, and the movements at the inter-vertebral joint. The palpatory diagnosis can detect very minute spinal changes which are not detectable by the X-rays. Once they detect the problem, they use manual strength to give relief to the patient.

Osteopathy can treat many types of illness but is most effective for back and neck pain, and can reduce the amount of medications required. Another application of Osteopathy is Craniosacral therapy which has become very popular recently. In this therapy the bones of the skull are carefully manipulated to cure different types of illness. While there are many health conditions which may be benefited by Osteopathy, it should be definitely avoided in patients with fractured or dislocated joints or any problems associated with the bones.

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Daniel Blinman is writing on behalf of Bristol Positive Health, who are Bristol osteopaths and Osteopathy Bristol