The Healing Power of Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Justine Garzone - QC Kinetix Columbia SC

The Healing Power of Regenerative Medicine

The human body possesses extraordinary capabilities, particularly its remarkable ability to heal itself. Regenerative medicine, an innovative and rapidly advancing field, is focused on tapping into this natural healing power. Unlike traditional treatments that often just mask symptoms, regenerative medicine aims to address the root causes of ailments and injuries.

Local expert Dr. Justin Garzone, DO, FACP, FACOI, FHM of QC Kinetix Columbia, emphasizes the importance of stimulating the body's innate regenerative processes to promote healing and restoration of damaged tissues and organs.

What is Regenerative Medicine?

Regenerative treatments utilize biological cells—typically derived from your own bloodstream or, in some cases, bone marrow—to restore and repair damaged tissues, reduce inflammation, and alleviate pain. The process is non-surgical, has no side effects, and allows patients to avoid harmful steroids and invasive procedures.

Components such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP), alpha-2-macroglobulin (a naturally occurring protein), and bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) are used to stimulate the body’s healing mechanisms. These therapies are designed to enhance cellular repair, improve function, and restore quality of life.

Conditions Treated at QC Kinetix

QC Kinetix specializes in treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, including:

• Acute and chronic pain

• Injuries impacting mobility or quality of life

• Conditions affecting the neck, shoulders, back, hips, knees, wrists, elbows, feet, and ankles

• Ligament tears, tendonitis, myofascial trigger points, and more

What to Expect

Your journey begins with a complimentary consultation. During this visit, you'll meet with experienced medical providers to discuss your condition and undergo a thorough examination to determine if you're a candidate for regenerative medicine.

If qualified, the team will design a personalized treatment plan, which may include:

• Shockwave therapy

• Class IV deep tissue laser therapy to boost circulation and decrease inflammation

• Biologic therapies like PRP, alpha-2-macroglobulin, and BMAC

Treatments often begin the same day and are scheduled based on your individual recovery needs.

Supporting Healing Through Lifestyle

Regenerative therapies are even more effective when paired with healthy lifestyle habits. Activities like resistance training, walking, and spending time outdoors can support physical and mental health. A nutrient-rich diet further supports cellular healing and recovery.

A Surgery-Free Alternative

Dr. Garzone, who personally benefited from regenerative medicine before entering the field, highlights its potential: “We don’t prescribe any pain meds at all—period.”

This approach can be a powerful alternative for those looking to avoid surgery or reduce their reliance on medications. With a 92% patient satisfaction rate, QC Kinetix has helped many patients achieve meaningful pain relief and improved mobility.

Cost & Accessibility

While insurance typically doesn’t cover regenerative treatments, many patients use FSA/HSA funds. The Elective Payment Plan makes the treatment more affordable, especially when compared to the high cost of surgery and post-operative care. This non-invasive approach allows for a faster return to normal activities with minimal downtime.

Your Health, Your Choice

If regenerative therapy works for you, the results can be life-changing. Even if it doesn’t fully resolve your issue, you gain peace of mind knowing you explored a safe, non-invasive option before considering surgery.

Dr. Garzone and the team at QC Kinetix encourage everyone, including skeptics, to schedule a no-obligation consultation. Their mission is to educate and empower patients to take control of their health and explore all available paths to healing.

Regenerative medicine is filling a vital gap in the U.S. healthcare system—providing hope, solutions, and a new way forward for those in pain.

What is ESW Therapy?

QC Kinetix - Non-surgical Regeneration

QC Kinetix - Columbia now offers Shockwave treatment. It is FDA-APPROVED. This machine is a non-invasive treatment that uses acoustic waves to treat pain and promote healing. It's used to treat a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. Generally, acute or chronic musculoskeletal pain and/or pain that significantly impairs mobility or quality of life. Areas include:

Tendinopathy -Ligament injuries -Hip impingement - Foot pain - Knee pain - Leg pain - Elbow pain - Shoulder pain - Heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis - Non-union fractures

It is designed to activate connective tissue from the surface level to difficult-to-reach pathologies, this new modality is addressing pain and inflammation in orthopedic conditions. It allows for the treatment of indications with focused low-energy acoustic waves, or pressure pulses. The applied pressure pulse propagates radially within the tissue, generating a therapeutic effect.

This non-invasive ESWT treatment has virtually no risk or side effects. In some cases , patients may experience some minor discomfort which is normal after intense exercise or a full day of work.

Is it Safe? Yes, FDA cleared and is used worldwide. It ios performed by a qualified caregiver.

What is the Duration of treatment? Sessions take approximately 10-20 minutes, 3-5 sessions are recommended.

Why consider ESWT? It has a proven success rate that is equal to or greater than that of traditional treatment methods (including surgery) and without the risk, complications and lengthy recovery time. This is performed in our office and most patients return to normal activity within a few days of the procedure.

Call us for a FREE Evaluation and discover the benefits of ESW Therapy.

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QC Kinetix - Non surgical Regeneration

Regenerative Health Providers and Physicians

The regenerative health providers at QC Kinetix are highly trained doctors and physician assistants who are board certified in sports medicine, orthopedic medicine and surgery, emergency medicine, geriatrics, and pain management. Each took their own path to discover the power of regenerative medicine to alleviate pain for their patients. We’re proud to work with these compassionate and skilled healers at the QC Kinetix regenerative health centers nationwide. 

Non-Invasive Surgical Alternative

Some causes of persistent musculoskeletal pain must be resolved through surgery. When we see cases like this, our regenerative health providers let our patients know their best course of action resides with a surgeon. But surgery is often not the only option or the best solution for many patients. Many of our physicians have seen patients undergo surgery only to compound their initial pain. Our minimally invasive, nonsurgical regenerative treatments for joint pain harness the enormous power of the human body to repair and renew itself. In this way, we go to the source of the pain to resolve it naturally. 

Many of our physicians and regenerative health providers began their careers in sports medicine. Working with professional athletes to mend broken bones and repair torn ligaments and tendons is highly rewarding. But too often, professional athletes and weekend warriors push themselves to return to the activities they love before they have fully healed from surgery. 

Unfortunately, orthopedic surgery often does as much or more damage to the body than the injury it seeks to repair. So a lengthy and painful recovery period is necessary. Regenerative medicine is an entirely different approach that enlists the body’s abilities to heal and repair its damaged tissues. 

Pain-Free Without Pills

Some of our regenerative health physicians have spent years combatting repeated opioid prescriptions and the resulting opioid addictions. It is so difficult for a doctor to gaze into the pain-filled eyes of their patients and refuse to help. But this understandable compassion has led to the nightmare of opioid abuse. 

So, rather than masking their patients’ pain temporarily, which invites reinjury, these physicians found their way to regenerative medicine instead. They can now provide their patients with genuine pain relief through natural biologic treatments that alleviate low back pain, elbow pain, knee pain, and more.

Even steroids are not the cure-all some doctors make them out to be. Although oral and injected steroids relieve inflammation, they have the potential for some pretty nasty side effects. And the injection of steroids can break down cartilage at the injection site, which leads to more pain. Our regenerative health providers with a background in pain management provide natural treatments that repair and resolve pain without compounding it with additional stress and toxic side effects.

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Coming January 1, 2025