Jack Nicklaus healed his back pain with Stem Cell Enhancement.
Jack Nicklaus has spoken for the first time about how an experimental stem cell therapy has enabled him to play golf again after years of debilitating back pain.
Speaking at a conference on 27 April in Vatican City, Nicklaus – also known as the Golden Bear – told how he had suffered from back pain since he was a child, which was unsuccessfully treated with cortisol injections.
Then two years ago, when he was 76, he met Dr. Eckhard Alt at the birthday party of American healthcare philanthropist Denny Sanford. It was a serendipitous meeting; Alt had pioneered an experimental stem cell treatment in his clinic in Munich, Germany. “I decided to give stem cells a go,” said Nicklaus, who went on to become one of the first patients. He had to travel to Germany for the treatment because it is not yet approved in the US, where stem cell therapy is highly regulated.
By the time he underwent the treatment in March 2016, Nicklaus’ back pain was so bad he had trouble standing. “I could not hit a golf ball without hurting. I could not stand up for more than 10 minutes,” he said.
During the treatment developed by Alt, the source of the pain is first diagnosed using ultrasound. Liposuction is then used to take a sample of fat tissue from the abdomen or buttocks and is then processed to leave a solution rich in fat-derived stem cells. These are of the same lineage of cells that can produce cartilage or bone, says David Pearce, Executive VP of research at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Nicklaus says he can play golf again free of pain, and can stand for “as long as I want”.
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The therapy seems to work by alleviating inflammation at the site of the pain, but it could also help to repair damaged tissue. “In animal studies there has been regeneration of the tissue that is inflamed,” Pearce says. What’s more, it is safe because it uses the patient’s own cells, rather than a donor, he says.
Pearce says. “In the US the most common reason people show up in the ER is back pain,” he adds.
Nicklaus said the reason he hadn’t spoken out about his treatment before was simply that nobody had asked him about it. Both of his sons have now received the same therapy.
“I’ve become a believer and I’ve had nice results,” Nicklaus told the conference. Learn More here
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