An orthopaedic and sports medicine practice in west Houston offering surgery, physical therapy, pain management and regenerative cell therapy, with a stated focus on knee problems.
Athletic Orthopedics & Knee Center, also written as AOKC, is a private orthopaedic and sports medicine practice at 9180 Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas. The site states the practice has served the Houston area for more than thirty years and describes an integrated model in which orthopaedic consultation, imaging, physical therapy and pain management sit under one roof.
Regenerative cell therapy is presented as one service among many rather than as the centre of the practice. According to the site, the clinic offers what it calls regenerative cell therapy or orthobiologics alongside conventional orthopaedic care including arthroscopic surgery, fracture care and joint injections. The site also describes an urgent orthopaedic care service for recent injuries.
The clinic groups its work by body area — knee, shoulder, foot and ankle, hand and wrist, elbow and spine — and the knee is given the most prominence. Four clinicians are named on the site, covering orthopaedic surgery, interventional pain management and podiatry, so a patient would be seen by a differently trained clinician depending on the problem.
The site does not publish prices, does not state which laboratory or supplier prepares any donated cell product, and does not give numbers treated or outcome data for its regenerative service. A prospective patient would need to ask at consultation which cell preparation is being proposed for them and on what basis.
The site organises the conditions it treats by body region rather than by diagnosis.
The site states that its stem cell therapy uses either the patient's own cells or frozen donated cells to support the body's natural healing, and it describes a bone marrow harvest from the iliac crest that is spun in a centrifuge and re-injected.
Four clinicians are named on the site, spanning orthopaedic surgery, interventional pain medicine and podiatry.
The practice occupies a suite at 9180 Katy Freeway in west Houston, described on the site as combining clinic rooms, digital X-ray, a physical therapy department and procedure space in one building. Physical therapy runs longer hours than the clinic itself, including early mornings, evenings on some days and Saturday mornings, which the site presents as a convenience for working patients and athletes.
The site does not publish any prices for regenerative cell therapy, platelet rich plasma or any other service, and does not say whether cell treatments are covered by insurance. Cost would have to be established by contacting the practice.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.