A large orthopaedic and sports medicine group in Chattanooga, Tennessee whose orthobiologics programme offers platelet, bone marrow and fat-derived injections from eleven named surgeons.
The Center for Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics is an established orthopaedic and sports medicine group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and its orthobiologics programme is one service within that wider practice. This distinguishes it from stand-alone cell therapy clinics: the injections sit alongside conventional orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine and occupational health work, and eleven of the group's surgeons are named as offering them.
All three treatments described use material from the patient's own body. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is described as using the patient's own blood to deliver concentrated platelets carrying growth factors, proteins and anti-inflammatory agents. Bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) is drawn from the patient's bone marrow and described as containing messenger cells, growth factors and anti-inflammatory proteins. Adipose-derived cell therapy uses the patient's own fat tissue, described in similar terms. No donor or birth-tissue products are mentioned.
The conditions the programme addresses are focused rather than open-ended: early-stage osteoarthritis, tendinopathies (long-standing tendon problems), ligament and tendon injuries, muscle strains and musculoskeletal inflammation, across the knee, shoulder, hand, wrist, hip, elbow and spine. The site's framing of osteoarthritis as early-stage is a notable piece of honesty, implying the treatments are not offered as an answer to advanced joint destruction.
The programme publishes a dedicated telephone number and email address for orthobiologics enquiries, which makes it straightforward to ask specific questions. No prices are published and no statement is made about insurance cover, regulatory status or outcomes on the page reviewed, so cost, coverage and the evidence behind each option would all need to be raised at consultation.
The programme describes its scope as early-stage osteoarthritis and soft tissue injury across the major joints and the spine.
The site states that all three of its orthobiologic options are prepared from the patient's own tissue — blood, bone marrow or fat — and describes them as delivering concentrated cells, growth factors and anti-inflammatory proteins.
The orthobiologics page names eleven clinicians within the group who provide these treatments; the page does not set out each one's subspecialty or fellowship training, so that would need to be checked on their individual profiles.
The group operates from several sites around Chattanooga, Tennessee, with the directory's listed address at 2415 McCallie Avenue. Because the orthobiologics programme sits inside a full orthopaedic and sports medicine practice, patients have access to the group's imaging, surgical and rehabilitation services and can be assessed by a surgeon before choosing an injection rather than surgery. The programme publishes its own contact telephone number and an orthobiologics email address. The page reviewed does not describe a cell processing laboratory, state accreditation, or mention languages.
No prices are published on the orthobiologics page, and the site makes no statement about what these treatments cost or whether insurance covers them. Cost would need to be raised with the programme directly.
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.