Boise walk-in orthopaedic practice led by a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, offering platelet and bone marrow injections as non-surgical options.
Direct Orthopedic Care is a walk-in orthopaedic clinic in Boise, Idaho. It covers the usual range of orthopaedic problems including shoulders, elbows, hands and wrists, neck and spine, hips, knees, feet and ankles, along with sports and workplace injuries. Regenerative injections form one part of a wider orthopaedic service rather than the whole of it.
The two injection treatments described are platelet rich plasma, in which a sample of the patient's blood is spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets before injection, and bone marrow concentrate, in which bone marrow is drawn from the back of the pelvis (the posterior iliac crest) and concentrated before injection. Both are described as in-office procedures carried out during a single visit, using the patient's own tissue.
The practice is led by Dr. Sean Hassinger, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon whom the site describes as having over 15 years of surgical experience before moving towards injectable orthobiologic treatments. The website does not publish a defined list of conditions for which it recommends these injections, so it is worth asking at consultation whether your particular problem is one they consider suitable.
The website does not publish a specific list of conditions for which regenerative injections are recommended, only the general orthopaedic areas it covers.
Only the patient's own tissue is used; no donated birth tissue or umbilical products are described.
The practice is based in Boise, Idaho, with more than one location referenced on the site, and operates as a walk-in orthopaedic clinic. The telephone number given is (208) 321-4000. The year the practice was established, opening hours, languages spoken and any services for overseas patients are not published on the pages reviewed.
No prices are published. The site notes that some insurers are beginning to cover orthobiologic injections, which suggests that cover is not routine and much of the cost may fall to the patient. Confirm this with the clinic and your insurer.
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.