A clinic in Lebanon, Tennessee selling tiered packages of bone marrow and fat-derived stem cell injections for joint and spine problems, with prominent success-rate advertising.
iOBX is a clinic at 920 South Hartmann Drive, Suite 320, Lebanon, Tennessee, east of Nashville, which markets stem cell injection as an alternative to orthopaedic surgery. Unlike most entries in this directory it sells its treatment as branded, tiered packages: a basic tier it calls STEMISH using bone marrow derived cells with what it describes as a booster, a middle tier called STEM RESTORE using bone marrow cells which it marks as its most popular option, and a top tier called STEM ELITE combining fat-derived and bone marrow cells at what it calls a mega dose.
The cells described are autologous, meaning taken from the patient's own body, from bone marrow and in the top tier also from fat. The site states that cells are harvested, processed on site in its own laboratory, and implanted with image guidance by a board-certified physician. It also states that all its procedures use the patient's own body and meet what it calls the minimal manipulation criteria of the United States Food and Drug Administration — a regulatory framing that a prospective patient may want to examine independently rather than take at face value, since it is the clinic's own characterisation of its regulatory position.
A reader should approach the site's advertising with caution. It promotes a ninety per cent success rate in eligible candidates in its headline and a ninety-three per cent success rate elsewhere on the page. Those are the clinic's own marketing claims; no published study, patient numbers, definition of success or follow-up period is given to support them, and this directory does not repeat them as fact. The two different figures on the same site are themselves a reason to ask how either was arrived at.
The conditions listed are wide: arthritis of the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, elbow and thumb; ligament and tendon tears including the anterior cruciate ligament, rotator cuff, meniscus and labrum; spinal conditions including disc herniation, stenosis and degeneration; and sports injuries such as hamstring strains, tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis. Dr Jason Tucker is named as the clinic's board-certified, advanced fellowship-trained physician. On cost the site says only that its treatment is comparable to surgery once out-of-pocket expenses and insurance deductibles are taken into account, without publishing any figure. It states it has been treating since 2015.
The clinic lists a broad range of joint, tendon, spinal and sports problems.
The site states that the patient's own stem cells are harvested from bone marrow, and in its top tier also from fat, processed in its own on-site laboratory, and implanted under image guidance by a board-certified physician.
One physician is named; his specific board certification and fellowship field are not stated.
The clinic occupies a suite at 920 South Hartmann Drive, Suite 320, Lebanon, Tennessee, open Monday to Friday from nine in the morning until half past five. It states that it runs its own on-site laboratory where cells are harvested and processed before being implanted under image guidance, which means the whole procedure is carried out in one visit at the clinic rather than samples being sent away. The site does not state any laboratory accreditation or inspection status, nor which languages are spoken, and a prospective patient may want to ask what standards the laboratory works to.
No price is published. The site says only that the cost is comparable to surgery once out-of-pocket expenses and insurance deductible minimums are taken into account, which is a comparison rather than a figure. The treatments are sold as three named tiers, so a prospective patient would need to ask the price of each and what a full course involves.
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.