A private clinic in Houghton Lake, Michigan offering bone marrow-derived cell injections branded ReVivaStem, plus platelet injections, for arthritic and injured joints.
Native Stem Cell Clinics is a small Michigan group offering bone marrow-derived cell and platelet injections for painful joints, and this entry covers its Houghton Lake office at 9091 West Lake City Road, Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629, reached on (231) 821-3753. The site says the clinics were established in 2016 by Dr Kevin T. Crawford, an orthopaedic surgeon, and lists three Michigan locations in total, the others being in Bloomfield Hills and Grand Rapids. The emphasis throughout is on non-surgical treatment of arthritic and injured joints rather than general wellness or anti-ageing work.
The treatment the clinics are built around is branded ReVivaStem. The site describes it as using autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells, meaning marrow taken from the patient's own body. According to the site the marrow is collected in a minimally invasive procedure and then put through what it calls a laboratory-grade system that separates out stem cells, progenitor cells, growth factors and other supportive biological material, producing a concentrate that a board-certified physician injects into the affected joint. Platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from the patient's own blood) is offered as well, and the site refers more broadly to orthobiologic injections. It names no donor-derived, umbilical cord or amniotic product.
The conditions listed are almost entirely orthopaedic and joint-related: knee osteoarthritis, meniscus injuries and patellar tendonitis; hip osteoarthritis, labral tears and bursitis; shoulder osteoarthritis, rotator cuff and labral tears, bursitis and impingement; tennis and golfer's elbow; wrist osteoarthritis and tendinitis; ankle osteoarthritis, Achilles tendonitis, instability and plantar fasciitis; and, on the stem cell therapy page, degenerative disc disease and facet joint arthritis in the spine. On results, the site is careful in places and less so in others. It says the treatment supports tissue repair and supports joint function for months to years, and raises the possibility of delaying or avoiding surgery, but it publishes no success rates or outcome figures. It also states that the founder has treated more than 100,000 patients for orthopaedic conditions and that he has been providing stem cell therapy since 2014 with regulatory approval; the site does not say which regulator or what kind of approval is meant, and that is a reasonable thing for a patient to ask about directly.
The clinics state that they were established in 2016 by Dr Kevin T. Crawford, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who according to the site holds degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering alongside his osteopathic medical degree and began studying regenerative orthobiologics about 15 years ago. He is the only clinician named. A free consultation is offered and there is a separate pricing and payment plans page, but no figures appear in the pages we read, and the site does not state languages spoken or any facility accreditation.
The site organises conditions by body area, and the list is almost entirely joint and tendon problems.
The site says its ReVivaStem treatment uses stem cells derived from the patient's own bone marrow, concentrated in a laboratory-grade system before a physician injects it into the joint.
One clinician is named across the site; no other medical staff are listed.
The Houghton Lake office is one of three Michigan locations listed under the same practice, at 9091 West Lake City Road, Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629. It is presented as an outpatient clinic where bone marrow is collected and the concentrate injected on the same visit; the site refers to a laboratory-grade processing system but does not say whether processing happens at this address or elsewhere, describe the premises or treatment rooms, or state opening hours. No accreditation, hospital affiliation or overnight facilities are mentioned, and the site does not say how often a physician attends this particular office.
The site does not publish any figures. It offers a free initial consultation and points to a separate pricing and payment plans page, and refers to transparent options and support with payment plans, which indicates the treatment is paid for privately rather than by insurance. A patient would need to get the actual cost, and what it includes, in writing at the consultation.
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.