A Manhattan regenerative medicine practice founded in 2016, offering platelet rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate injections for spine, joint and tendon problems.
The Regenerative SportsCare Institute, which the site also abbreviates to RSI+, is a private regenerative medicine practice at 62 East 88th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, reached on 646-870-7997. The site states it was founded in 2016 by Dr Gregory Lutz, a physiatrist, after publication of his first randomised controlled trial of platelet rich plasma injected into spinal discs, and that the practice grew out of around fifteen years of his work on the subject.
The treatments described are narrower and more clearly defined than at most clinics in this field. They are platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from a sample of the patient's own blood), including a proprietary intradiscal procedure the site calls DiscCath for injecting a disc; autologous bone marrow concentrate, with the marrow harvested under light sedation and concentrated the same day; platelet rich plasma for joints and tendons; and a functional medicine service. Injections are given under fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance. No donor, umbilical cord or amniotic products are listed.
Conditions named include degenerative disc disease and discogenic back pain, lumbar spinal stenosis, knee osteoarthritis, rotator cuff injuries, Achilles tendon tears, hamstring, quadriceps and elbow tendon injuries, and ligament tears. Readers should note that the site claims a patient satisfaction rate of over 80 per cent for its intradiscal platelet rich plasma treatment. That is the practice's own figure, presented here only as a claim it makes, not as a verified result, and satisfaction is not the same as clinical improvement.
The practice sets out more structure than is usual: it holds QUAD A accreditation for patient safety, lists affiliations with Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College and the North American Spine Society, and runs a linked non-profit, the Regenerative SportsCare Foundation, which it says conducts clinical studies on orthobiologics and degenerative disc disease. Five physicians are named, all with hospital or academic posts. No prices are published.
The practice concentrates on spinal disc problems and on tendon, ligament and joint injuries rather than offering a broad disease list.
The site states that it uses only the patient's own tissue: blood for platelet rich plasma, and bone marrow harvested under light sedation and concentrated on the same day.
Five physicians are named, and the site publishes their training and hospital appointments in more detail than most clinics in this field.
The practice occupies purpose-built premises at 62 East 88th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The site describes a private patient lobby, an interventional fluoroscopy suite, an ultrasound room and a recovery suite, which means image-guided injections and bone marrow harvesting under light sedation can be carried out on site. It states that the practice holds QUAD A accreditation for patient safety standards, and lists affiliations with Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College and the North American Spine Society. A linked non-profit foundation is described as running clinical studies from the same base.
The site publishes no prices for its platelet rich plasma or bone marrow concentrate injections and makes no statement about insurance cover. Because the intradiscal procedures in particular are specialised, a written quotation setting out the cost of assessment, the procedure itself and any follow-up would be worth obtaining before committing.
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.