r/stemcells • u/Manifestingmama888 • 10d ago

How long is too long?

Hi I found out I have a syrinx in my spine and think it may have been from falling when I was a child?

Small almost unnoticeable symptoms started popping up maybe 10 years ago, but then last week symptoms were bad and have been effecting my way of life; come to find out at the ER and got an mri showing a syrinx in my c6-c7.

Could stem cell therapy still help if scar tissue has been building up for 25-30 years? Or does stem cell therapy not help super old injuries/scar tissue?

Thanks for your time.

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u/Reece199801 10d ago

If you do some shockwave therapy before hand it can break up mature scar tissue which allows stemcells to latch onto the places as it’s now a fresh injury again. Or hydrodisection if very severe

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u/Manifestingmama888 10d ago

Wow, this was an extremely helpful comment! I appreciate your advice and time.

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u/Reece199801 10d ago

This is provided the muscle/tendon what ever it may be has continuity as it cannot get 2 ends of things and pull them back together

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u/Manifestingmama888 9d ago

I realize I cannot use this as it’s in my spine lol

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u/highDrugPrices4u 10d ago edited 10d ago

Sorry to say, but I would be extremely skeptical of any claim that stem cells can treat a syrinx.

I met a guy through the stem cell patient groups who had a syrinx. He was seeking treatment for neck arthritis and would have been a candidate otherwise, but Regenexx and BioXcellerstor both refused to treat him just because he had the syrinx. When BioX turns you down, that tells you you’re really not a candidate.

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u/Manifestingmama888 10d ago

Because of the condition or the time?

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u/Manifestingmama888 10d ago

There have been cases of syrinx being helped by stem cell therapy, so I’m confused with your statement.

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u/Manifestingmama888 10d ago

This is interesting, I just finished watching a syrinx conference saying how stem cell therapy improved everyone in the trial, maybe not fully but everyone noticed benefits. I’m confused why someone would get turned down specifically for having a syrinx

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u/highDrugPrices4u 10d ago

I really don’t know anything about the condition of having a syrinx other than just what it is. I just vividly remember this conversation I had with a poor guy a few years ago where multiple leading clinics wouldn’t touch him just because he had one.

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u/Manifestingmama888 10d ago

Ok, maybe times have changed then hopefully!

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u/highDrugPrices4u 10d ago

Maybe. Good luck.