Ankle and Foot Pain? – Get Back on Your Feet with Regenerative Therapy!
                     Ankle and Foot Pain? – Get 
Back on Your Feet with 
Regenerative Therapy!
 Ankle and Foot Pain? – Get Back on Your Feet with Regenerative Therapy!
 Does your foot or ankle pain keeps haunting you every 
now and then? Are you unable to do your regular activities 
like walking and playing? Is it challenging to get through 
the day? Luckily, you can get long-term relief from pain 
and come back to normalcy without any surgery, but with 
regenerative therapy.
 Legendary athlete Tiger Woods opted for regenerative 
treatment, especially Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy 
when his Achilles tendon got injured. After receiving PRP 
therapy for two years, he said in Tiger Woods – 2010 
Masters Press Release, “I did everything I possibly could to 
get heal faster through the PRP injections so I could get 
back on the golf course”.
 Foot and ankle injuries are quite common, particularly if 
you engage in sports. Since everyone depends on their 
legs for maximum activities, people face varied situations 
that can cause foot or ankle pain almost every day and at 
times, not only pain. There might be associated symptoms 
like discomfort in walking, bruising, swelling, 
snapping/popping sound, change in foot or ankle shape, 
and tenderness. An injury in one area can cause problems 
in other areas. If your ankle gets sprained, you might walk 
improperly and put stress on joints in the foot region. 
What causes ankle and foot problems?
Your feet are composed of 26 bones, 33 joints, tendons, muscles, and nerves. If any of these parts 
are overused, injured or affected by the underlying health problems, it can lead to pain in the heel 
of the foot and ankle. 
The common causes include:
•Arthritis in feet
•Plantar fasciitis
•Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
•Achilles tendinopathy/tendonitis
•Ankle instability
•Heel bursitis
•Tarsal tunnel syndrome
•Leg/ankle fracture
•Sprains
•Ligament pain/tears
•Bunion
•Patellar tendon injury
•Sports injuries
•Accidents or sudden trauma
Conventional therapies
It is a known fact that joints begin to pain as you become older. But still, everyone hopes for a 
remedy to the pain! Treatment depends on the severity of the injuries. If the injury is minor, you can 
opt for home remedies:  
 RICE method including Rest, Ice application for 3-4 times per day, Compression (wrapping the 
injured portion with an elastic medical bandage to avoid swelling), and Elevation (raising the injured 
area above the heart level whenever possible) as one of your first treatments. 
 Extensive physical therapy and the administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers 
are the recommended treatments used with the RICE method. 
 Corticosteroid injection with an interval of 4-6 months can reduce pain and inflammation.
If the injury/pain is severe, it will take a considerable time for 
complete healing.
Surgical interventions include ankle arthroscopy (removal of an inflamed portion of the ankle), 
tendon grafts, arthrolysis (a special device is fitted to promote healing), and joint fusion (removal of 
the ends of bones meeting at the ankle joint and the remaining parts are fixed together with 
screws). However, risks are associated with these surgical procedures, which should be discussed 
with the physician before opting for surgery.
How can regenerative therapy help?
Non-surgical regenerative therapies such as cell therapies and PRP injections provide a faster recovery 
from ankle and foot pain with lesser downtime. Regenerative treatment can help your body repair and 
regenerate damaged cells naturally. It reduces pain and brings back functional mobility within a short 
period. Patients can get back to their routine or work within a few days. They can experience relief 
from pain within three weeks after the procedure and up to between 6-8 weeks. 
 PRP therapy takes peripheral venous blood from your own body and separates a concentration of 
platelets. These platelets above the normal value are injected into the affected area. Cytokines and 
growth factors present in platelets rich plasma promote natural tissue healing, which leads to a pain-
free life. Research studies reveal that PRP therapy shows potential benefits in the treatment of Achilles 
tendon pathology, plantar fasciitis, osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT), diabetic foot ulcers, and 
ankle osteoarthritis. PRP repairs ankle sprains and improves osseous healing, fracture healing, as well 
as wound healing [1, 2].
 In cell treatments for foot and ankle pain, regenerative cells are derived from your bone marrow 
under local anaesthesia and then injected into the affected area. Research studies reveal that bone 
marrow-derived stem cells are an effective treatment for ankle osteoarthritis patients [3]. A case study 
in CellR4 revealed that bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) having stem cells to rebuild tissue 
could treat severe chronic Achilles tendinopathy with significant healing in 10 weeks [4].
Never stay handicapped with ankle and foot pain. Regenerative therapy can help you get back on 
track. If you feel you may benefit from regenerative therapies, please contact us at our London clinic 
on 020 8 168 2000 or our Ireland clinic on 01 298 8000 to book a consultation or request a callback 
today! We will take a close look at your case and evaluate if you are the qualified candidate for 
regenerative therapy.
References
1. Henning, P. R., & Grear, B. J. (2018). Platelet-rich plasma in the foot and ankle. Current reviews in 
musculoskeletal medicine, 11(4), 616–623. 
2. Zhao, E., Carney, D., Chambers, M., Ewalefo, S., & Hogan, M. (2018). The role of biologic in foot 
and ankle trauma-a review of the literature. Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 11(3), 
495–502. 
3. Chahla J, Cinque ME, Schon JM, et al. Bone marrow aspirate concentrate for the treatment of 
osteochondral lesions of the talus: a systematic review of outcomes. Journal of Experimental 
Orthopaedics. 2016;3:33. DOI:10.1186/s40634-016-0069-x.
4. McKenna R. W. & Riordan N. H. Minimally invasive autologous bone marrow concentrate stem 
cells in the treatment of the chronically injured Achilles tendon: a case report. CellR4 2014; 2 (4): 
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