Dr. Harry Adelson was one of the earliest adopters of the use of stem cells for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. He began his training in regenerative injection therapy (prolotherapy) in 1998 while in his final year at The National College of Naturopathic Medicine, in Portland, Oregon. During his residency program in Integrative Medicine at the Yale/Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, he volunteered after hours in a large homeless shelter in Bridgeport, Connecticut, providing regenerative injection therapies to the medically underserved while gaining valuable experience. He opened Docere Clinics in 2002 and from day one, his practice has been 100% regenerative injection therapies (100% stem cell therapy since 2010) for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain conditions. He has performed over 7,000 stem cell procedures and has injected stem cells into over 1,400 intervertebral discs, placing him solidly among those most experienced in the world with use of stem cells for the treatment spine pain. His client list includes Ben Greenfield, Mark Hyman MD, Dave Asprey, John Grey PhD, Jim Kwik, and Vishen Lakhiani (names shared with permission). In 2020, he was the proud recipient of the “Above all, patients first” Award from the Cell Surgical Network. He is the inventor of the Full-Body Stem Cell Makeover®, and is the founder of Docere Clinics, located in beautiful Park City, Utah where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
On November 17, 2022 Dr. Harry Adelson presented on the “Full Body Stem Cell Make Over”.
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In the “Full Body Stem Cell Makeover!” YouTube video by Dr. Harry Adelson, hosted by the Church of Perpetual Life, Dr. Adelson shares his personal experience with chronic pain and how it led him to become a stem cell technology specialist. With over 7,000 stem cell procedures and 1,400 injected discs, he is a world leader in using stem cells for spine pain treatment. Dr. Adelson discusses his journey into stem cell medicine, including his fascination with microscopic pain generators and the use of mesenchymal stem cells in the body’s natural healing process. He shares his reservations about cultured expanded stem cells and his experiences using bone marrow and fat as sources for stem cell therapy. Furthermore, Dr. Adelson expresses his mission to provide stem cell medicine to the medically underserved and discusses the recent ruling allowing Medicare to cover stem cell therapies. Throughout the video, Dr. Adelson emphasizes the potential benefits of stem cell therapies while also acknowledging the importance of proper application and consideration of alternative treatments.
- 00:00:00 In this section of the “Full Body Stem Cell Makeover!” YouTube video by Dr. Harry Adelson, hosted by the Church of Perpetual Life, Neal VanDeRee welcomes viewers and announces upcoming events, including the annual remembrance service in December featuring Dr. Richard Ulrey on minerals and supplements, and Bill Faloon for a brief talk. Neal invites newcomers to join their email list for Perpetual Life updates and encourages listeners to join the science and faith-based transhumanist church, which focuses on healthy unlimited lifespans through advancements in science. The speaker for this event is Dr. Harry Adelson, a stem cell technology specialist, who began using stem cells for chronic musculoskeletal pain treatment in 1998 and formed DocereClinics in 2002—completely dedicated to regenerative injection therapies and stem cell therapy since 2010. With over 7,000 stem cell procedures and 1,400 injected discs, Dr. Adelson is one of the most experienced in the world with using stem cells for spine pain treatment. His list of clients includes well-known names like Ben Greenfield, Mark Hyman, Dave Asprey, John Gray, Jim Quick, and Vision Lakiani. In 2020, he received the Above All Patients First Award from the Cell Surgical Network, and is the inventor of the full body stem cell makeover and founder of the treatment
- 00:05:00 Dr. Harry Adelson shares his personal experience with chronic pain and how it led him to become a naturopathic doctor. He explains that he became fascinated with naturopathic medicine after learning about its six guiding principles, particularly the healing power of nature. During his studies, he sustained an injury while rock climbing and was faced with the choice of surgery or steroid injections for relief. Unsatisfied with those options, he sought out the help of a naturopathic doctor named Rick Marinelli, who introduced him to regenerative injection therapy – a treatment that resulted in a complete cure for his shoulder injury and set him on the path to healing. Adelson goes on to discuss the economic impact of pain and the conventional treatment’s lackluster approach to chronic pain compared to the bodily disabilities it causes. He argues that the conventional approach is inadequate due to the third-party payer system, which prioritizes objective evidence and often overlooks macroscopic pain generators
- 00:10:00 Dr. Harry Adelson discusses the concept of microscopic pain generators and their relationship to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results. Adelson explains that a surprising number of people, even those with no history of low back pain, have abnormalities on their MRIs. He notes that the American College of Physicians discourages doctors from ordering MRIs for low back pain due to the increase in cost and risk, without improvement in outcomes. Instead, Adelson focuses on microscopic pain generators in regenerative medicine. He describes how connective tissue and nerves function optimally, but trauma and repeated injuries can result in chaotic connective tissue, scarring, and neovascularization, which can lead to neural sensitization and oxygen deprivation. Adelson analogizes the body to a garden that requires tending rather than a machine with replaceable parts and emphasizes the role of platelet-derived growth factors in healing
- 00:15:00 Dr. Harry Adelson discusses the role of mesenchymal stem cells in the body’s natural healing process. These stem cells are activated when blood vessels detach from damaged tissue, signaling the body to enter healing mode. Mesenchymal stem cells have the ability to self-renew or differentiate into various connective tissues, including muscle, bone, fat, and liver. They also play a role in healing damaged connective tissue through a process called the paracrine effect, which involves signaling damaged cells to repair themselves. Adelson explains that when the body’s ability to heal itself is exceeded due to large injuries or multiple micro injuries, sub-optimal healing occurs, resulting in an “unhealthy soil.” To repeat the natural healing process, Adelson discusses early treatments he received for a shoulder injury involving Prolotherapy, which triggers the body into believing it has sustained a new injury, thereby launching the natural healing cascade. He then shares how platelet-rich plasma (PRP), an injection therapy using a person’s own platelets, became increasingly effective in the mid-2000s. Later, a patient requested the use of bone marrow stem cells in the treatment of her knee, leading Adelson to explore stem cell therapy further.
- 00:20:00 Dr. Harry Adelson talks about his journey into stem cell medicine and how he learned the technique of aspirating bone marrow. He mentions taking a course with the American Academy of anti-aging medicine and visiting South American clinics where stem cell treatments were already being performed. He saw both simple and complex approaches to stem cell medicine, but realized that both were getting good outcomes. This led him to decide to do what he believed in and attract patients who think the same way. He also talks about his travels and collaborations with doctors in South America, including an orthopedic surgeon in Ecuador who used stem cells in conjunction with conventional surgeries. He shares a case of an 11-year-old girl with a compound fracture who was successfully treated with stem cells.
- 00:25:00 Dr. Harry Adelson shares the story of how he helped a patient named Laura restore the length of her leg using a scaffold and stem cell therapy. Another patient, Gary Young, who had a damaged spine and was using essential oils to alleviate his pain, also underwent treatment from Dr. Adelson. Recognizing the limitations of his skills, Dr. Adelson learned to perform x-ray guided stem cell injections to help Gary further. Prior to that, he was hesitant due to criticism from medical peers, comparing it to his past fear of falling while rock climbing. This experience taught him to overcome his fear and care less about others’ opinions. In addition to using bone marrow stem cells, around 2013, Dr. Adelson started exploring the use of fat-derived stem cells for their higher concentration. He placed more focus on using these cells alone before combining them in later years
- 00:30:00 Dr. Harry Adelson discusses his experience with using bone marrow and fat as sources for stem cell therapy. He found that bone marrow consistently provided good results but required multiple treatments, while fat had a higher non-responder rate but produced better results when it worked. He then combined the two and discovered that he could achieve the consistency of bone marrow with the augmented improvements of fat. However, the FDA’s decision in 2017 that stem cells derived from fat are a non-FDA-approved drug caused legal issues for some practitioners. Adelson also introduces the use of umbilical cord stem cells, which are not embryonic or fetal stem cells, but quiescent cells that can be activated with a laser. He adds that he recently started using IV sedation for procedures to enhance patient comfort.
- 00:35:00 Dr. Adelson discusses the concept of cultured expanded stem cells and expresses his reservations about their use due to the uncertainty of their effects on the body when grown in a laboratory. He then shares his personal experiences from the early 2010s when stem cell therapy was not widely known in the US, explaining how he worked with ranchers and veterinarians to treat their horses and cowboys with arthritis using stem cells. He then describes how a patient named Dave Asprey and his followers inspired him to expand his treatments to full-body stem cell makeovers in 2016, which involve administering a large volume of fat and bone marrow stem cells and activating vessels from the blood, followed by injections into various areas of the body to address arthritis, improve skin elasticity and hydration, and enhance microcirculation. He also mentions that he and his partner alternate treating different areas of the body during each session, and that they are the only ones in the world performing this type of treatment
- 00:40:00 Dr. Adelson shares his mission to provide stem cell medicine to the medically underserved. He offers the treatment once a month for free to individuals living below the poverty line or combat service veterans. For those not qualified as veterans, community service hours are required. Dr. Adelson discusses the rewarding experience of this program and encourages interested individuals to watch the free documentary Stem Cell Solution on his website for more information. He closes the section with a personal story of overcoming fear while rock climbing with his daughter. When questioned about the best therapy for cervical and lumbar arthritis, Dr. Adelson favors using stem cells from one’s own body with or without growth factors from birth tissue. He believes the healing cascade triggered by this approach has the potential to be curative. Dr. Adelson also expresses his feelings on fat stem cells versus stem cells from bone marrow, stating they are equally valuable. Lastly, he shares his thoughts on stem cell banking but expresses that the legal landscape, as indicated by the FDA versus California Stem Cell Treatment Institute lawsuit, is still being defined
- 00:45:00 Dr. Adelson discusses the recent ruling allowing Medicare to cover stem cell therapies and his perspective on the use of expanded umbilical cord cells. He mentions that he hasn’t utilized this treatment in the past due to the gray area surrounding its legality but is planning to bank his own cells for future use. Dr. Adelson also shares his opinion on steroid epidurals for chronic pain, aligning with the idea that while they can provide short-term relief, an ongoing strategy for chronic pain rarely yields successful results. Lastly, he addresses the immune response to Xeno stem cells, explaining that while there can be flu-like symptoms, the immune system does not recognize these birth tissue stem cells as invaders, reducing the risk of graft versus host disease. Overall, Dr. Adelson emphasizes the potential benefits of stem cell therapies while also acknowledging the importance of proper application and consideration of alternative treatments.
