Amniotic Fluid Injections

What Is Amniotic Fluid Injections?

Amniotic tissue which includes the three layers of the membrane as well as the fluid that surrounds the baby in the womb has been used medically for over 100 years. The tissue has been used to cover extensive burns and promote healing. More recently advancements in refining and harvesting pure forms of fluid have resulted in a dramatic revolution in wound care and regenerative medicine. This fluid can be used to treat a variety of conditions including arthritic joints, ligamentous and tenderness tears, cosmetic applications, improve hair growth, accelerate healing of spinal injuries, including disc herniation with resultant nerve impingement and nerve inflammation, as well as a host of dermatologic conditions and muscular injuries. as the research improves the applications and indications will invariably grow, in the field of pain medicine, amniotic fluid is taken on a life of its own. Used anywhere from trigger point injections to the epidural space and along spinal nerves, amniotic fluid has been touted as a potential steroid replacement. Unlike steroids however repeating use is not associated with raising blood sugar, tissue degeneration, and weakening connective tissue.