Advanced Regenerative Injections for Lower Back Pain in Folsom
Target the lumbar discs and facet joints driving your pain — an approach built for long-term relief rather than another round of pills.
- No fusion, no hardware
- Same-day, in-office procedure
- Imaging-guided placement
Most evaluations are scheduled within 48 hours.
What happens to a lumbar disc
Discs lose water content and height, shifting load onto the facet joints.
Is this your back?
Degenerative disc pain has a recognisable rhythm — it’s usually worse with sustained positions than with movement itself.
Deep, dull lumbar ache
A constant background ache across the low back rather than one sharp point.
Worse after sitting
Long drives, desk work, and flights leave you stiff and sore to stand up.
Stiff on standing up
The first thirty seconds after getting out of a chair are the worst part of the day.
Spasms and guarding
Muscles clamp down and protect the area, which then creates its own pain.
Pain relief, injections, then fusion — the usual escalator
Most patients move up this ladder over several years. It’s worth understanding what each rung costs.
The conventional ladder
- Long-term NSAIDs carry stomach, kidney, and cardiovascular risk.
- Steroid epidurals often provide temporary relief without changing the disc itself.
- Spinal fusion permanently eliminates motion at the treated level.
- Fusing one level increases mechanical stress on the segments above and below it.
Regenerative approach
- Treatment is placed into the specific disc or facet joint identified on imaging.
- Biologics are used to address the inflammatory environment, not just block the pain signal.
- Spinal motion and structure are left intact — nothing is fused or removed.
- Surgical options remain fully available if you need them later.
Three regenerative options for the lumbar spine
Disc-related pain, facet joint pain, and ligament laxity each respond to different tools. Many patients need a combination.
Stem Cell Therapy
Cell-based injections directed at degenerated disc levels to support the local repair environment. Typically considered for more advanced disc height loss.
Explore stem cell therapyProlozone Therapy
Oxygen-ozone injections used to reduce inflammation around discs, facet joints, and the ligaments that stabilise the lumbar spine.
Explore prolozone therapyPRP Treatments
Platelet-rich plasma delivered into facet joints and lumbar ligaments to supply growth factors to structures under chronic strain.
Explore PRP treatmentsWho these injections are built for
We confirm candidacy after reviewing your MRI or X-ray and examining how your spine loads and moves.
Some findings need urgent care. Progressive leg weakness, loss of bladder or bowel control, or numbness in the saddle area are surgical emergencies — go to an emergency department, not to us.
- Degenerative disc disease at one or more lumbar levels
- Facet joint arthritis or facet-driven pain
- Chronic lumbar stiffness lasting more than three months
- Relief from epidurals that fades within weeks
- A fusion has been recommended and you want alternatives first
Three steps from evaluation to recovery
Spinal imaging review
We go through your MRI or X-ray with you and identify which level and which structure is generating the pain.
Precision disc or facet injection
Treatment placed under imaging guidance into the targeted disc, facet joint, or supporting ligaments.
Core stability recovery
A progressive programme that rebuilds the deep stabilisers so the treated level isn’t reloaded the same way.
Your questions, answered
The aim is to change the environment around and within the disc — reducing inflammatory activity and supporting the tissue rather than simply numbing the nerve endings. This is a gradual process measured over months, not a same-week fix. How much structural change is achievable depends heavily on how far the degeneration has progressed.
We can’t promise that. What we can say is that these injections don’t alter your spine surgically and don’t remove any future option. Many patients pursue them specifically to postpone a decision about fusion while they see how the spine responds.
A steroid epidural floods the area with anti-inflammatory medication and usually helps for weeks to months. Regenerative injections are placed into a specific structure and use biologic material intended to support tissue over a longer horizon. They work more slowly and are aimed at a different goal.
The area is numbed first. Most patients report pressure rather than sharp pain during the procedure, followed by a few days of soreness that is a normal part of the response.
Prolozone and PRP protocols for the lumbar spine commonly run as a short series spaced a few weeks apart. Cell-based treatment is often a single session with scheduled follow-up. You’ll get a specific plan and total cost at your evaluation.
Stand up without bracing yourself
Book a consultation with our Folsom naturopathic team to find out if regenerative spine injections are right for you.
Bring your MRI or X-ray if you have it — we’ll review it with you.
Medical disclaimer: The information on this page is for general education and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The regenerative therapies described here are not FDA-approved to cure, treat, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary and no specific outcome is guaranteed. Candidacy is determined only after an in-person evaluation with a licensed provider.