Neurological
Spinal Cord Injury
Working toward function, sensation and independence
What is Spinal Cord Injury?
A spinal cord injury changes life in an instant — a car accident, a fall, a sporting mishap — and suddenly signals between brain and body are partly or fully cut off below the injury site. Some people retain partial movement or sensation, others don't, and the level and completeness of injury matters enormously to what recovery might look like. It's one of the conditions where hope and realism have to sit side by side from day one.
How regenerative medicine supports it
We assess injury completeness carefully, using ASIA impairment scale grading, because this genuinely shapes what's achievable and we won't promise the same outcome to a complete and incomplete injury. Cellular therapy is used to support the injury environment and any surviving neural pathways, paired with structured rehabilitation, and we track sensory and motor scores at intervals. Complete injuries with total loss of function below the level have a much lower chance of meaningful recovery, and we discuss that candidly before anyone commits time or money.
Treatments we would consider
Options discussed for this condition
Listed for orientation only. What is actually prescribed depends on your records.
- MSC TherapyMedical team-guided stem cell therapy using mesenchymal cells for joint, immune and whole-body recovery.
- Exosome TherapySignalling-rich exosome protocols, often combined with stem cell therapy, supporting tissue repair, recovery and aesthetics.
- HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)Pressurised oxygen sessions supporting wound healing, recovery and tissue oxygenation.
- Growth Factor TherapyConcentrated growth factor protocols for tissue repair and regeneration.
If the evidence for treating spinal cord injury this way is thin, we will tell you before you book — and the review is not billed.
Spinal Cord Injury — Questions Patients Ask
I have a complete injury — is there any point even trying?
Complete injuries are genuinely harder, with a lower likelihood of major functional recovery, and we won't tell you otherwise to get you through the door. Some patients still pursue it for smaller gains — like improved bowel/bladder function or reduced spasticity — but we set that expectation clearly first.
How soon after the injury should I start this?
There's generally more potential in the first year, particularly the first six months, while the injury site is still in an active healing and inflammatory phase. That said, we do assess and treat patients years post-injury too, with correspondingly adjusted expectations.
Will I be able to walk again?
We can't promise that, and anyone who does should be treated with suspicion. What we can do is properly assess your specific injury level and completeness, and give you an honest sense of what functional gains are realistic for your case.
Does this replace the need for ongoing physical rehabilitation?
No, rehabilitation remains essential and works hand in hand with what we do — cellular therapy without intensive rehab tends to underperform. We'll ask about your current rehab programme as part of planning.
How do you measure if there's been genuine improvement?
We use standardised scales for motor and sensory function, along with bladder, bowel and spasticity assessments, at baseline and follow-up. If nothing measurable has changed after a reasonable trial period, we say so.
Reviewed by Bangkok Stem Cell Center Medical Team | Last updated: August 2026
