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Non-Surgical Solutions For Bulging Discs In Franklin, TN

Eliminate your back pain

Regenexx interventional orthopedic procedures provide a non-surgical option for many suffering from pain and loss of function due to a back or neck injury.

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100 Covey Drive Franklin, TN 37067

Avoid Spine Surgery with Regenexx

Everybody knows someone once or twice removed who has had a bad result with back or neck surgery. Pain management doctors don’t do much better, as they inject harmful steroids or want to burn away nerves that you need with procedures like radiofrequency lesioning. If you have a disc bulge, even minimally invasive surgeries that cut away the portion of the disc pressing against the nerve leaves the disc structurally weaker and more susceptible to tears or re-herniation in the future.

During this outpatient procedure, our expert physicians use precise image guidance to inject custom concentrations of your body’s natural healing growth factors and cells into the exact areas of damage around the disc to promote natural healing of the tear. Best of all, your downtime will be a fraction of surgery, with little to no need for opioid pain medications or time off of work. Call our patient care coordinators today to get started on your path to recovery.

Regenexx Benefits

  • Increased function
  • Pain reduction
  • Most individuals do not experience extensive downtime
  • Minimal time off of work
  • No surgery
  • Minimal use of mobility tools (crutches, etc.)
  • Minimal disruption of regular routine

100 Covey Drive
Franklin, TN 37067

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Dr. Rupert became a physician to integrate biomechanical principles in the practice of medicine. He enjoys caring for patients, developing treatment pathways, and educating self-care guidance to prevent further injury. He has moved through many states during his engineering and medical training but settled in Middle Tennessee and now has over 15 years of involvement in local schools, sports, and service organizations.

With his medical degree, Dr. Rupert has trained in general surgery, anesthesiology, and interventional pain medicine. His work experience involves basic sports medicine, spine research, and product development. Since finishing his fellowship, Dr. Rupert has fostered medical innovation with new tools and techniques and has written several publications for applying novel (now common) applications of implantable neuromodulation for chronic nerve injury. Dr. Rupert also holds engineering degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Biomechanical Engineering. As both student and teacher, he integrates these core principles into his evaluation of physical problems. He has also been a guest speaker and educator at many local, national, and international conferences.

Dr. Rupert is married with three children who all contribute to his ongoing education and different perspectives of the world. He and his wife are always looking for adventures to explore and serve. They share a host of pets, he and his daughter are apiarists, and they have fostered many animals in need. Dr. Rupert loves to see his children growing from well-rounded children into young adults. Together they enjoy creating, building, and fixing anything to learn the greater similarity of different systems. He enjoys soccer, yoga, and any family adventure. Dr. Rupert has been fortunate to be a leader in so many roles and enjoys serving others, as a physician, a Rotarian, and he generally keeps a keen eye out for those in need.

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Areas treated: Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Thoracic Spine

Areas Treated

Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Thoracic Spine

*This provider is NOT authorized by Regenexx to treat the C0-C1 or C1-C2 levels of the neck or CCI (craniocervical instability).

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Dr. Chris Centeno explains how all of the pieces of the spine work together to maintain our health and how a single weakness in this important structure can lead to serious structural problems.

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