Image-guided injection into the segment that actually hurts, using umbilical cord stem cells verified in our own lab first. Eight minutes from the San Diego border, and we publish what it costs.
Tell us where the pain is and what your imaging shows. We will call you back. No cost, no obligation.
Renovo Clinic is a cash-pay clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. We do not bill US insurance.
Founder and Medical Director of Renovo Clinic. He performs the injections himself, sets every protocol, and he is the one who decides whether a patient is a candidate.
The discs between your vertebrae are mostly water. They work as spacers and shock absorbers, and they let your spine bend without grinding bone on bone. With age they lose water content, flatten, and stop cushioning as well as they did.
That is degeneration, and to a degree it happens to everyone. It becomes degenerative disc disease when the flattened disc starts producing symptoms: back or neck pain that comes in waves, stiffness first thing in the morning, pain that worsens when you sit or bend and eases when you walk, and sometimes numbness, tingling or weakness running into an arm or leg.
Once a disc has lost height, the load it used to carry shifts onto the facet joints behind it. That is why so many imaging reports read "degenerative disc and facet disease" together, and why the pain often spreads beyond the original level.
Inflammation is what turns a worn disc into a painful one. It is also the part that treatment can realistically influence.
These get used interchangeably and they are not the same thing. The distinction matters, because it changes what treatment can reasonably do for you.
Our protocol targets the inflammatory and degenerative side of the problem. It works within the disc and joint environment, not on the mechanical structure of your spine.
So it may be appropriate where pain is driven by a degenerated, inflamed disc and the surrounding joints. It is less likely to help where a large fragment is compressing a nerve root, where stenosis is severe, or where there is instability or a neurological deficit that is getting worse. Those situations need a spine surgeon, and we will say so.
Bring your MRI report to the consultation. It is the single most useful thing you can give us. The level, the grade, and whether a nerve root is involved will tell us more in five minutes than a phone description will in half an hour.
For orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, including disc disease, Renovo uses mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord tissue. Here is what they are being asked to do.
Mesenchymal stem cells release factors that support the cells already living in the disc and the surrounding soft tissue. The realistic aim is a better environment for the tissue you still have, not the regrowth of a disc you have already lost.
Inflammation is what makes a worn disc hurt, and it is self-sustaining once it starts. These cells are used for their capacity to modulate that response, which is the part most closely tied to how patients actually feel.
None of the above matters if the injection lands in the wrong tissue. Targeted injections here are guided by ultrasound or fluoroscopy so placement is confirmed against your anatomy rather than estimated from landmarks.
Stem cell therapy for disc disease is an area of active research. Outcomes vary between individuals and no result is guaranteed. Everything on this page is offered following a medical evaluation.
Most people who contact us have already tried something. Anti-inflammatories, physical therapy, chiropractic, epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency ablation. Often several, over years.
We do not ask you to abandon any of it. Physical therapy in particular tends to work better after pain has come down, not instead of addressing it, and we would rather you keep that going. What we offer is a different mechanism aimed at the inflammatory environment in and around the disc, delivered as a defined protocol over a short stay.
On surgery: fusion and disc replacement are real options with real evidence behind them for the right patient, and we are not going to tell you otherwise. What we would say is that both are difficult to undo, so it is reasonable to ask what a less invasive option can do first — provided nobody is overselling it to you. If your imaging shows something that needs a surgeon, we will tell you that instead of taking your booking.
$2,100–$9,900USD · stem cell therapy component
Most clinics in this market will not put a number on a page. That leaves you calling around for quotes, which is a bad way to make a medical decision. So here is ours.
Central Toreo, Tijuana. Renovo Clinic is on the sixth floor, about eight minutes from the border crossing.
Most of our patients drive down from Southern California. If sitting is what aggravates your back, the shape of the trip matters, so here it is in advance.
We review your MRI or CT report, your history and what you have already tried, by phone or WhatsApp. You find out whether you are a candidate before you book any travel.
Renovo sits in the Central Toreo complex, roughly eight minutes from the crossing. Bring a valid passport or passport card. Tell us your arrival window and we will help you plan around traffic at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa.
Dr. Jiménez examines you, reviews the imaging against what he finds, and confirms the levels to be treated. If the picture has changed, the plan changes with it.
Your cell batch is counted and viability-checked on site first. Placement is guided by ultrasound or fluoroscopy, in the Procedure Room or a clinical examination room depending on the target.
You rest under observation before discharge. Expect some soreness at the injection site for a few days. We give you written aftercare instructions, including when to restart physical therapy, and stay reachable on WhatsApp once you are home.
Be careful with anyone who promises that. Research into disc regeneration is genuinely active and some studies report improvements in disc height and pain scores, but the honest position is that the goal here is a better environment for the tissue you still have and a reduction in the inflammation driving your symptoms. Rebuilding a disc that has already collapsed is not what we are claiming.
Related but not identical. A bulging disc with an intact wall, in a segment that is also degenerating, may be appropriate. A herniation pressing hard on a nerve root, or severe stenosis, usually is not. Your MRI report settles it, which is why we ask for it before you travel.
We cannot promise that and we would not try. Some patients get enough relief that surgery stops being the obvious next step; others do not, and some are told at screening that they should see a spine surgeon rather than us. What we can say is that this does not close off surgical options later.
For orthopaedic and musculoskeletal work, mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord tissue, taken from healthy full-term donations and processed in GMP-grade laboratory facilities. Neurological protocols at Renovo use a different cell type.
Cell products are expanded and quality-tested in certified, licensed biotechnology laboratories under regulatory standards, then shipped to us. We do not expand cells on site. What we do on site is verify them: an independent secondary cell count and a viability check on every batch before it is administered.
The stem cell component generally runs from $2,100 to $9,900 USD depending on the protocol, the number of levels treated and the clinical setting required. Comprehensive packages that combine stem cells with supportive therapies cost more. Renovo is a cash-pay clinic in Mexico and does not bill US insurance. You receive a written figure before committing.
Length of stay depends on your protocol and is settled during the pre-travel consultation rather than guessed at here. Most people should expect soreness around the injection site for a few days. We give written aftercare instructions covering activity and when to resume physical therapy.
Yes. Every patient's medical history is screened, and our clinical team declines or postpones candidates where there is a contraindication such as an active uncontrolled infection or medical instability — or where imaging shows damage beyond what this treatment could reasonably address. We would rather lose the booking.
He has practised medicine for more than 30 years. He is a Medical Doctor and Surgeon, a graduate of UNAM, and a Specialist in Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care, with advanced training in stem cell therapy, sports medicine and musculoskeletal ultrasound.
That ultrasound training is the relevant part for disc work. It is why targeted injections here are placed under live imaging rather than by feel, and why he sets and performs each protocol himself.
Send us your imaging report and tell us what you have already tried. We will tell you honestly whether we think we can help — including when the answer is a spine surgeon instead.
