Professional Rugby Player Israel Dagg Uses Stem Cell Therapy

Israel Dagg had a potentially career ending knee injury in 2017 when playing against Argentina.  He underwent a stem cell injection to help with his pain and his injury.  He reports having significant cartilage loss in his knee.  Shortly after returning to play after his procedure he re-injured his knee.  He resumed playing early 2018 but then sustained a mild head injury.  The verdict is till out on his professional career and he has been with a Japanese team in 2018.  He still hopes to return to his original All Blacks team for 2019.  We will see if this regenerative medicine treatment will help extend his career.

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