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Regenerative Medicine in New York and New Jersey

The body wants to heal. Something is preventing it. Let's find it.

Most doctors treat where it hurts. Dr. Ilana Etelzon starts with why it still hurts. She identifies the hidden drivers keeping your chronic pain alive, then builds a plan around them using image-guided regenerative procedures that repair the tissue instead of quieting the pain. The result is a path back to living actively, without surgery, opioids, or physical therapy.

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Welcome

A Message From Dr. Etelzon

Before you read another word, take ninety seconds and hear it directly from her.

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Sound Familiar?

Does This Sound Like You?

You have been told it is just aging, just wear and tear, just something to manage
Cortisone worked. Then it worked less. Then it stopped working
Physical therapy helps while you are doing it, and the pain comes back after
You have been handed a surgery date you are not ready to accept
You have quietly stopped doing the things you love, the hiking, the tennis, the garden, the dance class
You want your body back, not another prescription

You are not imagining it, and you are not out of options. Nearly everything you have tried was designed to quiet the pain signal. Almost none of it was designed to repair the tissue producing it. That is the difference, and it is the entire reason this practice exists.

See What We Treat
Our Signature Methodology

Reveal. Repair. Restore. Renew.

Most chronic pain persists for a reason. Before anything is treated, we find that reason. Every program at Pain Doctors Medical moves through four steps, built around your diagnosis and your imaging, with the follow-up planned from day one.

STEP ONE

Reveal

Identify the true pain driver, not just the symptom and not just the MRI. Through careful evaluation, imaging, and diagnostic reasoning, we find the actual reason healing stopped. This is where precision begins, and it is what makes everything that follows work.

STEP TWO

Repair

Image-guided regenerative procedures that target damaged tissue directly. PRP injections, stem cell and bone marrow concentrate, and percutaneous tenotomy address the structural problem at its source.

STEP THREE

Restore

Supportive therapies that improve the environment around the repair. MLS laser therapy and shockwave therapy calm inflammation, improve circulation, and help tissue recover more completely.

STEP FOUR

Renew

Whole-body support so the results hold. Hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and nutritional guidance keep you moving well long after the procedure is done.

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Back on the trail

Woman cooking comfortably in her kitchen after regenerative treatment at Pain Doctors Medical

Back in the kitchen

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Back to the mountains

Core Treatments

How We Repair Tissue Without Surgery

PRP Injections

Concentrated growth factors from your own blood, placed precisely into the damaged joint, tendon, or ligament under image guidance. The most widely used regenerative procedure for knee, shoulder, hip, and spine conditions.

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Stem Cell / Bone Marrow

Bone marrow concentrate drawn from your own body, containing the regenerative cells and signaling proteins that support repair in more advanced degeneration. Our most powerful biologic option.

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SuperShot

An advanced PRP preparation that recovers the extracellular vesicles standard processing discards, so the injectate carries platelets plus the signaling molecules that direct repair. Used for joints, tendons, and spinal discs.

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Radiofrequency Ablation

For confirmed facet joint pain, radiofrequency interrupts the small nerves carrying pain signals from the joint. Relief commonly lasts six to twelve months or longer, and it is covered by most insurance.

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Sterile preparation of a regenerative injection at Pain Doctors Medical
Image-guided regenerative procedure being performed at Pain Doctors Medical
Ultrasound-guided injection placed with precision at Pain Doctors Medical
Meet Your Physician

Dr. Ilana Etelzon, MD

Dr. Etelzon is double board-certified in Interventional Pain Management and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and one of a limited number of Regenexx Certified Core Providers in New York and New Jersey.

What patients notice first is the precision. Every procedure she performs is image-guided. Every program is phased. Every follow-up is built into the plan before you leave the first appointment.

What they remember is the presence. In a system that moves patients through in seven minutes, Dr. Etelzon sits down. She looks at the imaging and the person behind it.

"You have tissue degeneration, not just inflammation, which is why this has not improved."

Dr. Ilana Etelzon, MD
Read Dr. Etelzon's Full Bio
Dr. Ilana Etelzon, MD, double board-certified interventional pain physician and Regenexx Certified Core Provider at Pain Doctors Medical
The Pain Doctors Medical team with Dr. Ilana Etelzon and the PiezoWave2 shockwave therapy device at the practice
Our Team

The Caring Team Who Will Look After You

Dr. Etelzon works alongside a team of nurse practitioners, a physician assistant, and an orthopedic spine surgeon, all trained in image-guided, minimally invasive care. You will not be handed off to someone who has not read your chart.

Meet the Team
What We Stand On

Four Values, Every Single Visit

Precision

Every procedure is image-guided. Nothing is placed by feel or by estimate.

Restoration

The goal is repaired tissue and restored function, never managed symptoms.

Integrity

Dr. Etelzon does not recommend what she does not believe in. If you are not a candidate, you will be told.

Presence

You will not be rushed. You will be examined, and you will be heard.

Our Promise to You

"Pain persists for a reason. Healing can move forward when the true drivers are identified and addressed. That is the whole of what we do here: uncover why your pain has not healed, then build a personalized plan of precision diagnosis, personalized care, and repair-oriented treatment to move you forward. Get back to the life you love. This is where the trying stops."

Conditions

What We Treat

If you have been told your only remaining option is surgery or long-term medication, start here.

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Woman running a race, active and pain-free after regenerative treatment at Pain Doctors Medical
In Plain English

If any of this sounds like something you would say, you are in the right place.

"I want to trust my knees again."
"I want to play with my grandchildren."
"I want my independence back."
"I want to travel again without planning around pain."
"I want to stop bracing for the first step in the morning."
"I want my body back."
"My back hurts every single morning."
"My knees ache for two days after a hike."
"I cannot get down on the floor with my grandkids."
"My shoulder wakes me up at night."
"I stopped gardening because of my hip."
"I have just learned to live with it."

You do not have to. These are the everyday moments regenerative medicine is meant to give back.

Spine

  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Neck pain
  • Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
  • Sciatica and nerve-related pain

Joints

  • Knee osteoarthritis and meniscal injury
  • Rotator cuff and shoulder conditions
  • Hip arthritis and labral tears
  • Elbow, wrist, and hand conditions
  • Ankle, foot, and plantar fascia conditions
The Regenexx Difference

Not All Regenerative Medicine Is the Same

Regenexx is a national network of physicians trained to a higher clinical standard for biologic procedures. Dr. Etelzon's certification means your treatment is guided by outcomes data, precise imaging, and protocols refined across the largest registry of its kind in the world.

Roughly half of all published research worldwide on bone marrow concentrate for orthopedic injuries comes from Regenexx
24 patents held for biologic treatments and the devices used to deliver them
20 years of continuous study, with patients enrolled in the world's largest registry of its kind

Independent research: An economic analysis from UMC Utrecht compared bone marrow concentrate to total knee replacement in working-age adults and found approximately $20,000 in cost savings over five years, comparable quality of life, and roughly a 70% decrease in subsequent knee replacements.

Source: Regenexx, current as of July 2025.

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