My story, I have been dealing with joint problems for 30 years . I am a retired landscaping contractor that has abused his body for many years getting the job done. After suffering with hip issues for many years I finally had my left hip joint replaced , this worked great but 3 years later my right hip needed the same procedure so I went ahead with this . The hips have been wonderful,no pain ,no problems. About 2 years after my second hip I started having problems with my right knee so I had this arthouscopicly fixed . All these issues I believe to be from the work I did for many years . Then about 15 years ago I fell in love with fly fishing , I have traveled all over world enjoying my passion it is very important to me . I started having issues with my casting shoulder about 5 years ago . I have witnessed my casting ability go from the very best to mabey average and it has been frustrating to say the least ,I am 59 years old and cast like I am 79 all because of the pain and the limited range of motion . I decided to have my shoulder replaced about 2 years ago and started looking for the surgeon to do it . After the MRI's CT scans and x-rays there was no doubt from the surgeons point of view I needed to have this done . The arthritis, the bone spits and general breakdown of the joint was not fixable . There was one problem , After all these other surgeries and long recoveries I did not want to do it ,no way ,no how, but I had no choice . My wife and I were at a party 3 days before my replacement surgery and were visiting with a person who had just completed her stem cell procedure and the PRP follow up and could not say enough good about how her shoulder was doing . At first I was mad because I had made up my mind and damit I wasn't going to change. But after listening to her for a while I decided ,what the heck can't hurt ,might help I'll try it . She recommended I contact DR Bennett and see what could be done . On 1/22/16 I had my stem cell procedure with no 6 month recovery ,no pain it was very easy . 4 weeks out almost all the pain was gone I was amazed I never thought it would work , my range of motion was about the same but ,no pain . So I put it to the test I took a trip to the Everglades in search of tarpon with a 12WT fly rod. Not only did I cast for 3 days 8 hrs each day I boated 3 150lbs. Tarpon on the fly . This is something fly fisherman work for all there lives and I did it in a weekend. Undeliverable. I suffered a minor setback from my Rottweiler pulling on her leash chasing a rabbit but went back and finished my PRP injections and know I will be just fine. From the biggest skeptic I believe this works and joint replacement is now the last option . Paul Matthews