Jack Nicklaus underwent experimental stem cell therapy for back pain in 2016 in Munich, Germany, he revealed Friday in an interview with CNN.Asked why he had not previously revealed the treatment, Nicklaus, 78, said "I didn't keep it private. No one asked me about it."Nicklaus' history of back pain dates to his teenage years, when he was a hard-swinging, long-hitting amateur. When he was 19 the pain was so bad, he had nine cortisone injections.The back pain continued throughout his hall of fame career, and when he was 64, CNN said, he underwent a "minimally invasive spine operation to relieve the pressure on his spinal nerve roots." That alleviated some of the pain, but not all.According to CNN, at a birthday party in December 2015 Nicklaus met Dr. Eckhard Alt, a German stem cell pioneer. After speaking to the doctor, Nicklaus did his own research, concluding that stem cell therapy might provide him some relief.In February 2016 Nicklaus traveled to Munich for the therapy. His stem cells were collected through liposuction on his stomach. The cells were then extracted from his fatty tissue, isolated and finally injected back into his body.Nicklaus said he didn't feel "immediate relief," but he did notice "the pain I used to feel while actively playing golf, had subsided after a few months."Nicklaus is scheduled for another stem cell treatment, this one for his right shoulder, in Munich on Saturday. According to CNN, the cost will be $10,000, not including travel and lodging."I'm not a doctor," Nicklaus said, "but I think that stem cell is going to change ... the direction of orthopedics, totally."Nicklaus said he wants to play golf "As long as my stem cells allow me ... Golf is a game of a lifetime, I hope to play for my lifetime".
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Jack Nicklaus, in a conversation with CNN this week, revealed he has undergone experimental stem cell therapy for his back. In Rome for the Unite to Cure event, Nicklaus and his doctors told CNN
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Jack Nicklaus underwent experimental stem cell therapy for back pain in 2016 in Munich, Germany, he revealed Friday in an interview with CNN. Asked why he had not previously revealed the treatment
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This week, Jack Nicklaus spoke up about an experimental treatment he underwent in Germany in 2016 in an effort to soothe his lifelong back pain. In a conversation with CNN, the Golden Bear shared
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Jack Nicklaus has endured debilitating back pain his entire life and in 2016 underwent experimental stem cell therapy in Munich, Germany. Nicklaus' back pain has been at an "eight or nine out
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"On February 22, 2016 in Jupiter, Florida, Jack Nicklaus teed off at his famous fundraiser, The Jake, to benefit children's health. While he wowed the crowd, as the Golden Bear has been doing for five decades, none of the fans knew that just four days earlier Nicklaus had undergone an experimental stem cell therapy in Munich, Germany.
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For much of his professional golf career Nicklaus has had aggravating back pain that he describes as an eight or nine out of 10 on the pain scale. by what Alt told him about this experimental
Jack Nicklaus' secret stem cell therapy: 'I didn't keep it
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