Serving Wellington, CO
Regenerative Medicine for Wellington, CO
Wellington sits about 25 minutes north of our Windsor clinic — the farthest north of the towns we serve, but a straight shot down I-25 for physician-performed PRP, prolotherapy, and focal sound wave therapy. A lot of Wellington's neighbors bought room to spread out: a few acres, a shop, maybe some horses, and a long list of jobs they'd rather handle themselves than pay someone else to do. Dr. Jerry Hric meets that self-reliant streak with a Conservative First plan — the least invasive option that has real evidence behind it tried first, no referral needed, and honest answers about what won't help.
Wellington grew up as Fort Collins spilled north — a bedroom community where families traded a longer commute for elbow room, and where plenty of driveways open onto small acreages instead of tidy subdivision lots. Mornings here tend to start early: animals to feed, a truck to load, then the drive south down I-25 to jobs in Fort Collins, Loveland, or farther still. Evenings and weekends fill with the kind of property work that never really wraps up — stringing and mending fence, splitting and stacking firewood, hauling hay and feed, wrenching on equipment out in the shop. It's a satisfying way to live, and it's also hard on the same joints over and over: shoulders reaching overhead, a low back bent over a trailer gate, hands and thumbs gripping cold steel tools.
As Larimer County's northernmost town — the last real stop before the Wyoming line — Wellington sends most of its workday traffic straight south down I-25 toward Fort Collins. Our Windsor clinic sits along those same 25-ish miles, so getting here is the commute you already know, not a cross-town crawl. The payoff for the drive is that the physician who examines you is the one who treats you: Dr. Hric handles every step himself. He'll work out whether PRP, prolotherapy, or sound wave therapy genuinely addresses what's wrong, favor the least aggressive option with evidence behind it, and tell you flatly when the honest answer is that none of them will help. For a property owner who can't be laid up for a week during haying or fence season, needle-free sound wave therapy is often the simplest place to start; when a worn ligament is the real culprit, prolotherapy aims to rebuild that tissue instead of numbing it with repeat cortisone shots.
Our Windsor clinic is about 25 minutes south of Wellington, at 1349 Water Valley Parkway, Suite 101. We're about 25 minutes away.
Common reasons Wellington patients visit
- Rotator cuff and shoulder pain from fencing, overhead work, and hauling
- Low back and SI joint strain from loading trailers and stacking hay
- Grip, thumb, and elbow strain from fencing pliers, gates, and shop work
- Knee and Achilles pain from long days on uneven ground and in work boots
Treatments we perform
Three evidence-based therapies, each performed personally by Dr. Hric. He'll recommend the one most likely to help — or tell you when none of them will.
01 · Platelet-rich plasma
PRP Therapy
We concentrate your growth factors from your own blood (~4 tablespoons) and place them exactly where your body needs to repair, guided by ultrasound when indicated.
02 · Regenerative injection
Prolotherapy
A targeted injection of dextrose (sugar water that stimulates growth hormones locally) that prompts your body to strengthen loose or worn ligaments and tendons, rebuilding the support around a joint rather than injecting it with steroids that only treat the symptoms, but not the problem.
03 · PiezoWave2
Focal sound wave therapy
Acoustic sound waves from the PiezoWave2 machine cause growth factors to strengthen ligaments and tendons. No needles, no downtime, typically under 30 minutes.
Wellington questions, answered
Wellington's a bit of a drive — is it worth coming all the way to Windsor?
It's an honest 25 minutes or so, mostly a straight shot south on I-25 to 1349 Water Valley Parkway, Suite 101 in Windsor. That's the longest trip of any town we serve — but it's the same interstate miles a lot of Wellington folks already drive to work, and what makes them worth it is simple: the physician who examines you is the one who treats you, every visit.
I banged up my shoulder doing property work — can this help before I think about surgery?
Often it's worth a look first. If loose or worn ligaments and tendons are part of the problem, PRP or prolotherapy may help your body strengthen that tissue, and focal sound wave therapy can calm stubborn tendon pain with no needles and no downtime. What these treatments can't do is repair a fully torn rotator cuff or reverse a bone-on-bone joint. Dr. Hric will examine you, look at any imaging, and give you an honest read on whether starting conservative makes sense — or whether you'd be better off seeing a surgeon.
Do you bill insurance, or is this out of pocket?
It's out of pocket — Great Physician is direct-pay, which actually suits treatments insurance generally won't cover. No referral to line up, no claims to file, and no billing runaround weeks later — the kind of straightforward you'd expect when you're used to handling things yourself. Dr. Hric gives you the exact price at your consultation, and it's listed in our printable pricing sheet, so nothing's a surprise.
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