While Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill continues one of the best stretches of his NFL career, thousands of his cells sit in a refrigerated lab, more than 400 miles away, in Grand Cayman, available for use if Tannehill sustains an orthopedic-related injury.
Tannehill, like Peyton Manning and Christiano Renaldo, is one of a growing list of athletes who has embraced stem cell treatments. And now he’s going public with why he’s doing it.
“As an athlete, I’m always pushing my body to the limit, whether it’s in practice, training, or in games, and there’s always the possibility of injury,” Tannehill said in a video released Tuesday by Regenexx Cayman, the clinic where Tannehill had two procedures in 2017.