Regenerative Health Providers and Physicians

The regenerative health providers at QC Kinetix are highly trained doctors and physician assistants who are board certified in sports medicine, orthopedic medicine and surgery, emergency medicine, geriatrics, and pain management. Each took their own path to discover the power of regenerative medicine to alleviate pain for their patients. We’re proud to work with these compassionate and skilled healers at the QC Kinetix regenerative health centers nationwide. 

Non-Invasive Surgical Alternative

Some causes of persistent musculoskeletal pain must be resolved through surgery. When we see cases like this, our regenerative health providers let our patients know their best course of action resides with a surgeon. But surgery is often not the only option or the best solution for many patients. Many of our physicians have seen patients undergo surgery only to compound their initial pain. Our minimally invasive, nonsurgical regenerative treatments for joint pain harness the enormous power of the human body to repair and renew itself. In this way, we go to the source of the pain to resolve it naturally. 

Many of our physicians and regenerative health providers began their careers in sports medicine. Working with professional athletes to mend broken bones and repair torn ligaments and tendons is highly rewarding. But too often, professional athletes and weekend warriors push themselves to return to the activities they love before they have fully healed from surgery. 

Unfortunately, orthopedic surgery often does as much or more damage to the body than the injury it seeks to repair. So a lengthy and painful recovery period is necessary. Regenerative medicine is an entirely different approach that enlists the body’s abilities to heal and repair its damaged tissues. 

Pain-Free Without Pills

Some of our regenerative health physicians have spent years combatting repeated opioid prescriptions and the resulting opioid addictions. It is so difficult for a doctor to gaze into the pain-filled eyes of their patients and refuse to help. But this understandable compassion has led to the nightmare of opioid abuse. 

So, rather than masking their patients’ pain temporarily, which invites reinjury, these physicians found their way to regenerative medicine instead. They can now provide their patients with genuine pain relief through natural biologic treatments that alleviate low back pain, elbow pain, knee pain, and more.

Even steroids are not the cure-all some doctors make them out to be. Although oral and injected steroids relieve inflammation, they have the potential for some pretty nasty side effects. And the injection of steroids can break down cartilage at the injection site, which leads to more pain. Our regenerative health providers with a background in pain management provide natural treatments that repair and resolve pain without compounding it with additional stress and toxic side effects.

Medical Management Team

Rodney Menezes, PA-C

Rodney is a Board-Certified Physician Assistant. He began his medical career in 1999 as a medic and EMT-B in the United States Air Force. Later, in 2011 he graduated with Honors with a Master’s in Physician Assistant Science from the University of Nebraska through the Interservice Physician Assistant Program and the United States Army at Fort Sam Houston, TX. He has served as both medic and Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Family Practice, Aeromedicine, and Hormone Replacement and Weight Loss.

Rodney has had a lifelong passion for health and fitness, and continues to pursue those passions for weightlifting, running, and outdoor recreation. He has seen firsthand the impacts of managing his patient’s injuries and pain, as well as his own, with traditional medical practices. A search of alternatives to steroids and invasive surgeries to maintain a healthy lifestyle and quality of life led him to QC Kinetix. Their cutting-edge treatment of orthopedic injuries, and management of pain as an alternative to steroids and surgeries was instrumental in his decision to join the team!

Originally from Massachusetts, he has retired from the military and settled in beautiful New Braunfels, TX with his wife and two children.

Casey Sietsema, MMS, PA-C

Casey began his medical training in 2006 at Fort Sam Houston, TX as an Army Combat Medic and began his career as a Physician Assistant in 2013 after graduating with Honors from Nova Southeastern in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. During this time, Casey has practiced in emergency medicine, orthopedics, and pain management, giving him a broad perspective on how patients are managed and cared for, and giving him a passionate desire to approach the treatment of pain in a better way.

Casey joined QC Kinetix after seeing the amazing results they have provided their patients over the past several years. Not only was he impressed when talking with current patients but also, more importantly, he experienced these results for himself. It is with great privilege that he is leading the way in bringing QC Kinetix and our unique approach to regenerative medicine to Texas.

As an avid weight lifter and lover of all forms of competition, Casey knows the importance of being able to not only do the things in life that make you happy, but to also do them to the best of your ability and without pain. He has seen firsthand how not all surgeries are successful, and can lead to further complications and debilitation. With this in mind, his goal is to provide the best non-surgical, orthobiologic medicine available to the great people of Texas.

Dr. Aditya Gupta, MD, RPVI, D-ABVLM

Dr. Gupta is a Board-Certified Internist who graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Bronx in 2017.  Originally, he completed medical school at Government Medical College Chandigarh, India. In 2018, he completed a fellowship in Venous and Lymphatic Medicine at the Center for Vein Restoration in Maryland. He specializes in both acute and chronic conditions of the lower extremity and is triple Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Venous and Lymphatic Medicine, and as a Physician in Vascular Interpretation. He is also an experienced and award-winning medical researcher and was the team leader of the Pulse Polio Immunization Program organized by the World Health Organization during his medical school years.

During medical school, Dr. Gupta was a part of the athletic, basketball and cricket teams. He is an avid cyclist and bikes about 50 miles a week. He has participated three times in the annual 40-mile New York City 5 Boro Bike Tour. He also loves to kayak, read and travel.

Dr. Gupta has always had a huge interest in sports-related injuries and the latest advancements in minimally invasive and non-surgical procedures for managing and treating all such ailments. He has been a staunch believer and advocate of individualized patient care. Depending on the comorbidities, work, diet and lifestyle of each patient, their treatment plan needs to be adjusted and tuned accordingly. He is excited to be a part of the QC Kinetix team and looks forward to working with the medical staff to improve the quality of life of the patients we serve with regenerative cellular therapies in Texas.

Dr. Leeor Peleg, DO

Dr. Peleg graduated from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa in 1995 and completed his transitional rotating internship in Michigan from 1995-96. He completed his Emergency Medicine (EM) residency in 1999 and has been Board Certified in EM since 2001. Dr. Peleg has been practicing full-time in Emergency Medicine since 1999.

Dr. Peleg has a wide array of interests outside of medicine. He played ice hockey for 14 years while growing up in Michigan and is currently active in mountain biking, weight lifting, and physical fitness. He’s also an active vegan with a strong interest in nutritional science. He’s excited to be serving as a supervising physician for QC Kinetix, where patients have access to the latest therapies in non-surgical regenerative medicine.

Steven Self, PA-C

Steven started his medical career in 2001 as a Combat Medic with the US Army. After 12 years his passion for medicine had pushed him to apply for and get accepted to the military’s Interservice Physician Assistant Program. After completing the program in 2014 he graduated with a masters in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Steven’s military service provided him with a vast array of experiences as a PA ranging from family practice/musculoskeletal to emergency/trauma medicine. He completed his military service as an associate professor at Fort Sam Houston, TX leading a team of instructors teaching trauma medicine to new combat medics.

20 years of treating the wear and tear of overuse injuries and arthritis in the military is what led Steven to QC Kinetix. He has long believed there was a significant treatment gap between physical therapy and surgery when it comes to MSK injuries. After researching the opportunities available Steven realized QC Kinetix can fill that gap and he was ecstatic to have the opportunity to join the team and bring regenerative treatment to those who need it.

Born and raised in California Steven, his wife Michelle, sons Anthony and Aiden were blessed to have the opportunity to settle down in wonderful Cibolo, TX. They enjoy the lovely weather of south Texas and all of the outdoor opportunities it provides.

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