Meet Kristy Dehne, MSN, NP, AGACNP-BC
Better Joint Health With Regenerative Care
When joint pain begins to limit your life, you want more than temporary relief—you want real, long-lasting change. That’s where Kristy can help. As a board-certified nurse practitioner, she brings clinical precision, a caring heart, and regenerative techniques designed to help patients move and feel better, without relying solely on medications or surgery.
Kristy’s focus at The Wellness Connection centers on platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy and other advanced injection techniques that target joint pain in areas like the shoulders, hips, knees, and elbows. She also helps individuals manage conditions like plantar fasciitis through noninvasive, regenerative solutions.
What to Expect When Using These Therapies
Kristy’s process starts with you—your goals, your history, your lifestyle. Each treatment plan is rooted in careful evaluation. Before a patient receives PRP therapy, she collaborates with the broader clinical team to review X-rays, labs, and past interventions to ensure it’s the right fit.
Once a plan is in place, the process is precise: a small blood draw, separation of platelets and plasma through centrifugation, and ultrasound-guided injections into targeted joints. This approach encourages the body’s own repair mechanisms, helping rebuild damaged tissues and naturally relieve pain.
We don’t just treat a knee or shoulder—we support the whole person. Sleep, movement, nutrition, and mental health all influence healing.”
Every follow-up is an opportunity to check in, adjust strategies, and keep the patient progressing toward their goals.
From the ER to Advanced Healing and Restoration
Kristy earned her first degree in sociology and psychology from the University of Missouri in Columbia. After time spent in business, she pursued a more meaningful path in health care, earning her BSN with magna cum laude honors from the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and later her MSN with a nurse educator emphasis from Saint Louis University.
Her clinical background is extensive and diverse, spanning critical care and emergency departments, as well as hospice care and hormone therapy. Kristy has treated patients at Level I trauma centers, guided families through end-of-life decisions, and helped men optimize their health with targeted therapies. That range gives her a unique ability to see both the urgent and long-term picture.
Kristy is licensed in multiple states and certified in ACLS and BLS through the American Heart Association. She has also served as a nurse educator in high-fidelity simulation labs and volunteered with Team Rubicon Disaster Relief, evidence of her dedication to both teaching and service.
Beyond the Clinic
Outside of her clinical work, Kristy’s life is centered on her family. A devoted mom of two, she spends her downtime at soccer fields, out on the water, or in a Pilates class. She believes health is active, dynamic, and deeply personal, and she brings that philosophy into every patient interaction.
Looking for a More Natural Approach to Pain Relief?
Kristy can help you explore whether regenerative therapy is right for your body, life, and long-term goals.
Contact us today to schedule your appointment.
