What is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy?
Cutting Edge Healing Treatment using platelets from your own blood without surgery.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy may help to relieve pain by assisting
the healing process of muscle/tendon injuries and arthritic conditions. This treatment is
used for many common injuries and degenerative conditions including
ankle sprains, tendonitis, common ligament sprains, knee injuries and
osteoarthritis, Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, shoulder, hip, rotator cuff tears, and even golfer's or tennis
elbow.
Platelet Rich Plasma injections have become much more well-known recently, due to high profile athletes like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and Hines Ward, who have undergone the treatment for sports injuries.
How does Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy work to heal injuries?
Your body responds to injury by delivering platelet cells containing growth and healing factors. These platelets initiate the repair process and attract the critical assistance of stem cells. PRP therapy may aide the body’s natural healing process by delivering a higher concentration of platelets.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is simple and safe
Platelet Rich Plasma involves drawing a sample of your blood (just like a typical blood draw for a lab test), which is then placed in a centrifuge that is used to isolate the blood platelets. This Platelet Rich Plasma is precisely injected back into the area in need of repair and may enhance the healing process. The process has been shown to be safe and may be effective.
PRP therapy is a fairly simple non-surgical treatment that can be done in as little as 30 minutes in our clinic. Patients typically require no downtime from the treatment, as it is a simple injection treatment that requires no anesthesia and little recovery time. Patients typically require 2-4 reinjections depending on their condition.
Typically, for golfer's or tennis elbow (a.k.a. epicondylitis) only one PRP injection is needed with research showing 90% effectiveness. For knee or shoulder injections, typically 3-4 PRP injections are needed. For Achilles tendinitis, approximately 2-3 PRP injections are needed.
Patients may experience improvements within the first two weeks, with continued improvements over time (along with possible reinjections).
There continues to be research on the effectiveness of PRP.
Platelet Rich Plasma injections have become much more well-known recently, due to high profile athletes like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and Hines Ward, who have undergone the treatment for sports injuries.
How does Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy work to heal injuries?
Your body responds to injury by delivering platelet cells containing growth and healing factors. These platelets initiate the repair process and attract the critical assistance of stem cells. PRP therapy may aide the body’s natural healing process by delivering a higher concentration of platelets.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is simple and safe
Platelet Rich Plasma involves drawing a sample of your blood (just like a typical blood draw for a lab test), which is then placed in a centrifuge that is used to isolate the blood platelets. This Platelet Rich Plasma is precisely injected back into the area in need of repair and may enhance the healing process. The process has been shown to be safe and may be effective.
PRP therapy is a fairly simple non-surgical treatment that can be done in as little as 30 minutes in our clinic. Patients typically require no downtime from the treatment, as it is a simple injection treatment that requires no anesthesia and little recovery time. Patients typically require 2-4 reinjections depending on their condition.
Typically, for golfer's or tennis elbow (a.k.a. epicondylitis) only one PRP injection is needed with research showing 90% effectiveness. For knee or shoulder injections, typically 3-4 PRP injections are needed. For Achilles tendinitis, approximately 2-3 PRP injections are needed.
Patients may experience improvements within the first two weeks, with continued improvements over time (along with possible reinjections).
There continues to be research on the effectiveness of PRP.
How did PRP help Superbowl NFL player Hines Ward?
Watch video from Good Morning America about Platelet Rich Plasma injections and Hines Ward >>
Call us at (626) 81-REHAB / (626) 817-3422 or schedule an appointment online for a physician consultation to see if PRP is right for you.
How can PRP therapy help me?
Platelets are nature’s reservoirs of proteins, peptides, and other compounds that facilitate healing. Platelets have clotting factors to stop bleeding, inflammatory chemicals to stimulate the healing process, and growth factors to promote tissue regeneration and the formation of blood vessels that nourish new tissues. PRP non-surgical treatment may simply directs and amplifies the natural healing process.
Elite athletes including Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods amongst many others have been benefiting from this therapy, and surgeons have been using PRP to speed healing of bones, surgical incisions, and more.
However, PRP’s greatest use may be to help relieve pain and restore function in areas affected by degenerative joint disease. This non-surgical therapy is an excellent treatment for healing tendon and cartilage injuries and often delivers results after other interventions have failed. It is also useful for patients suffering with age-related arthritis and may help stave off knee replacement surgery.
Best of all, because PRP uses your own blood and is a non-surgical treatment, it is exceptionally safe. It is also minimally invasive, well-tolerated, and requires little to no recovery time. Finally, it costs a fraction of the price of any surgical procedure.
Elite athletes including Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods amongst many others have been benefiting from this therapy, and surgeons have been using PRP to speed healing of bones, surgical incisions, and more.
However, PRP’s greatest use may be to help relieve pain and restore function in areas affected by degenerative joint disease. This non-surgical therapy is an excellent treatment for healing tendon and cartilage injuries and often delivers results after other interventions have failed. It is also useful for patients suffering with age-related arthritis and may help stave off knee replacement surgery.
Best of all, because PRP uses your own blood and is a non-surgical treatment, it is exceptionally safe. It is also minimally invasive, well-tolerated, and requires little to no recovery time. Finally, it costs a fraction of the price of any surgical procedure.
What conditions can benefit from PRP therapy?
- Arthritis
- Degenerative joint disease
- Elbow epicondylitis (aka golfer and tennis elbow)
- Hip pain
- Knee pain
- Shoulder pain
- Sports injuries
- Sprains
- Strains
- Tendonitis (e.g. Achilles tendonitis)
- Plantar fasciitis
Is PRP right for me?
If you have a tendon or ligament injury and traditional methods have not provided relief, then PRP therapy may be the solution. The procedure is less aggressive and less expensive than surgery. It will heal tissue with minimal or no scarring, and alleviates further degeneration of the tissues. There will be an initial evaluation with your doctor to see if PRP therapy is right for you.
Athlete has remarkable results with Dr. Lee's Platelet Rich Plasma treatment for his knee pain & injury
Will my insurance pay for this treatment?
At this time, insurance companies do not cover this treatment and consider this to be an investigational procedure.
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