PRP THERAPY WHY ALL THE BUZZ?

By Dr. Russ Riggs
If you’ve ever injured a knee, Achilles, or anything that involves movement, you know that healing can be a long, drawn out process, especially if you had to get surgery. During that time you’re in pain, inconvenienced, and just wish it would end. Well, if you’re someone that doesn’t want to experience that long wait again, there’s good news: a new treatment has arrived called platelet rich plasma therapy.

Weatherspoon's status worth monitoring - Έσω πλάγιος συνδεσμός

By Vaughn McClure | ESPN.com

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon said he's still rehabbing the right knee he injured in a Dec. 15 win over the Washington Redskins last season. He missed the last two games of the season due the injury.

Weatherspoon, who was in the weight room with teammates for the start of the offseason workout program this week, told ESPN.com he did not have surgery on the knee, which could indicate some degree of medial collateral ligament sprain. He said the only therapy he has received over the last several months was platelet rich plasma (PRP) treatment.

PLATELET RICH PLASMA THERAPY

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PLATELET RICH PLASMA THERAPY

For stubborn muscle and tendon injuries, Summit Orthopedic Specialists offers platelet rich plasma therapy, a non-surgical technique that harnesses the body’s natural healing ability to repair stubborn muscle and tendon injuries. PRP therapy reduces or eliminates pain to get you back to your pre-injury activities in a matter or weeks without long-term medication or surgery

Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy – A Revolutionary Alternative to Surgery

Dr. Daniel Khaimov is currently one of a few medical doctors in New York trained to use an innovative injury treatment called Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, which uses the patient’s own blood for healing. Platelet-Rich Plasma therapy is a revolutionary new treatment that relieves pain by promoting true healing of musculoskeletal conditions.

This rapidly emerging technique (sometimes called space-age medicine) shows exciting potential for treating:

• Arthritis of the knee, shoulder, hips and other joints
• Rotator cuff tears
• chronic plantar fasciitis
• Achilles tendonitis
• Tennis elbow
• Patellar tendonitis
• Hamstring tears
• Chronic muscle, ligament, and tendon tears

How is PRP created?

So…what was that treatment that Paxton received? - πλατύς ραχιαίος θλάση

Post by Bob Dutton / The News Tribune on April 11

Mariners pitcher James Paxton received a Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection to aid his recovery from a strained back muscle — specifically a strained left latissimus dorsi muscle.

Wondering what a PRP injection is?

Platelet therapy could help body heal itself -

WASHINGTON -- What if the human body could use its own blood to repair itself? It's a relatively new type of pain therapy doctors say has great potential.

The procedure begins with drawing blood, usually from the patient's arm. The blood is then put into a centrifuge to spin it into plasma with a high concentration of platelets, which is then injected into the site of the pain.

Bobby Parnell has tear in elbow - κάκωση ωλένιος –πλάγιος σύνδεσμος αγκώνα

New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell has a partially torn ligament in his pitching elbow and might need surgery, the team announced Tuesday.

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AP Photo/Seth WenigBobby Parnell, who blew a save opportunity in Monday's season opener, has a partially torn ligament in his pitching elbow.

The Mets said Parnell received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his elbow and will rest for approximately two weeks before undergoing further evaluation, when the determination will be made whether he will have surgery.

The injury means 36-year-old Jose Valverde is likely to take over as closer in an already thin bullpen.