To hasten the repair of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy involves injections of a patient’s own concentrated platelets. PRP injections work to treat musculoskeletal issues by enhancing each patient’s natural healing process.
One to several tubes of your own blood is used to prepare PRP injections, which is done by centrifuging the blood to concentrate the platelets. The damaged or ill body tissue is subsequently given an infusion of these activated platelets. This causes the release of growth factors, which promote and boost your body’s production of reparative cells.
Occasionally, ultrasound imaging is employed to direct the injection. The images below show a PRP injection into a patient’s damaged tendon. The Left is a picture of the ultrasound guidance, and the right is a picture of the injection.
Ultrasonography of the PRP injection and a picture of the patient’s platelets injected into a torn tendon.
Using a PRP injection for shoulder pain brought on by rotator cuff tears, for Achilles tendon ruptures, and for other soft-tissue injuries is becoming more popular because platelet-rich plasma has been discovered to considerably speed up the healing process.
PRP has also been shown to help persons with tendonitis or chronic tendinosis diseases like tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow function better and feel less discomfort.
One of the main benefits of PRP injections is that they can lessen the need for heavier drugs like opioids or anti-inflammatories.
BENEFITS OF PRP TREATMENT
PRP therapy is a regenerative medicine that uses your cells’ healing potential to restore your body’s health. To speed up the repair of slightly damaged ligaments and wounded tendons, platelets from your own blood are directly injected into the joint during PRP treatment for joint pain.
In order to administer the treatment, a doctor will draw a tiny amount of blood from your arm as usual, concentrate the platelets in it using a centrifuge, and then remove the platelet-rich plasma solution. The PRP is then injected directly into the affected joint, where it will help to increase your cells’ capacity to repair the damaged tissue. It also encourages the development of fresh, healthy tissue.
Because your blood is being reintroduced into your body, PRP treatment is a safer, less intrusive outpatient procedure than surgery and has almost no risk of infection. PRP therapy can help reduce inflammation, which lessens discomfort and enables you to forgo painkillers while also hastening the healing process.
Surgery is far more expensive than PRP. Also, unlike surgery, it does not leave behind scar tissue that may cause pain and discomfort later.
INNOVATIVE PRP TREATMENT FOR BEST OUTCOMES
Photoactivated PRP therapy is a development in PRP therapy. This makes the PRP therapy more effective and less inflammatory by isolating the platelets from the rest of your blood using a double-spin process and activating the solution with three separate light wavelengths.
Injections of photo-activated PRP are a very adaptable medical procedure that can benefit those suffering from the following :
- Aching joints
- Arthritis pain
- Tendonitis
- Little ligament rips
- Just slight tendon tears
- Athletic injuries
PRP injections also have very few side effects because your body won’t reject or react badly to them because they are made from your own blood. Visit Specialty Care Clinics to discover the best doctor who offers PRP injections for your specific condition. Call us at (469) 545-9983.