Platelet Rich Plasma

Can PRP Help Early Hip Arthritis Patients Avoid Surgery?

There’s a new concept that gets introduced with regenerative medicine. That’s the idea that we can reduce degeneration in early arthritis or intervene early in tendon and ligament injuries. We’ve done that for our patients for many years, but we’re now beginning to see the research catch up. This morning I’ll review a new study…read more

Slamming Patients into Stem Cell Procedures They Don’t Need: PRP vs Stem Cells

While we were the first clinic on earth to use bone marrow stem cells to treat a myriad of common orthopedic conditions, the funny thing is, we have never used stem cells as our first-line orthobiologic of choice. Why? As I tell my patients every week, it’s my job to choose the least invasive, cheapest…read more

Is Aspirin Use Sabotaging Your PRP Treatment?

We’ve all been told for many years that we need to take an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks. Hence, there are many people that take this drug every day. However, given that aspirin is a blood thinner, does it impact the way your platelets work? If so, does that change the way…read more

Regenexx Team Publishes New Tendon PRP Paper!

Knowing how to dose orthobiologics, like PRP, is critical. However, we have very little published data, and physicians use different machines that produce different types of PRP at different doses. So to say that orthobiologics as a field is one big mess is an understatement. The Regenexx research team has been working to clean up…read more

PRP Injection Didn’t Help? Is All PRP Created Equal?

The use of platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is becoming increasingly common in more medical practices. So much so that we're beginning to see treatment failures where a PRP injection didn't help. Why? One reason is that all PRP isn't created equal. In fact, there are really big disparities, yet most patients don't understand these stark differences. So let's take a deep dive into this topic this morning.

Spinal Stenosis Surgery Alternatives: Stem Cells or PRP?

What are spinal stenosis surgery alternatives? Dr. Centeno discusses how the use of precise injections of platelet-rich plasma or stem cells can help patients avoid invasive spinal stenosis surgery.

Using Electromagnetic Fields to Enhance PRP Treatment May Be the Future

An electromagnetic field (EMF) uses both an electric and a magnetic field create either a static or moving (wave-like motion) force. While long-term exposure to strong EMFs has been linked to health risks, using low-frequency EMFs temporarily for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in medicine has been shown to be beneficial in certain cases.

Customized PRP Concentrations Critical for Many Patients

Our platelets change as we age or lose optimum health. In general, the growth factor levels inside them decline. However, since there’s usually a huge supply, that just means adjusting the concentration up for older or infirmed patients. That idea has been well supported in the peer-reviewed literature, so this morning let’s review one of…read more