Platelet Rich Plasma
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is a concentrated sample of autologous blood, rich in natural cell and growth factor populations, obtained through centrifugation. This dense portion of blood, more suitable for orthobiologic procedures, stimulates repair cells in targeted areas, enhancing the body’s natural healing processes.
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This past few months, we’ve had many physicians in our offices learning advanced regenerative medicine techniques and the orthopedics 2.0 approach. One trend I’ve noticed is that many of these physicians ask us how we deal with our post-PRP injection flare-ups. This has caught us by surprise, as when we use the Regenexx-SCP procedure (blood…read more
Blind Knee Injections: Why is this procedure still being performed?
Knee shots for arthritis? Doctors have injected many things inside knee joints through the years, the most common being steroid injections and hyaluronic acid injections (SynVisc, Orthovisc, Eufflexxa, etc…). More recently these older treatments are giving way to newer biologic therapies like platelet rich plasma and stem cells. However, did you know that the way…read more PRP works better than SynVisc, better in Patients with Mild Arthritis
In this corner, the world’s most commonly used biologic injectable for knee arthritis-SynVisc. In the other corner, your own platelets, a.k.a. PRP. The winner? Well a study published last week may help decide that honor. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is now being used in patients with knee arthritis. However, there isn’t that much research yet…read more PRP better than Steroid Shots for Plantar Fascitits
A physician discusses why steroid shots don't work well for heel pain and discusses research that shows that injecting your own blood platelets may be better.
A National Track Athlete Regains her Stride thanks to Stem Cell Injections and PRP
BC is a masters level, national track and field athlete who tore her plantar-plate and severely damaged cartilage in a foot joint while participating in an indoor track event. She had some improvement with PRP injections in Seattle and was encouraged, so she pursued a Regenexx-SD stem cell injection procedure in December and just sent us a 6…read more
Update on the Rock Climber who had Failed PRP Achilles Tendon Injections
A physician describes how a rock climber is avoiding Achilles Tendon surgery by getting his back fixed with injections of his own blood platelets.
PRP vs. Stem Cells for Knee Arthritis-What does the Data Say?
PRP vs. stem cells for knee arthritis? First, let me say we love platelet rich plasma and have used platelet mixtures for many years. At the same time, we’ve been under-impressed with the ability of PRP to treat knee arthritis. First, PRP means platelet rich plasma, which is a concentration of the patient’s blood platelets. The goal…read more Failure of PRP Tendon Injections: Achilles Tendonitis in a Rock Climber
A physician discusses how Achilles tendinitis is common in climbers and when chronic, may be caused by pinched nerves in the back.
