PRP injection
A PRP injection involves the administration of platelet-rich plasma, a treatment derived from the patient’s blood, into the affected area to stimulate tissue repair and regeneration. This procedure is commonly used in orthopedic and sports medicine to address musculoskeletal injuries, osteoarthritis, and other conditions.
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PRP for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis has more evidence to support it than knee replacements, but the old guard is having a tough time accepting this new reality. A recent study in an old guard orthopedic journal could change some minds. Let’s review. Definitions Before I begin, we need to define some things: Corticosteroid…read more
What Is Supershot PRP?
Can you isolate exosomes from blood and then enhance the PRP made from that same blood to make it better? This is the intriguing question behind a product calling itself Supershot PRP. Let’s dig in. What Is an Exosome? Before we get into understanding Supershot PRP, we need to review some basics. An exosome is a…read more
The Glutes and the ITB
The ITB is one of those parts of the body that everyone loves to hate. When gyms were open, you would invariably see dozens of people a day rolling out their tight and tender ITBs. However, what most of these people don’t know is that the way to a painless ITB future is often getting…read more
What’s the Average Recovery Time After a PRP Injection?
On this page: How is a PRP injection different from a steroid shot? How long does it take to recover from a PRP injection? What can you not do after PRP therapy? Is the flare-up different for different types of PRP? What’s the success rate of PRP injections? Journal article on PRP injection recovery timeline…read more Meniscus Tear MRI? – Please Read This
Key points: Meniscus tears in middle-aged or older people are as important as wrinkles – they are a sign of normal aging New research shows that all sorts of once serious findings exist in the knees of patients without pain Many studies now show that the most commonly used surgery to treat meniscus tears doesn’t…read more
What is Super Concentrated Platelets? Better PRP Injections
We have always done PRP injections very differently. Why? This difference is based on the lab data we’ve observed for many years. Let’s dig into those differences and that data and in the process learn about SCP. What Is PRP? PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. This is concentrated blood platelets in the patient’s own plasma.…read more PRP Knee Injection : We Know More about PRP than Knee Replacement
If you’re considering a PRP knee injection the first question to ask is whether we know this procedure works. Given that many patients want PRP injections to avoid a knee replacement, let’s focus on whether PRP injections work as well as, worse, or better than knee replacement by looking at the research behind each. What…read more Regenexx Reviews: Do Orthobiologics Always Work?
On this page: Published data Highlighted treatment failures What we’re doing to avoid treatment failures The financial case One of the things that I have always tried to do is to intermittently highlight patients that fail our treatments. Why? Because we don’t do magic pixie dust. We offer medical procedures with success and failure rates…read more 
