Platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) attempts to take advantage of the blood's natural healing properties to repair damaged cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscles, or even bone.
PRP is dedicated to providing exceptional medical treatment, guidance, and care using cutting-edge techniques to patients who are experiencing joint, muscular, and skeletal pain.
PRP is the short of Platelet Rich Plasma, a groundbreaking, non-surgical kind of healing treatment. Doctors take a sample of your own blood, separate platelets, and re-inject the serum directly into the abnormal tissue. The concentrated platelets release growth factors try and help support the body's own ability to heal and improve pain. And doctors can achieve this without having to use general anesthesia, getting stitches, having to stay at a hospital, undergoing the risks of surgery, or going through a long recovery process. The goal of PRP therapy is to help treat the underlying painful conditions of the joints including the shoulders and knees, not just masking painful symptoms.
When treating musculoskeletal problems with platelet-rich plasma, a doctor injects PRP directly into the affected zone. The goal is to:
Reduce pain,
Possibly slow or even repair damage of cartilage,
Improve joint function.
Platelet-rich plasma is derived from a sample of the patient's own blood. The therapeutic injections contain plasma with a higher concentration of platelets than is found in normal blood.
Those who use PRP therapy to treat MSK problems theorize that the platelet-rich plasma might:
Inhibit inflammation and slow down the progression of inflammations,
Stimulate the formation of new cartilage,
Increase the production of natural lubricating fluid in the joint, thereby easing painful joint friction,
Contain proteins that alter a patient's pain receptors and reduce pain sensation.
The tempting thing about this treatment is that since it was first used in the 1970s, doctors are still finding new uses for it. PRP is now being used to help heal issues with vision, infertility, and erectile dysfunction, therapy for face therapy, acne treatment, hair restoration, and treatment for scars and stretch marks.
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