Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is an emerging therapy with the potential to promote an effective recovery (Yang, Hunter, & McJunkin, 2019). Today, depending on the situation, people are gradually turning toward PRP Therapy over a surgical option as it is a low-risk, minimally invasive procedure. Usually, the healing process of fibrous connective tissues like tendons and ligaments is slow, and PRP Therapy can be beneficial in healing injured tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints. The research suggests that PRP can be considered for injection therapy in treating knee osteoarthritis (Cook & Smith, 2018). However, PRP Therapy results vary depending on the patient.
How Does it Work?
In Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, the health professional draws the blood, and with the help of centrifugate, separates the platelet-rich plasma from the rest of the blood. We use ultrasound imaging to guide the injections, and then the doctor directly injects the platelet into the injured or diseased body tissue. In this way, PRP injections use each individual patient's own healing system.
If you are suffering from shoulder, elbow, wrist & hand, hip, joint, or ankle & foot pain and have not been able to find a treatment that can provide pain relief! Or an injury or surgery that still aches, you may consult Vitality Integrative Wellness’s doctors in Temecula, as we offer platelet-rich plasma injection therapy to help in the healing process of damaged tissue surrounding joints. You can call us at (951) 386-3399 to learn more about how we may help you!
Source: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12281-2_91
Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12178-018-9524-x