For Dan Dodson and Kyle Koontz, the answer is yes. These two Oklahoma City, as reported by Oklahoma City news KOCO station, lived with chronic pain. Dodson couldn’t play ball with his son with out his rotator cuff giving him constant, severe pain. He couldn’t sleep at night and was worried about moving into the [...]
The popularity of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy grows as the list of professional athletes who’ve undergone PRP therapy grows. And as the popularity grows, so does the number of studies on PRP’s effectiveness. Questions, no surprise, remain. Is there nothing PRP can’t do? Is PRP a glimpse into the future of sport’s medicine? Is it [...]
The controversy around platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections continues. And it’s bound not to disappear any time soon. The controversy centers on the lack of systematic studies on a treatment that continues to rise in use and application. That popularity is fed by what’s called the Orthopedic Triad: a famous athlete treated by a famous doctor with [...]
Post-traumatic arthritis. Tennis elbow. Hamstring tear. These are a few of the sports injuries that doctors are treating with platelet-rich plasma injections. But PRP injections are also proving effective treatments for those who suffer from knee arthritis and other non-sports related injuries. If you’ve been reading my posts for long you’ve no doubt heard me talk about [...]
Explain platelet-rich plasma therapy to most people and the rationale seems to make sense. Inject an injured area with your own blood, spun down so only the platelet-rich plasma is left, and healing and recovery will occur faster. Unfortunately what we think is obvious on paper doesn’t always play out in the practical world. There is [...]
We have to be careful when talking about PRP because one treatment is not the same as another treatment. Procedures differ from doctor to doctor. For every muscle, tendon or ligament, we first must understand the injury and healing cycling of that particular body part. Our goal is to lower the chances of side effects from [...]
If you play sports, then you are at risk for a bone fracture, which is unfortunate because this sports injury could sideline you for an entire season. Is there any way you can speed up the process and get back on the playing field sooner? Platelet-rich plasma therapy might hold the key. Short Guide to [...]
Millions of people around the world suffer from the severity of post-traumatic arthritis. Symptoms include swelling, joint instability, tenderness, severe pain, and sometimes, internal bleeding. After a severe injury such as a fracture or dislocation, post-traumatic arthritis develops. That injury can be in the hands or feet, shoulders or knee. Typically the arthritis sets in [...]
If you dread walking across a parking lot or climbing stairs because of the pain you’ll suffer in your knees, then you are probably an arthritis sufferer. And you want relief. Maybe you’re at the end of your rope or just now starting to learn more about your condition and how to repair it. Arthritis [...]
