Patients can see a significant improvement in symptoms. This may eliminate the need for more aggressive treatments such as long term medication or surgery, as well as a remarkable return of function.
While responses to treatment vary, most people will require 3-6 sets of injections. Each set of treatments is spaced approximately 4 weeks apart. There is no limit to the number of treatments you can have. The risks and side effects do not change with the number of injections.
If you have a tendon or ligament injury and traditional methods have not provided relief, then PRP therapy may be the solution. The procedure is less aggressive and less expensive than surgery. It will heal tissue with minimal or no scarring and alleviates further degeneration of the tissues. There will be an initial evaluation with the doctor to see if PRP therapy is right for you.
You are restricted from the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) one week prior to the procedure and throughout the course of treatments.
Initially the procedure may cause some localized soreness and discomfort. Most patients only require some extra-strength Tylenol to help with the pain. Ice may be applied to the area as needed.
The first week after the procedure, patients will continue their home or physical therapy program.
PRP therapy helps regenerate tendons and ligaments but it is not a quick fix. This therapy is stimulating the growth and repair of tendons and ligaments requiring time and rehabilitation. Through regular visits, the doctor will determine when you are able to resume regular physical activities.
Fractures that have failed to heal, joint cartilage problems, partial tears of tendons, muscles, or ligaments, chronic bursitis, avascular necrosis of the bone, and disc bulges.
Knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, hand, foot, neck and lower back.
The patients that responded said that they have relief of 85% of their symptoms.
There have been no reported cases of autogenous (the patient's own) stem cells causing any types of tumors as long as the cells have not been reproduced outside of the body.
Because we extensively numb the area, patients say that the marrow draw was not painful and would do it again.
The total procedure may take up to 1 to two hours.