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Platelet Rich Plasma

Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment For Joint & Muscle Pain

What is the Platelet Rich Plasma?

-It is a concentrate derived from your blood using a centrifuge machine to spin your blood, separates out and concentrates the platelets and growth factors essential for tissue healing. The Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment is injected into the joint of muscle that is experiencing symptoms to reduce pain, improve joint function and possibly slow and repair damage to cartilage

What is Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment typically used for in pain management?

  • knee pain
  • shoulder pain
  • planter fasciitis
  • hand/wrist/elbow pain (such as tennis elbow, trigger finger, etc)
  • ankle pain

What are the side effects?

As injecting Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment involves using a person’s own platelets, they do not usually experience any adverse reactions to the injections. However, it is possible that a person may have irritation, pain, or bleeding related to the injection site.

Most people can resume their normal activities almost immediately after having a Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment injection. The average time from blood-drawing to the injection itself is about half-an-hour.

*Many professional athletes have been using Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment
*Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment is an alternative to typical solutions for joint injuries & osteoarthritis including surgery & cortisone shots
*Joint & Muscle Pain Treatment is not painful and most patients notice improvement after the first or second treatment (approximately 6 weeks after first session results begin to be noticed)
*Often, a person will have multiple injections given 2 to 3 months apart.
*Cost and amount of treatments depends on the location of injury (Typically 2-4 treatments)