Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy uses your platelets to treat an injury.
Your body uses platelets to clot blood, like when a cut scabs over, and to promote healing. It’s well-known platelets help cuts to scab but they also contain proteins called growth factors that stimulate healing.
The benefits
How it works
1
We draw blood from you
2
We process your blood while you relax.
3
We extract PRP from your blood using a centrifuge
4
We prepare an injection with PRP
5
We inject the PRP into the site of injury
Suitability
PRP therapy is an effective, non-surgical treatment for:
- Tennis elbow
- Achilles tendon irritation
- Plantar fasciitis or jogger’s heel
- Runner’s knee
- Muscle strain
- Torn muscles
- Arthritic joints
But there are patients unsuitable for PRP therapy. You may be unsuitable if you have:
- A platelet, clotting or blood disorder such as haemophilia
- Cancer and you are undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- An infection, both acute or chronic
- Received anticoagulation therapy
- Received corticosteroids within ten days before the procedure
- Received long-lasting steroids within three months before PRP treatment
- Pregnant or breastfeeding patients are also unsuitable for PRP therapy