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
Non-invasive - PRP therapy uses hypodermic needles only.
Rapid recovery times - We can prepare and deliver a PRP injection in one visit as an outpatient.
Relieves arthritis pain - The therapy can relieve pain in ways NSAIDs, like naproxen and ibuprofen, cannot. After PRP, you can reduce your use of anti-inflammatories.
Minimal risk - PRP injections use your own body tissues. Platelets are in your bloodstream all over your body. PRP injections are, as such, safe.
Heals joint, muscle and tendon injuries - the injections harness your body’s own healing abilities. The processing acts as a magnifying glass.
Delays invasive surgery - PRP may delay the necessity of joint replacement surgery
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
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We prepare an injection with PRP
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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