Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP Therapy)
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Is all Platelet Rich Plasma the same
No, Dr Weglein has invented a Super High Concentrated Platelet Rich Plasma therapy, which is only offered at our clinic. This unique therapy allows for a customized treatment based on your individual condition. Dr Weglein has published the first PRP textbook and lectures internationally on the topic. We have done more than 7,000 PRP treatments over the past 10 years. Dr Weglein is the only Certified PRP provider inside central Houston. We have treated patients from around the world and are proud to offer Platelet Rich Plasma therapy in Houston Texas.
What is Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)?
PRP is the injection of the patients own platelets, in high concentration into an injured tendon, ligament or Muscle tear. The Platelets contain growth factors which help stimulate natural healing.
Why platelets?
When we injure ourselves, one of the first repair cells that travel to the injury are platelets. Platelets are rich in many different growth factors. These Growth factors help attract other repair cells, (neurtophils, monocytes, fibroblasts) these "worker" cells then allow normal healing to take place.
Unfortunately, our tendons and ligaments have a very poor blood supply, which leads to an incomplete or much delayed healing response. With PRP we are helping to bring these natural healing cells to an area that have been deficient, thereby allowing the body to repair the tissue faster.
This leads to much quicker reduction in pain and faster return to sports and daily living activities.
PRP procedure
PRP is done in our office under ultrasound guidance. The procedure takes about 45 minutes in total. First a small amount of blood is taken and placed in our office centrifuge. The centrifuge separates and concentrates the platelets. Dr Weglein will then use the ultrasound to visualize the damaged tissue. The area is injected with a numbing agent, followed by the injection of PRP all done under direct MSK ultrasound guidance.
Patients should try to be off anti inflammatory medicines like ibuprofen, naprosyn, for about one week before getting PRP.
Baby Aspirin 81mg is ok to take.
Who has done this PRP
PRP has been done since 1990.
This procedure has been used by many professional teams such as:
Used in NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Houston Astros, LA clippers, Rutgers College, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and many more.
What area can you treat with PRP
You can potentially treat any part of the body that has a ligament, tendon or muscle tear with PRP. Some examples are, rotator cuff tear, ankle sprain, tennis elbow, and osteoarthritis.
Post PRP MRI results
With our new Regenerative Clinic, we are now able to make a patient specific, unique custom prp product for each individual condition. This is the only such Regenerative Clinic in the Houston, allowing us to provide superior Non Surgical treatments for tendons and osteoarthritis.
Prolotherapy can be used to treat the entire body some examples include: knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, hip pain, foot and ankle pain. Conditions like: tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, arthritis and rotator cuff.
Related Articles
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- Injecting autologous platelet rich plasma solely into the knee joint is not adequate in treating geriatric patients with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis.
- Mechanistic insight into hyaluronic acid and platelet-rich plasma-mediated anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities in osteoarthritic mice.
- Treatment of unresolved lower back pain with platelet-rich plasma injections
- Chondrogenic Effect of Intra-articular Hypertonic-Dextrose (Prolotherapy) in Severe Knee Osteoarthritis
- Comparative Study of Local Injection of Platelet Rich Plasma versus Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis
- High-field MRI exploration of the structural effects of cellular matrix™ on articular cartilage in knee osteoarthritis
- Assessment of the role of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in mild to moderate osteoarthritis knee joint using VAS and WOMAC score
- Comparative evaluation of leukocyte- and platelet-rich plasma and pure platelet-rich plasma for cartilage regeneration in a cartilage defects model in rabbits
- A novel treatment of knee degenerative disorders all-in-one intra-articular injection of platelet-rich plasma combined with hyaluronic acid
- Knee OA management: A cost-effectiveness analysis of platelet-rich-plasma versus hyaluronic acid for the intra-articular treatment of knee OA in France.
- Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma administration in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis
- A comparison of the use of PRP Versus Hypertonic glucose in the treatment of physiotherapy resistant sacroiliac joint Incompetence
- Treatment of lateral epicondylitis with autologous platelet rich plasma injection
- The use of Platelet Rich Plasma in the Management of Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review
- Comparative Effect Of Dextrose Prolotherapy And Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy In Primary Osteoarthritis Knee
- Volumetric findings of MRI after platelet rich plasma injection in knee osteoarthritis (A randomized clinical trial)
- Platelet-rich plasma and corticosteroid injection in lateral epicondylitis: Who is great
- Platelet-Rich Plasma, Hydroxyapatite and Chitosan in the Bone and Cartilaginous Regeneration of Femoral Trochlea in Rabbits: Clinical, Radiographic and Histomorphometric Evaluations
- AB0975 Does platelet rich plasma change the volumetric findings of mri imaging? (A Randomised Clinical Trial).
- Platelet Rich Plasma Practical Use in Non-Surgical Musculoskeletal Pathology.
- Platelet-rich plasma therapy in refractory knee osteoarthritis combined with infection
- Stem Cells for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Comprehensive Review
- The Clinical Outcomes are Associated with Changes in the Ultrasonography Structural Appearance After Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis
- To evaluate the effect of combining photo-activation therapy with platelet-rich plasma injections for the novel treatment of osteoarthritis
- Photoactivated platelet-rich plasma therapy for a traumatic knee chondral lesion.
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