PRP Therapy
Supercharge Your Healing with Platelet-Rich-Plasma
Are You Ready to Supercharge Your Healing?
What do elite athletes Tiger Woods, Maria Sharapova, and Rafael Nadal have in common? They have all sought PRP (Platelet-Rich-Plasma) as a way to restart and amplify the healing process around their injured tissue. Happily, PRP is not only for professional athletes!
If you are suffering from a recent injury or deal with chronic pain, PRP therapy may be a means to jumpstart your healing. PRP is one of the most powerful treatments available for repairing bone, cartilage, ligaments and tendons.
How does PRP Therapy Work?
PRP stands for Platelet-Rich-Plasma, a very potent form of Orthobiologics. Platelets are first responders to an injury. Injuries cause bleeding, even on a cellular level, and once platelets are released from the bloodstream, they coagulate to stop the bleeding and start releasing growth factors that initiate repair.
As we age, though, our bodies have less ability to reach the critical mass of Orthobiologics to fully activate repair, so injuries fail to resolve and pain becomes chronic. PRP therapy may help to accelerate the healing of your damaged tissue.
If you are a candidate for PRP, our lab technicians will take your blood, concentrating the platelets to levels that far exceed what your body is able to amass on its own. Your Wellward physician will then use advanced imaging technology such as ultrasound or fluoroscopy to inject the PRP into the injured areas of your body. Within 6-8 weeks, patients usually notice signs of healing, including increased strength and mobility as well as diminished pain.
Is PRP Right for Me?
At Wellward, we will enroll you in a comprehensive process to evaluate your candidacy for PRP or other Orthobiologics. Then, we will develop a care plan to optimize your outcome. People with a wide range of athletic or musculoskeletal injuries, degenerative or arthritic joints, and spine pain have seen improvements from PRP therapy.
The greatest benefits are seen with those who embrace our integrative healthy lifestyle and activity habits that aid in restoring health are those who reliably enjoy the most transformative results following PRP therapy.
Please reach out to the Wellward team to learn more about PRP therapy. Phone: 859-275-4878 We look forward to speaking with you and helping you on your journey to healing and better health. Visit Wellward Medical for more information.
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