PRP and Athletic Injuries
Wanted to share the treatment of a local sports personality who responded well to PRP therapy. Patient suffered an injury to the semimembranous which is one of the three muscles that comprise the hamstring. He had significant pain in the back of this...Steroids: Patients Beware
Steroids are commonly used to treat pain. Common examples include cortisone injections into knees, elbows, hips and lumbar spine. There is increasing concern by many authors about the side-effects of steroid injections. Hossain demonstrated that...
The Importance of Blood Supply
Blood supply to a given structure provides essential nutrients for growth, maintenance and repair. Some structures such as the heart have a rich blood supply with multiple arteries. Other structures have a very limited, tenuous blood supply which...Platelet Rich Plasma
What do Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu have in common? They have both used their own blood to treat ligament and tendon injuries. The therapy is called platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and involves the injection...
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