Treatment of tendon, ligament, and joint pain has not changed much in the past quarter century. Patients usually receive anti-inflammatory pain medications first; if those don’t help, they are given the steroid cortisone, usually as an injection directly into the pained area. As a last resort, they’ll undergo surgery to alleviate pain that conservative methods […]
Dr. Nathan Papadeas of Desert Health Specialists describes the health benefits of PRP in a simple but effective infographic.
Dr Arockia Doss, Interventional Radiologist, www.imageguidedtherapyclinic.com Nedlands Western Australia 6009 Case report: A 50 year old lady presented with two years of heel pain. Heel pain restricted walking to just 5 minutes. She was worried that she was gaining weight and loosing fitness due to inactivity. There were no major comorbidities. She was a non […]
Here is a very nice PRP related article that involves one of our lead physician contributors on prptreatments.org! Dr. Andrew Blecher explains the current state of PRP, and his view of the way PRP should be used in many different sports medicine conditions in his practice.. He admits that PRP should not be the first treatment […]
Tommy John surgery is so common these days that it almost seems like an epidemic. For those unfamiliar with the surgery, it involves reconstructing the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) of the elbow. This ligament is very important for providing stability of the medial (inside aspect) elbow for athletes who participate in overhead throwing sports (baseball, […]
