Joint and soft tissue injuries can make life difficult, especially when you continue to deal with pain long after the initial injury has healed. For many patients their first line of treatments are more traditional conservative treatments. While these treatments can provide many patients with the level of pain relief they are looking for, many patients are left struggling with pain when these treatments fail. At the Regenerative Medicine Institute of Michigan, we offer you an additional treatment when traditional treatments have failed: Platelet-rich plasma therapy, or PRP. We’ll take a closer look at PRP treatments in Oakland County to help you decide if they are right for your pain management goals.
What Are PRP Treatments?
Platelet-rich plasma therapy, or PRP treatments, is a modern regenerative medicine treatment that uses a patient’s own plasma and platelets to stimulate the body’s natural healing response. PRP treatments start with a painless blood draw, with the drawn blood then placed into a device called a centrifuge. The centrifuge spins the blood at high speeds, causing platelets and plasma to separate out from other components in the blood and become concentrated. Once concentrated, this healing serum is then injected directly into the patient’s treatment site. After the injection, PRP gets to work stimulating the body’s natural healing response to restore or regenerate tissues often associated with joint- and soft tissue-related pain.
What Makes Patients Interested in PRP Treatments?
PRP treatments have continued to grow in popularity due to their minimally invasive nature and minimal recovery time. Our Berkley patients often come to us for PRP treatments as a way to reduce their dependence on powerful pain management medications or to delay or even avoid surgical solutions to pain management. The overall usefulness of PRP treatments for your specific pain management needs varies from patient to patient, which makes evaluating the causes of your pain before treatments begin vital.
What Types of Conditions May Be Evaluated for PRP?
PRP treatments are commonly used for a wide range of pain causes. Some of the more common types of pain we treat patients for with PRP treatments include:
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Tennis elbow
- Chronic tendon problems
- Certain sports and overuse injuries
- Tendon and ligament injuries
While PRP treatments can be an effective treatment option for many of these types of chronic pain, each case is different and must be evaluated thoroughly. Our team of regenerative medicine specialists can help Berkley patients explore their specific cause of pain and determine if PRP treatments might be right for them.
Is PRP Treatment Right For Me?
PRP treatments may be right for you if you are looking for a minimally invasive alternative treatment for your pain management that doesn’t rely on powerful pain management medications or invasive surgical solutions for pain. However, every pain case is different, and the benefits of PRP treatments can vary from patient to patient. To fully understand whether PRP treatments might be right for your pain management goals, our team at the Regenerative Medicine Institute of Michigan will evaluate your case and provide our treatment recommendations.
Explore PRP Treatments in Berkley at the Regenerative Medicine Institute of Michigan
If you’re looking for an alternative treatment option for joint and soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions, PRP treatments may be right for you. To learn more about this treatment and schedule a consult with our regenerative medicine doctors, give our team a call today at (248) 771-1300.
Regenerative Medicine Institute of Michigan – Dearborn Location
Address: 13530 Michigan Ave, Suite 240, Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: (248) 771-1300
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Board-certified Doctors – Aaron Greenberg, DO and Eduardo José Otero Loperena, MD
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