At Mattalino Orthopaedic in Scottsdale, AZ, we offer PRP injections to accelerate healing and recovery after an orthopedic injury. These injections rely on the body’s ability to heal itself from within. They stimulate its natural healing processes instead of using chemicals or invasive measures, which can often harm the body and overall health. If you have sustained an injury and want to accelerate the healing process, we can give you more information about how PRP will promote your ultimate healing.
How Do PRP Injections Aid in Orthopedic Recovery?
PRP injections have grown in popularity among men and women, including the most active individuals and elite athletes, for their ability to naturally accelerate healing after an injury. They are used in cosmetic and orthopedic treatments because they stimulate the natural healing processes within the body that accelerate healing.
These injections are a form of regenerative medicine and aid in orthopedic recovery because they target the damaged, injured tissues and joints on a cellular level. Instead of masking the pain, they enhance the body’s ability to recover after an injury, promote pain relief, and accelerate healing using the growth factors and anti-inflammatory properties found in the concentrated platelets.
What Is PRP?
PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. It’s the concentrated portion of your blood that contains cytokines and growth factors. These blood cells are designed to heal different areas throughout the body and stimulate cell reproduction and tissue healing. A PRP injection differs from the blood in a typical blood sample because it’s the isolated component of the blood that contains a higher number of concentrated healing platelets.
Where Does It Come From?
PRP is derived from each patient’s blood through a simple and virtually painless process. To begin, we’ll take a blood sample using the standard protocol, administering a needle into a vein in your arm. That sample will then be placed in a specialized device called a centrifuge.
The centrifuge rotates the blood sample for several minutes at a very rapid speed to separate the platelet plasma from the rest of the blood. It uses gravitational forces that cause the PRP to rise to the top of the sample so that it can then be separated and prepared into an injectable form.
What Happens During a Treatment?
When you arrive for your treatment, we will take a blood sample and prepare your PRP into an injectable form. Then, we’ll administer it to the joint or tissue where you have sustained an injury.
As soon as the PRP is injected into the treatment area, the concentrated platelets will release growth factors that will work to stimulate healing and force your body to increase the number of restorative cells in the area. This process only takes a few minutes from start to finish, and then you’ll be free to resume your normal daily activities without downtime.
What Can PRP Injections Treat?
PRP injections are an effective treatment option for those who have sustained joint or tissue injuries. We can use them to treat elbow, hip, or spine injuries, torn rotator cuff injuries in the shoulder, meniscus tears in the knee, plantar fasciitis in the feet, and other common sports injuries and conditions.
If you have a specific condition not listed that you want to treat, we can discuss it with you at your initial consultation and confirm whether PRP therapy will be an effective treatment option for you.
What Kind of Results Can I Expect?
As soon as you undergo this treatment, your immune system will kick into gear, release white blood cells to accelerate healing, and respond to the platelet-rich plasma injected into the treatment area, forcing healing cells to multiply and restore normal function to the injured area.
It can take several days to a few weeks to notice the full effects of the treatment as your body begins healing and repairing the damaged tissue. We can give you more details about what type of results you can expect based on the extent of the injury and the desired treatment area.
What Are the Treatment Benefits?
PRP injections are completely natural, and because the primary ingredient in the injectables is derived from your blood, you won’t have to worry about any adverse or allergic reaction. PRP contains anti-inflammatory properties that help relieve the pain accompanying many types of orthopedic injuries. There’s no downtime, and the treatment process is quick and virtually painless.
Is It Safe?
The PRP treatment process is completely safe. The injections don’t contain chemicals or foreign ingredients. The injections only contain your blood and the concentrated platelets from your blood sample. You can’t be allergic to your own blood, so you won’t have to worry about any adverse side effects. It’s completely safe and will accelerate healing so you can return to all the activities you love pain-free.
Am I a Good Candidate?
If you’ve sustained any type of orthopedic injury that’s affected your mobility and quality of life, you may be a good candidate for PRP injections. Patients who don’t want to use steroids or undergo surgery in an attempt to restore full function to the injured area make good candidates.
Those who don’t want to rely on chemicals or medications to simply mask their pain but want to address the root cause will also benefit from a customized PRP treatment plan. If you want to learn more about PRP injections, how they work, and whether you are a good candidate, we can schedule an initial consultation to give you more details, answer your questions, and confirm your treatment eligibility.
Heal Your Body the Natural Way
Once you begin a PRP therapy treatment plan, you’ll be amazed at how your body has everything it needs to heal your orthopedic injury. You don’t have to rely on painkillers or steroids or even resort to a surgical procedure in an attempt to restore your mobility and heal after an orthopedic injury. Contact us today at Mattalino Orthopaedic in Scottsdale, AZ, to schedule an initial consultation and get more information about all the benefits of PRP injections.
