PRP for Pain Management

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With twenty percent of all adults experiencing

chronic pain, you likely have many patients who

are searching for effective pain management

solutions.

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Chronic pain can significantly alter activity level

and mobility, resulting in a greatly diminished

quality of life. Acute pain, also, can lead to the inability to work, and can even lead to chronic pain if not effectively and promptly treated.

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Platelet-rich plasma therapy, or PRP, offers patients an attractive alternative to pain-reducing drugs, corticosteroid injections, and invasive surgeries, and boasts a strong safety profile with no known adverse effects.

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But how does it work? PRP relieves pain by stimulating the body’s innate healing cascade. When we experience a soft tissue injury, our body responds by delivering a rush of platelet cells. When these platelets are activated, they release several types of growth factors that play a fundamental role in cell regeneration and tissue healing.

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But PRP takes the natural healing response one step further by separating platelets from other blood components and concentrating them. This specially prepared platelet-rich plasma contains

5 to 10 times the concentration of platelets found in whole blood. The concentrated PRP is then delivered into and around the site of injury via injection, stimulating and significantly strengthening the body’s healing response.

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Since PRP is an autologous therapy, using the patient’s own blood product, there is no risk of cross reactivity or immune reaction.

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Studies have shown that PRP is effective in reducing lower back pain caused by intervertebral disc degeneration4 and pain from hip osteoarthritis.

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PRP often results in long-lasting relief of other painful musculoskeletal conditions including:

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• Back and neck injuries

• Pelvic pain and instability

• Osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, shoulder, and spine

• Tendonitis

• Tennis elbow

• Rotator cuff injuries

• Chronic plantar fasciitis