PRP’s ability to regenerate injured tissues is the result of harvesting and concentrating platelets drawn from the blood. Essentially we take your blood, isolate the platelets, concentrate the platelets, and inject them into the damaged tissue.

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The significant feature of platelets is the alpha granules, which promote healing of soft tissue by releasing growth factors; the process is simple and efficient since growth factors are readily available in significant amounts upon PRP activation.

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There are about 15 growth factors isolated with the platelets. They are responsible for:

• Bringing stem cells and other healing mediators to the area

• Stimulating cell replication for the production of new, healthy tissue

• Remodeling damaged tissue

• Creating new blood vessels in the tissue

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Combined, the growth factors play critical roles in the healing process and tissue regeneration, forming a cascade of diverse pathways, initiating activation of gene expression, and protein production. This specific feature of PRP directly addresses chronic non-healing tendon, ligament, and joint injuries, which traditional therapies approach with corticosteroid injections, medications like NSAIDs, and surgery; all of which, studies suggest, exhibit adverse side effects, ranging from atrophy, acceleration of tissue degeneration, arthritis development or acceleration, bleeding ulcers, and kidney damage.

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In fact, it appears that the longer a musculoskeletal condition persists, the more resistant it becomes to traditional therapies. It has been documented that protracted symptoms and relapses are regularly observed long-term with conservative treatments. The reason for this is two fold: firstly, the underlying injury is not being addressed, and secondly, joints, ligaments, and tendons have a poor ability to heal themselves due to the innately poor blood supply these tissues have. So unlike traditional therapies, which ultimately treat tissue injuries without changing the inherent poorly healing properties or underlying pathology, Platelet Rich Plasma has been shown to enhance the cascade of tissue repair processes, healing the injury.