You just got finished running 13.1 miles. You love running…this is your 10th half marathon. However, at mile 12, you feel a pain on the inside of your knee…a tight pinching kind of pain. You finish out your run, go home, elevate, compress and ice your knee as well as take an aspirin to help subside the pain and inflammation in your slightly swollen knee. Of course, you’re thinking, “I’ll be alright by tomorrow.”
Tomorrow comes and the pain still exists and now the worry starts to set in. You got to be back to training for your next running event that is coming up the following month. You take it easy, skip a few training sessions, hoping that will do the trick, but the nagging pain still exists. You finally realize that denying it is not working and you conjure up enough courage to pay the doctor a visit.
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
The news you didn’t want to hear is what you are now hearing, and as slight shock sets in, you’re brain goes a bit numb; all you can think about is when you are going to be able to get back to running. You then ask the doctor what your options are and what you hear next is actually enlightening as he explains to you how the healing process of your sprained ligament/knee injury may be accelerated by a Platelet Rich Plasma therapy injection. You breathe a sigh of relief.
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So, what exactly is Platelet Rich Plasma therapy and how does PRP work to help speed up the healing process of your knee sprain?
What is Platelet Rich Plasma therapy (PRP)? Since the development of Platelet Rich Plasma
in the 1970s, PRP has made many advancements. Blood, mainly made up of plasma, also consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and other protein-healing components. Blood is drawn from the patient’s own body and the platelets are then separated from other components by high-speed centrifuge resulting in a concentrate of Platelet Rich Plasma.
How Does PRP Work? When an injury occurs, the PRP is injected at the site of injury. Because of the resultant plasma-enriched state from centrifugation, the potential for healing is sped up. The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides a more in depth clinical information: CLICK HERE
So, don’t let the aches and pains of your sports injury defeat you. GET RELIEF! Talk to Dr. Salinsky NOW to find out more about how plasma enriched platelet injection therapy just may be the solution you’ve been looking for by calling (727) 697-2200 so you can get back to what you love doing most…running half marathons! Dr. Salinsky is dedicated to “Keeping Bodies in Motion”!