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[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignright" width="110" caption="PRP at Advanced Wellness Center."][/caption] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainNews/Story?id=6895441&page=1 A handful of sports medicine specialists across the country have been quietly experimenting with a medication-free treatment aimed at healing injuries faster -- a concentrated solution of the patient's blood. Platelet-rich plasma therapy may help injured athletes recover...

[caption id="attachment_42" align="alignright" width="103" caption="Wellington Chen, M.D."][/caption] The patient is a 45-year-old female with complaints of right shoulder pain for three weeks after bench pressing and feeling a crunch. An MRI demonstrated a tear of the middle supraspinatus (rotator cuff) along with bursitis (fluid build up around...

Achilles Tendon Tear The patient is a 71-year-old male physician who ruptured his Achilles tendon. While playing badminton, he heard a pop and shortly afterwards was evaluated by an orthopaedist and received x-rays and an MRI. The MRI demonstrated a severe right Achilles tendon rupture involving...