A Promising Treatment for Athletes in Their Own Blood. By ALAN SCHWARZ Published: February 16, 2009 Two of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ biggest stars, Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu, used their own blood in an innovative injury treatment before winning the Super Bowl. At least one major league pitcher,...
Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver Hines Ward did in fact have a platelet rich plasma (PRP) treatment. This was confirmed by BloodCure.com late Monday. He was apparently treated with PRP for a medial collateral ligament (MCL) sprain. The specific form of PRP has yet to be...
[caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="We use the Class 4 laser because it is supperior to other classes!"][/caption] Spinal Cord Injury and Laser Therapy Light Therapy alters gene expression after acute spinal cord injury K.R. Byrnes1, R.W. Waynant2, I.K. Ilev2, B. Johnson1, Pollard H. 1, Srivastava M.1, Eidelman O.1, Huang,...
Comment: I purchased my K-laser 2 years ago. Wouldn't practice without it now. I use it before and after PRP and prolotherapy, for arthritis, trauma, sports injuries, carple tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, sprain, strains, skin conditions such as herpies/shingles, and wounds. Anybody doing regenerative medicine without a...
Greatings, This is a testimonial about a 93 year old man we treated early in 2009, who had Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections in his knee. He was diagnosed with sever osteoarthritis and meniscus derangement. His MRI and x-rays showed bone on bone. He was suggested...
Because the effect of Prolotherapy is to initiate a "healing cascade" which requires Inflammation, the patient is advised to avoid anti-inflammatory medication, both over-the-counter and prescription. Aspirin may also interfere with the process to some degree....
Prolotherapy is injection of any substance that acts as a ‘growth factor,’ that is, which promotes growth of normal cells, tissues, or organs...
Ligaments and tendons are made of collagen. When the ligaments and tendons are injured, the body produces collagen to heal them. The problem with ligaments and tendons is that the body offers them a poor blood supply and, because of it, a poor chance to...
Alternatives to Steroid Injections. ...
At the time of his first visit what was most bothersome was low back and hip pain, right greater than left near the SI joint. This increased with prolonged standing and sitting. Secondly, his work as a dentist required him to be twisted in a...