Written by Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD — Board-Certified Sports Medicine Physician PRP can work incredibly well for tendons, joints, and soft-tissue injuries—but a lot of people still get disappointing results. Here’s the pattern I see over and over again: two people get the same PRP injection, from the same doctor, using the same technique—and one improves dramatically while the other barely notices a change. And most of the time, it’s not because the injection was done wrong. What

Platelet rich plasma injections are one of the best treatments for knee osteoarthritis. But what most people don’t realize is that not...

Platelet rich plasma injections also known as PRP have garnered significant attention for their remarkable results. It’s derived from...

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People with plantar fasciitis often worry about long-term effects like decreased mobility and chronic foot pain. That’s why new treatments for plantar fasciitis have been developed and these include platelet rich plasma injections as well as extracorporeal shockwave therapy. The purpose of these treatments are to not only reduce pain and symptoms, but to potentially fix the problem and prevent plantar fasciitis from getting worse. But which of these two treatments is better?

Myofascial pain syndrome can cause severe pain and harm people's quality of life. That’s why clinicians are always looking for new and better options to treat this debilitating condition. Prolotherapy has been around for over 70 years and has been used to treat a variety of chronic musculoskeletal conditions. So do prolotherapy trigger point injections help treat myofascial pain syndrome? Two recent clinical trials attempted to answer this question. Myofascial pain syndrome a

How much do PRP injections and stem cell therapy cost in the United States? According to this paper published in early 2020, the mean cost of a PRP injection was $707 while the mean cost of a stem cell injection was $2728. I’m going to review the variables that affect cost of treatment, but if you’re just thinking about price, you may be looking at the wrong thing. The more important takeaway from this video is how to pick a provider who will deliver you the best outcomes re

Platelet rich plasma treatments are extremely effective at decreasing pain and symptoms related to symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. But do PRP injections help slow down the progression of knee arthritis? That’s what the authors of this randomized controlled trial tried to answer. Let’s look at what they found. I’m really excited to review this clinical trial with you because it was extremely well designed and showed some of the amazing potential PRP has when used to treat art

So which one is better? Arthroscopic knee surgery or PRP injection for the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis? Head to head trials comparing PRP to placebo, PRP to hyaluronic acid, and PRP to cortisone injections all show that PRP has much better and much more sunstained symptom relief when used to treat arthritis. But what about surgery? Let’s look at this randomized controlled trial to find out more. Knee osteoarthritis results in significant pain and disability.

Achilles tendon tears are devastating injuries that lead to significant pain and disability. Previously, most people ended up with surgery but over the last few years, many studies have come out suggesting that a lot of people can actually do very well with non operative management. And if these people can be treated nonsurgically, can we then use platelet rich plasma to improve the healing process and augment healing? That’s what this randomized controlled trial tried to ans

There is considerable debate within the orthopedic community about what the best treatment options are for a meniscus tear. What’s becoming clear is that cutting out the meniscus should really be seen as a last resort. But what about repairing the meniscus? Newer and better techniques for meniscus repair surgery have been shown to have lower failure rates. And with advances in orthobiologics and cellular therapy, many providers are excited about augmenting these repairs with

Here is something you’re definitely going to want to ask your healthcare provider before you get a platelet rich plasma treatment. What is my final PRP platelet concentration and how many platelets will I have in my PRP? This study looked at how many platelets are necessary to get the BEST outcomes when treating knee arthritis. Let’s look at what they found and I’ll explain why platelet counts are critically important to PRP success. Over the last few years, studies have con

We know that hyaluronic acid injections and PRP therapy can help reduce symptoms related to hip osteoarthritis. But is one better than the other OR do you get even better results by mixing the two together? This recently published clinical trial compared the effects of PRP injection alone vs hyaluronic acid injection alone vs the two combined together. And they wanted to know which group had the best results for treating hip osteoarthritis. Let’s look at what they found. Hyal