Understanding PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma)
April 6, 2011 by Dr. Marc Darrow, MD
Filed under Articles, PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma)
Although PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) Therapy has been around since the mid-1990s many people are still unaware of this beneficial treatment.
Various fields of medicine, including dentistry, neurosurgery, wound healing, and orthopedics, have only just begun to scrape the surface of the long-term and ongoing benefits that can result from employing this valuable therapy.
PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Ultrasound-guided injection of the Knee
What is it? A Quick Lesson on Blood
In a nutshell, a PRP injection delivers a high concentration of endogenous (your own “home-grown”) platelets Read more
Abdul-Karim Al-Jabbar – Prolotherapy Patient
April 3, 2011 by Dr. Marc Darrow, MD
Filed under Articles, Chronic Pain, Joint Pain, Prolotherapy, PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma)
One of our Prolotherapy patients was the former UCLA star and NFL Dolphin’s football player, Abdul-Karim Al-Jabbar who had four knee surgeries for meniscal tears. When Al-Jabbar arrived in my office, his knee had been chronically swollen.
Commenting on his knee pain, Al-Jabbar stated, “I knew my knee was a mess, but after the first Prolotherapy injection, it was like a miracle. I had swelling in my knee for ten years, and within a within a week the swelling was gone and the knee pain hasn’t returned.”
Specific to Prolotherapy, Al-Jabbar stated, “Obviously, if I would have known about Prolotherapy before all the surgeries, I definitely would have had the injections instead.” Read more
