Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Prolotherapy for Athletes
Platelet Rich Plasma, or PRP injections, have been a hot topic in athletic rehab. In this video, Dr. Ross Hauser, Medical Director of Caring Medical in Chicagoland, discusses his experience with treating injured athletes with PRP and important factors for those considering Platelet Rich Plasma.
PRP is a form of Prolotherapy, an injection technique that stimulates the body to repair the painful area. Most doctors who are doing PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections are not Prolotherapy doctors. In one of our recent cases, this young lady had seen an orthopedic surgeon who apparently had gone to a weekend course and now was doing PRP injections. The orthopedic surgeon, as far as we could tell, had absolutely no training in Prolotherapy. All he was doing was injecting PRP into an area that he normally would inject steroids.
Would you get surgery by a person who is not a surgeon? An experienced Prolotherapy doctor is someone who performs Prolotherapy full time in their practice. Is the doctor giving you the treatment a Prolotherapy doctor? How long has he/she been doing Prolotherapy? Is PRP the only Prolotherapy solution he/she uses? If so, this person is not an experienced Hackett-Hemwall Prolotherapist. They are either orthopedic surgeons or doctors who typically give steroid shots and decided for marketing reasons to offer PRP. Again, if someone took a weekend course to learn “surgery,” would you go to them for surgery? We didn’t think so.
If you are considering Platelet Rich Plasma, please read more about the use of PRP with Prolotherapy to optimize your joint rehab at www.caringmedical.com. Watch the video below as Dr. Hauser explains the role of PRP in treating sports injuries in athletes. If you are interested in becoming a patient, give us a call at 708-848-7789 or email us at scheduling@caringmedical.com.
