PRP injections: As Major An Advance In Sports Medicine As The MRI
According to Lewis G. Maharam, MD, better known as The Running Doc, PRP is as major an advancement as MRI. That’s a big statement. And he the therapy for all kinds of injuires: muscle, ligament and tendon tears, Achilles tendon injuries, plantar faciitis, tendonititis of the elbow, back pain, shoulder ailments, meniscus and labral tears in shoulders, knees and hips.

Lewis says, the healing results he’s seen are nothing but remarkable. He also cites the famous example of Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hines Ward. “Ward had it just two weeks prior to his MVP Super Bowl and did great,” says the doc.

How can we prove the efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma?
The first thing to do is to quantify the growth factors that are responsible for all the magic in PRP. Identify which growth factors are crucial and at what percentage of concentration they are effective. And find out, which specific conditions they are best suited. Then go a step further and zoom in on the growth factors that affect each of the three stages of wound healing: inflammation, fibroplasia, and maturation. We know each of these phases are controlled and regulated by nanogram amounts of growth factors. It’s a matter of coming up with a process to identify them and then making sure of it’s presence in every PRP samples we use.