There’s a reason PRP treatments continue growing in popularity. Also known as platelet-rich plasma therapy, this treatment works to heal a painful injury, not just mask symptoms. And the best part? It uses your own body to do it.
Dr. Jeffrey Glaser and Dr. John Zheng offer cutting-edge solutions, like PRP therapy, at Glaser Pain Relief Center in Encino, California. Do you have acute or chronic pain? Here’s why PRP is becoming a popular treatment option.
The beauty of PRP is that it harnesses the vital growth factors in your blood involved in the healing process. In fact, you may recognize one of them — platelets.
Platelets play a crucial role in making blood clot. However, they also contain factors that activate cell production and tissue regeneration.
When concentrated into therapeutic injections, our team can use these substances to trigger the healing process in an area with injury or disease. As healthy new cells get to the treatment site, inflammation decreases, pain subsides, and function returns.
And because we prepare PRP injections using your own blood, they come with few risks or side effects.
Our team uses PRP therapy for a wide range of persistent neck, back, and joint pain from illnesses, conditions or injuries that cause pain and limit function, such as age-related degenerative issues and sports injuries.
Some examples of conditions that benefit from PRP treatments are:
In many cases, PRP can reduce the need for pain medications and delay more invasive treatments, like surgery. More good news: This treatment only requires an outpatient office visit.
PRP treatment is straightforward and stress-free.
We begin by taking a blood sample. Then, we spin the sample in a centrifuge to prepare your therapeutic injection. This machine separates the vital growth factors from other components in your blood, which allows us to concentrate more healing substances in a small amount of plasma, creating your own PRP.
We inject the concentrated, platelet-rich solution directly into your injury or pain site. Once in place, the growth factors start stimulating cell production, and healing gets underway.
After your PRP treatment, you can often resume your regular activities. However, our team provides personalized instructions on a case-by-case basis.
Over the next 4-6 weeks, your symptoms steadily improve as healthy cells return to the treatment site. For the best results, we may recommend a series of PRP injections several months apart.
Are you ready to see the benefits of PRP for yourself? Contact Glaser Pain Relief Center to schedule a consultation with our experienced doctors by calling 818-501-7246 or requesting a visit online today.
