The main side effect of a PRP injection is a sore joint or tendon for a few days, and that soreness is expected rather than a complication. PRP is autologous, made from a sample of your own blood, so allergic reaction and rejection are not on the list of things that can go wrong.
PRP can help a partial rotator cuff tear or a painful, degenerating tendon. It cannot reattach a tendon that has torn all the way through, or a labrum that has pulled away from the bone. Those are mechanical problems, and an injection does not sew anything back together.
Back, hip and pelvis pain are often one connected problem. The SI joint, the hip joint, the tendons around the hip and the muscles of the core and pelvic floor all share the load.
They work on the same problem from two directions. PRP and stem cell treatments deliver concentrated repair signals into the injured tissue, placed under live ultrasound. Focused shockwave, which is not ultrasound-guided, is a mechanical stimulus: it provokes the tissue itself to respond, increase blood flow and restart a repair process that has stalled.
Usually not. The FDA first approved extracorporeal shockwave for chronic plantar fasciitis in 2000 and later for tennis elbow, yet most insurers, including Medicare, still classify it as investigational for musculoskeletal conditions and do not pay for it. Coverage lags the evidence, which now includes randomized trials across tendinopathies and calcific tendinitis.
Stem cell therapy covers two different things sold under one name: your own harvested cells or a manufactured vial product. Five questions tell you which one you are being offered, before you book.
A vial product from a tissue bank and your own physician-harvested cells can both be marketed as stem cell therapy. They are not the same treatment. A physician-written guide from Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ.
High-dose PRP and standard PRP are not the same product. Platelet dose, a fibrin scaffold, ultrasound placement, and who performs it decide results. A physician-written comparison from Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ.
What’s available locally for PRP and stem cell therapy near Fort Collins and Loveland, and when the drive to Boulder is worth it.
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