• Platelets are cells in your blood stream that can be collected with a normal blood draw (similar to having blood drawn for lab work)
• Then, the blood will be. placed in a centrifuge and spun at 3800 rpm to separate the cells based upon density.
• Afterward, the platelets ad anti-inflammatory enriched plasma can be easily removed to create your own personalized regenerative remedy.
• Using an Ultrasound, the platelets and plasma (Platelet Rich Plasma) is injected precisely and accurately into the problematic area.
• Over a period of weeks to months, this biologic repair coupled with a rehabilitative process has the potential to improve pain, function, and quality of life greatly. 

• Platelets are amazing cells that rush to a site of injury to assist with blood clothing.
• It turns out these cells also contain many signals and growth factors that facilitate the healing process and reduce pain.
• Chronic tissue damage gets stuck in the unhealed phase, as if after time the body forgets that a tendon needs to be fixed or arthritic destruction needs to be reversed.
• Restarting the healing cascade can remind the body of a chronic problem and result in a new tissue growth and repair of damaged structures. 
• Harnessing your body’s own natural healing process avoids the risks of typical medications and injection procedures, because the therapy is your own tissue. 

At present, PRP therapy is not an insurance covered procedure.  However, research studies are published and ongoing that demonstrate beneficial effects, often much superior to traditional treatments for musculoskeletal disorders.  Therefore, it is expected with time and as the body of evidence grows, that insurance companies will choose to cover this service

• Initial evaluation and consultation

• Follow up visits with MD and physical therapist

• PRP harvesting, centrifugation and preparation
• Ultrasound assessment
• Targeted and precise image guided injection(s)