Elbow Elbow

Recent Platelet Rich Plasma, PRP, Research For Tennis Elbow -- Better Than Dry Needling.

Posted in: Elbow |Posted on: 10-Jul-2024 | No. of views: 2080

PRP is a good treatment option for tennis elbow. Research for using platelet rich plasma is over 10 years old.
I think that a single higher dose PRP injection eliminates the need for a second injection for tennis elbow most of the time. High dose would mean a 60cc blood draw and getting the platelet dose definitely above 3.5 billion and more likely up around the 5 billion range in a 3cc-4cc PRP injection. Platelet count in the PRP would be a 1200-1500 depending on the patient's starting platelet count.

We use bone marrow derived Stem Cells or PRP(platelet rich plasma) for elbow conditions like tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, ulnar collateral ligament tears

Posted in: Elbow |Posted on: 23-Oct-2018 | No. of views: 1958

Here is another example of how we analyze and document every single PRP injection in the office so that we can develop dosing criteria for specific orthopedic applications. Two weeks ago this young baseball athlete had a BMC (bone marrow derived stem cell) injection for a partial ulnar collateral ligament tear.