How Regenerative Medicine Can Help in Recovery from Sports Injuries

If you're an athlete, there's a good chance you've suffered at least one sports injury. These injuries can be very frustrating and slow down your progress in the sport you love. But did you know that regenerative medicine may be able to help? In this post, we'll discuss how regenerative medicine can help in the recovery from sports injuries.

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Where does regenerative medicine come in?

Sports injuries most commonly affect the bones, ligaments, tendons, and muscles that are used most heavily during the sport. Whenever someone suffers this type of injury, the body has natural healing processes that kick in to recover from whatever damage has been sustained. However, there's a way that this recovery process can be sped up, and that's through regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine makes use of naturally occurring substances in the human body to shorten recovery time and to reduce pain and discomfort during the process.

How does that work? In the case of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP), blood is drawn from the individual and the desirable components in that material are concentrated right there on the premises, in a centrifuge. PRP can then be re-injected at the site of an injury to increase the presence of growth factors and other agents in the healing process by many times the normal amount. PRP has been used and studied for over 30 years in orthopedics and other medical specialties as a way to support and promote healing.

Whenever tissue becomes strained or otherwise damaged, speeding all those healing agents to the injured site may boost the body's own healing processes by promoting the development of new cartilage, ligaments, or tendons.

Practitioners of regenerative medicine

If you’re suffering from a sports injury and want to speed healing, regenerative medicine may be the answer for you. Dr. Don Buford of Texas Orthobiologics is the leading provider of regenerative medicine in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and would be happy to discuss your treatment options with you. Contact us today to see if this cutting-edge therapy can help get you back in the game.