Human body is capable of healing itself. PRP Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy is a kind of regenerative medicine which harnesses those capabilities and boosts the growth factors to help your body heal tissue. The liquid part of the entire blood is known as plasma. It is mainly composed of proteins and water, and provides a means for platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells to circulate throughout the body. Thrombocytes or platelets are blood cells which initiate essential growth and healing functions such as blood clot. Platelet activation helps the natural healing procedure of the body.
Platelet-rich plasma therapy uses the platelets of a patient in the form of injections for accelerating the healing of wounded tendons, joints, ligaments, and muscles. In this way, platelet-rich plasma injections use the healing system of the patient for improving musculoskeletal issues. These injections are made by obtaining one or more tubes of your blood and flowing it through the centrifuge for concentrating the platelets. After that, these stimulated platelets are directly injected into your diseased or injured body tissue. This discharges growth factors that trigger and grow the count of reparative cells being produced by your body. Sometimes, ultrasound imaging is used for guiding the injections.
PRP has played a key role in enhancing the healing procedure, and injecting a platelet-rich plasma injection for Achilles tendon rupture, shoulder ache being induced by rotator cuff tears, and soft-tissue injuries is getting popular. The platelet-rich plasma therapy has also been found to decrease pain and improve function in individuals who have chronic tendonitis conditions like golfer’s elbow or tennis elbow.
There are several benefits of PRP injections. This therapy helps decrease inflammation in joints, ligaments, and tendons, so there will be the least requirement for anti-inflammatories or strong medications such as opioids. Additionally, the side effects of platelet-rich plasma injections are limited as they are prepared from your own blood and your body will not react to them negatively or refuse them.
PRP injections are also found to be effective for hair growth. Doctors inject these injections into the scalp to reduce inflammation that has caused hair loss. Also, doctors have used PRP therapy for healing purposes after plastic and jaw surgeries. Examples of tissues being treated with PRP include muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Ligaments take much time and effort to heal that makes PRP therapy an appealing option for all those people who have suffered ligaments injuries.
How PRP therapy works?
Platelets play several key roles in the body. One role is to provoke blood clotting to prevent excessive bleeding when you have a cut. Another role is to heal wounds with the help of blood proteins. Platelet-rich plasma injections are injected into the areas of tissue damage or inflammation to help heal wounds.
A small quantity of blood is obtained from the individual and poured into a centrifuge that rotates at a high pace. This procedure separates platelets from the blood. After that, platelet-rich plasma is injected into the affected area. The PRP injections are enriched with high concentrations of platelets that speed up the healing process.
