PRP therapy
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is an innovative treatment that harnesses the power of your own blood to support the body’s natural healing process. PRP therapy may be an option for those who are experiencing orthopedic tendon, ligament, muscle, or joint-related pain that are looking for non-surgical treatment options to relieve pain.
Is PRP therapy right for you?
PRP therapy is a conservative measure for those looking to delay joint replacement or heal damaged tendons or ligaments. Most notably, our providers suggest PRP therapy to patients who suffer with:
- Tendinitis
- Tendinosis, such as rotator cuff issues and tennis elbow
- Arthritis in the knee, hip, foot, or ankle
- Acute muscle and ligament strains
- Achilles tendinitis
- Plantar fasciitis
How does PRP therapy work?
PRP therapy is a simple and easy 3 step process that happens over the course of a 30 – 60 minute outpatient visit.
Step 1: Blood Draw: An HCH care team member will take a small vial of blood from the patient.
Step 2: Combining: The patient’s blood is then put into a centrifuge and spun until combined with PRP formula.
Step 3: Injection: Once blood and formula are combined, an HCH care team member will inject it back into the patient’s treatment area.
FAQs about PRP therapy
Dr. Clay Strong and Dr. Wil Adams are the two orthopedic providers that perform PRP therapy at Henry Community Health. If you have questions, need more information, want to find out if PRP therapy is right for you, or would like to schedule an appointment with an HCH provider, call 765-445-6155 (Knightstown) or 765-521-7385 (New Castle).
PRP therapy is not covered through most insurance. Henry Community Health offers a low out-of-pocket price of $799 per injection.
While PRP therapy and cortisone injections are great minimally invasive options for relieving pain there are many differences to them. The biggest one being the main components of the injections. PRP injections use the body’s own cells to heal the body, compared to a traditional cortisone injection that is a steroid anti-inflammatory medicine.
The number of PRP injections needed will depend on the level of pain or injury the patient is enduring. In some cases, the result will be better with repeated injections.
There is minimal recovery from the PRP injection. Most patients can return to work the next day and resume exercise within a week. Our providers do suggest avoiding aspirin and NSAIDS for the first few weeks following the injection.
While physical therapy may be used to augment the treatment,it is not necessary to help you recover from the procedure itself. It is only used to help accentuate the benefit of the PRP injection.