Monthly Archives: August 2010

NCAA Football Players Treated With Platelet-Rich Plasma: the “Eureka” Treatment

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Injured NCAA football stars in the “Eureka State” of California may have found a way to return to football by the season opener. It was reported in the LA Times yesterday, that UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince received Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) … Continue reading →

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Platelet-Rich Plasma in Arthritis Case Study

Posted on August 21, 2010 by

Susan Chamblee had tried just about everything to fix her extremely painful, arthritic knees. With her final option being total knee replacements, requiring a long, painstaking recovery and the added expense of surgery, she discovered Platelet-Rich Plasma therapy (PRP) and … Continue reading →

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Healing Arthritis Treatment in Platelet-Rich Plasma

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

By the year 2030, it has been predicted there will be 67 million Americas with arthritis. Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections may alleviate, if not eliminate, the pain arthritis causes. An October PRP study from the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute in Bologna, … Continue reading →

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Platelet-rich Plasma and Rafael Nadal’s Knee Tendinitis

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

There has been speculation surrounding what treatment Rafael Nadal received to combat severe tendinitis in his knees. In a recent NY Times article, Nadal described the treatment he received in his left knee vaguely, saying it was painful and difficult … Continue reading →

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