Orthohealing » Pittsburgh Steelers http://www.orthohealing.com/blog Providing cutting edge non-surgical orthopedic healing techniques. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ESPN discusses Platelet Rich Plasma and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/09/20/espn-discusses-platelet-rich-plasma-and-troy-polamalu-of-the-pittsburgh-steelers/ http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/09/20/espn-discusses-platelet-rich-plasma-and-troy-polamalu-of-the-pittsburgh-steelers/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:42:24 +0000 dosampson http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/?p=587 ESPN this morning discussed polamuluthe use of PRP to accelerate the recovery time for pro bowl defensive player Troy Polamalu.  Troy suffered a knee MCL tear which is a non-surgical injury that can take anywhere up to 8 weeks to heal.  Hopefully with PRP he can cut the recovery process in half.  PRP works quicker when there is a new injury to maximize the ongoing healing process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WXzz2ndpaQ

 

Hines Ward received the same treatment to his knee MCL tear accelerate his recovery in the Superbowl

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Just prior to the kickoff of superbowl XLIII, on field reporters from NBC credited Hines Ward’s rapid recovery with a knee sprain to Platelet Rich Plasma therapy. According to NBC, Hines Ward had his blood drawn and later had the concentrated platelets injected back into his knee to accelerate healing.

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) has been used in numerous professional collegiate, & recreational athletes to accelerate recovery from injury. I have seen firsthand that PRP enables athletes to shorten their recovery time without ill effects. While athletes have the luxury of round the clock trainers, this therapy is useful in the weekend warrior as well.

Further studies are underway regarding PRP usage in osteoarthritis. For further information follow www.orthohealing.com

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