Dr Steven Sampson of the Orthohealing Center was interviewed by Orthopedics This Week regarding the use of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. Orthopedics This Week, is the most widely read publication in the Orthopedics industry.Following the positive feedback from Tiger Woods, there has been tremendous interest regarding this promising therapy. However many clinical trials are underway to best determine which orthopedic injuries & which patients are proper candidates.
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Dr Steven Sampson Interviewed by Orthopedics This Week on Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Orlando Sentinel:Tiger Woods and PRP Platelet Rich Plasma Injection
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Tiger Woods’ hometown newspaper The Orlando Sentinel interviewed Dr Steven Sampson of the Orthohealing Center of Los Angeles today. Dr Sampson treats many Olympic & professional athletes with PRP & other non-surgical orthopedic treatments.
VIDEO: Tiger Woods discusses PRP Platelet Rich Plasma at Press Conference at Augusta Masters
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Tiger woods held a press conference a the Augusta Masters today to address concerns of his medical treatment among other issues that have been circling in the media. Tiger clarified that he has never used performance enhancing drugs (PED’s). However Tiger did confirm that he received 4 injections of PRP Platelet Rich Plasma to his knee ligament (LCL) following a slow post operative recovery from ACL repair. Woods also received treatment for his Achilles tendon which he tore & adversely affected his driving distance . He claims that the treatments were successful & he feels strong.
While Tiger Woods has been surrounded by disappointments of his family & fans of infidelity, it appears that he has not violated any medical laws or restrictions in sport. PRP has been used to treat many athletes & even more weekend warriors. We are conducting several studies including a 10 multi center clinical trial on tennis elbow as well as a pilot knee arthritis study that was submitted for publication.
So hopefully the bright side of all this media frenzy will be the attention placed on an emerging therapy PRP. In no way is this a panacea but it appears a safe alternative to cortisone. More studies will emerge soon, some pro and some con to best determine which patients and injuries will be proper candidates for PRP.
Platelet Rich Plasma PRP in Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010PRP has bee
n receiving more attention in the media with many professional athletes receiving this treatment. This am the Wall Street Journal featured PRP. Many studies were reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that PRP was effective at treating chronic tennis elbow, severe Achilles tendinitis and osteoarthritis of the knee. One study demonstrated that using a particular PRP concentration device was unsuccessful with intra-operative use in rotator cuff repairs.
Other interesting links from the Ortho conference & PRP from Web MD & Arthritis Today:
http://www.webmd.com/news/20100310/platelet-rich-plasma-helps-tennis-elbow
http://www.arthritistoday.org/news/platelet-rich-plasma044.php
We agree that more research is needed to determine which protocols & which specific injuuries have a better prognosis with PRP. We recently submitted our 12 month follow up study on patients with knee arthritis & PRP.
Platelet Rich Plasma featured on NPR National Public Radio
Friday, March 26th, 2010
NPRrecently featured PRP discussing it’s use in orthopedics & sports medicine. Interestingly via professional athletes, the community is learning more about emerging therapies that are driving change in medicine. Hopefully indirectly the increased awareness of PRP use in professional sports will promote further studies so that more patients at home can benefit as well.
Tiger Woods Received Platelet Rich Plasma Injection after Knee Surgery
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Recently there was news regarding Tiger Woods receiving Platelet Rich Plasma Injections for his knee to accelerate recovery. This brought even more attention to this treatment. A good article that clarifies some info is:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johnny-benjamin/tiger-woods-dr-galea-goss_b_393880.html
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