In addition to chronic (long term) injuries, Platelet Rich Plasma is being applied to the high level athlete to accelerate recovery. Numerous professional athletes have received PRP for a common knee injury, an MCL (medial Collateral Ligament) sprain. While I'm not an elite athlete by any means, I received a similar injection following a surfing accident. I just ran full speed tonight without any limitations, now appx 9 wks post injection. http://prpinjection.blogspot.com/2007/10/prp-knee-injection-8-wks-post-injection.html
http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/chivas/la-sp-chivas15oct15,1,3735874.story?coll=la-sports-chivas
Another athlete was injected by myself & my colleague Mike Gerhadt MD. This positive outcome was reported on CBS Evening news with Katie Kouric.
http://prpinjection.blogspot.com/2007/10/cbs-news-with-katie-kouric-prp-feature.html
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