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The procedure involves taking the patient’s blood and concentrating the levels of platelets and growth factors to promote healing in injured tissue. PRP can treat recent injury, inflammation and longterm degenerative disease.
The procedure involves taking a sample of the patient’s own blood and spinning it in a centrifuge. This concentrates the platelets and growth factors before injecting them into the injured body part to promote the body’s own healing response.
Pain relief usually occurs in 4-6 weeks. Advanced or complex cases, may take up to 4-6 months.
It is best to refrain from activities that provoke pain for 2 days. Very strenuous activity, such as heavy lifting or repetitive exercise, should be avoided for up to 2 weeks.
Injection of a naturally occurring hormone directly into the joints (intra-articular), tendon sheath (peri-tendinous) or around the joints (peri-articular)
Arthritis, bursitis, synovitis
After injecting it into the affected area, corticosteroids work to reduce inflammation (heat, redness, swelling, & pain) in and around the joint. Eventually less pain, swelling, stiffness and warmth is felt and joint function improves
This varies between different people, but usually improvement starts in 1–2 days. If it is helpful, the benefit usually lasts from a few weeks to several months.
It is advised to rest the joint injected for 48 hours.
This is one of the non-surgical options for treating osteoarthritis (wear and repair arthritis). The goal of this treatment is to reduce pain and inflammation and to restore function of the affected joint.
Osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis)
It involves injecting a gel-like fluid known as Hyaluronic Acid (HA) into the affected joint.
If effective they should work within days. The duration of effect is variable. Sometimes repeat courses will be recommended.
Immediately as there is no specific need to rest after the injection.
A series of injections into the ankle, knee or shoulder to improve ligament laxity
Stretched, sprained or lax ligaments
A mixture of dextrose in local anaesthetic is injected into each end of the affected ligament, close to its attachment to the bone. This eventually stimulates the body to make new fibres, which are laid down within the substance of ligaments, thickening and strengthening them.
Improvements are generally gradual and noted over a period of weeks to months.
Immediately as there is no need to rest after the injection.
Injection of a high volume of fluid (steroid, saline and local anaesthetic) into the space between achilles tendon and the tendon sheath it is encased in
Achilles tendinopathy
The high volume of fluid destroys the abnormal blood vessels and nerve endings that have grown into the tendon therefore reducing pain.
Patients are often able to return to regular physical activity and healthy lifestyle within 4 weeks of presentation.
It is advisable to be cautious with walking for 24 hours after injection, after which you can gradually return to normal activity as pain allows.
An injection of high volume of fluid (a mixture of steroid, local anaesthetic and saline) into the shoulder
Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
The high volume of fluid in the shoulder aims to stretch the tight shoulder capsule and disrupt adhesions (scar tissue)
For some there will be immediate symptom relief. For others, it can take up to two weeks for symptom relief.
Immediately, with caution in undertaking lifting and carrying, in case of any discomfort caused by the procedure.
Insertion of needle into shoulder to inject warm saline
Calcific tendinopathy of the shoulder
Needle is inserted into shoulder which breaks up the calcium deposits and then saline is flushed through the needle to wash away the calcium
Some patients will experience immediate relief. However sometimes it can take a week to two weeks to achieve pain relief
It is advised that the patient does not drive or operate heavy machinery for a minimum of 6 hours after the procedure