Anyone on here ever received a PRP injection?

I was giving PRP injections at a clinic I worked at in TX in ‘19-‘20. I saw improvements in knees that weren’t ate up with osteoarthritis and shoulders that had no rotator cuff tears.
Like with many medical treatments (meds, surgical procedures, therapy, etc.), it may help a lot or not at all.

In this case, a lot depends on the degree of structural damage you have. The greater the damage, the less likely it’ll help.

Another thing to think about with PRP is that if your injury is just needing the proper rest and rehab to heal, the PRP can speed up the healing process. How much so is anybody’s guess. Could be a couple months vs a year or so.

PRP is being used all over sports, both at the professional and collegiate levels all over the world.

ETA: Just read previous poster…see how he said he had bad arthritis in his knee and it didn’t help? That because osteoarthritis involves the disintegration of your knee cartilage. Only thing that helps that is hyaluronic acid injections (short term), stem cells (potentially lifelong), or a knee replacement.

MRI was normal. Can’t internally rotate without pain. Doctor said bicep tendonitis .

I got a bunch of injections in both shoulders from a guy in Lafayette who only does this. There were 3 levels you could do—top was stem cells. I couldn’t afford the stem cells, so dropped $2k on the 2nd level. Didn’t do shite. But both my labrums had pretty bad tears, so it may have had no chance of working.

It’s certainly worth a try to prevent surgery if you can afford it. Surgery sucks. We see all these athletes getting surgeries and coming back, and we seem to think they’re back to normal. You are never the same after being cut on. Never. You may be able to perform at your previous level, but it will absolutely never feel “normal.” I wish I had know this before my 1st labrum surgery.

I do think stem cells seem to work. They’re just so damn expensive.