In essence, the technique is exactly the same, the only difference being the proliferant (what you inject to stimulate proliferation and regrowth of connective tissue). We now refer to PRP sessions as Biosurgery, since the results can be extraordinary and perhaps one day more and more surgery will be replaced by this minimally invasive technique.

The key for successful Biosurgery remains that you must inject the correct spot, and enough times to stimulate healing correctly. As such the success of the program is totally dependent on the experience and expertise of the connective tissue specialist you see. I personally have been doing regenerative medicine    almost exclusively for a decade, but many doctors only dabble. Ask them how long they have been doing it and where they got their training. There are a few exceptional teachers around and I was lucky enough to train with some of the best in the world.

The PRP is taken as a regular blood draw and spun down to isolate the platelet  rich component. this fraction is the richest in growth factors. THe PRP then should be injected promptly into the affected areas. A word of notice, the pRP may be more irritating than the regular dextrose, so you might be extra sore after it. Most people accept this aggravation of their condition  I have a little saying- “No pain. no gain”. Some people dislike this saying but it remains true that if you have a prolotherapy /regenerative med session and you feel absolutely nothing, it is unlikely that the doctor hit the right spots. Conversely, I frequently have patients who observe that the sessions where they were most sore, were also the ones where they achieved the most improvement.