Blog posts by Category: PRP Education & Treatment

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, also known as PRP, have garnered significant attention for their remarkable results. PRP is derived from your body and uses natural healing mechanisms to alleviate joint pain, treat tendon injuries, and accelerate recovery. PRP uses a patient’s platelets by stimulating the body’s natural healing process and treats injured or diseased parts of…

By Ryan Riggs, MD, for AAOE Why PRP is Gaining Popularity Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a treatment that patients are asking about with increasing frequency.  Its popularity may be attributed to famous athletes like Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal, and Cristiano Ronaldo who have received PRP injections and reported a faster, more complete recovery from…

Ask Me Anything with Dr. Don Buford, click to watch the video and learn how Tropocells PRP stacks up against the competition. Dr. Don Buford, MD, FAAOS, RMSK, and Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, is the founder of Texas Orthobiologics, where patients receive unbiased diagnoses and complete discussions of nonsurgical and surgical treatments, including orthobiologics and orthopedic surgery….

From Extraction to Injection The final step is to gently agitate the collection tube so that the platelets get thoroughly resuspended into the plasma. Once collected with a syringe, the physician injects the PRP. The patient’s own platelets then release growth factors at the site of the injury and initiate the healing cascade. Stay tuned…

From Extraction to Injection After the process of centrifugation, the blood components are quickly separated based on their relative densities. Red blood cells and inflammatory white cells are intentionally trapped beneath the separator gel of the collection tube. The majority of the platelets in the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are now located on top of the…

From Extraction to Injection After blood is drawn, it is placed in a centrifuge that separates fluids of different densities through centrifugal force. This process results in the blood separating into three distinct layers. During Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) centrifugation, the blood separates into: 1 – Platelet-poor plasma (PPP) at the top 2 – A buffy…