Raise the Bar
  • Home
    • SEASON KICKOFF!!
    • New to Triathlon?
    • About >
      • Contact
      • Mission
      • History
      • Staff
    • Blog
    • Sponsors
    • Privacy Policy
  • Members Only
    • Log in
    • Team Directory >
      • Directory Guide
      • Manage your Directory Listing
    • RTB Member Login
    • Andy Potts Racing & Coaching >
      • AP Coaching Options
      • 70.3 Training Groups
      • More at AP
    • Discounts >
      • Andy Potts Benefits
      • Multisport & RTB Lite Members' Sponsor Benefits
      • Multisport Members' Event Discounts
      • Swim Member Sponsor Benefits
      • Swim Members' Event & Training Discounts
    • Forum
    • Team Calendar
    • Race Plans
    • Helping Teammates
  • Team
    • About the Team
    • Sign Up!
    • Andy Potts & RTB
    • Where we are >
      • RTB South
    • Benefits
    • Team Sponsors
    • Team FAQs
  • Training
    • Andy Potts Racing & Coaching >
      • AP Coaching Options >
        • Compare Plans
      • 70.3 Race Groups
      • More with Andy
    • Swim >
      • Winter Weather Swims
      • Coached Pool Workouts
      • Open Water Wednesdays
      • Swim Workout Library
    • Bike
    • Run >
      • Monday Night Track
    • Swim Clinic for Aspiring Triathletes
    • Bike and Run Safety
  • Events
    • Volunteer Here!
    • Event Services >
      • Pricing
  • Store

Boost Your Body’s Natural Healing Ability: Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections

3/23/2015

 
Picture
Contributed by Center for Diagnostic Imaging  

As an athlete, you’re accustomed to pushing your body to new limits. But from weekend warriors to professional athletes alike, anyone can experience pain from the wear and tear repetitive activity takes on the body. As we move quickly toward Spring and Summer events and competitions, know your options to keeping your body moving pain free.

Over the past decade, a therapeutic injection procedure known as Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections has gone from a treatment for professional athletes to being accessible to anyone with tendon or ligament issues. The procedure can lead to a more rapid and thorough restoration of injured tissue to a healthy state by stimulating the body’s natural healing response.

How PRP Injections Work

PRP injections are performed in a healthcare facility, typically by medical specialists, such as a radiologist, with advanced training in pain management injections. 

A small amount of blood is taken from your arm and placed into a centrifuge to separate red blood cells from the plasma which rises to the top. Using image guidance to monitor the position of the needle, the radiologist injects the plasma into the injured tissue.

PRP Injection Snapshot

  • Cost is $650 per injection, typically not covered by insurance
  •  Most patients benefit from a single injection 
  •  Complete appointment takes 60 – 90 minutes


This plasma is rich in platelets that secrete healing growth factors to trigger the body’s healing response. As a result, new tissue begins to develop. As this tissue matures, it causes tightening and strengthening of the tendons, ligaments and muscle of the injury site.

Fostering Rapid Healing and Tissue Regeneration


PRP can be effective throughout the musculoskeletal system, including shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, hip/pelvis, knees, ankles and feet. In special circumstances, PRP can be used to improve fracture healing, but it is primarily used for tendonitis, acute and chronic muscle strains and tears, and ligament sprains. Athletic patients in particular are often referred for a PRP injection to address conditions within the hamstrings.

Research and clinical data show that PRP injections are extremely safe, with minimal risk for any adverse reaction or complication. There is a small risk of infection from any injection into the body, but this is rare.

Why it’s Cool

You’re not injecting a foreign substance into your body to mask the pain. Because PRP is produced from your own blood, there is no concern for rejection or disease transmission and it maximizes the body’s ability to heal itself. What’s more, most patients benefit from a single injection.

Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) offer PRP injections out of outpatient imaging centers in Federal Way, Lakewood and Seattle. If you have questions about the procedure, call CDI at (855) 643-7226.

This article was submitted by Center for Diagnostic Imaging. Learn more about CDI, their seven outpatient medical imaging centers throughout the Puget Sound, and their specialized clinical teams and services, including PRP Injections at www.myCDI.com/WA. 

Comments are closed.

    Raise the Bar

    Race reports, upcoming events, news, and more, from RTB.

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    July 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014

Picture
Picture
Picture
Home
Calendar
Contact Us
​About
Team
   Join
   Sponsors
​   FAQ
RTB Events
   Lake Meridian Tri
   Black Diamond Tri
Training
   Swim Workouts
​   Classes & Clinics
  
​
Event Services
   Timing
​   Equipment Rental
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
    • SEASON KICKOFF!!
    • New to Triathlon?
    • About >
      • Contact
      • Mission
      • History
      • Staff
    • Blog
    • Sponsors
    • Privacy Policy
  • Members Only
    • Log in
    • Team Directory >
      • Directory Guide
      • Manage your Directory Listing
    • RTB Member Login
    • Andy Potts Racing & Coaching >
      • AP Coaching Options
      • 70.3 Training Groups
      • More at AP
    • Discounts >
      • Andy Potts Benefits
      • Multisport & RTB Lite Members' Sponsor Benefits
      • Multisport Members' Event Discounts
      • Swim Member Sponsor Benefits
      • Swim Members' Event & Training Discounts
    • Forum
    • Team Calendar
    • Race Plans
    • Helping Teammates
  • Team
    • About the Team
    • Sign Up!
    • Andy Potts & RTB
    • Where we are >
      • RTB South
    • Benefits
    • Team Sponsors
    • Team FAQs
  • Training
    • Andy Potts Racing & Coaching >
      • AP Coaching Options >
        • Compare Plans
      • 70.3 Race Groups
      • More with Andy
    • Swim >
      • Winter Weather Swims
      • Coached Pool Workouts
      • Open Water Wednesdays
      • Swim Workout Library
    • Bike
    • Run >
      • Monday Night Track
    • Swim Clinic for Aspiring Triathletes
    • Bike and Run Safety
  • Events
    • Volunteer Here!
    • Event Services >
      • Pricing
  • Store