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  1. 03-21-2012 04:00 PM #1
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    Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy and what it means for Zach Britton

    http://www.orthohealing.com/platelet...matherapy-prp/

    PRP therapy offers a promising solution to accelerate healing of tendon injuries and osteoarthritis naturally without subjecting the patient to significant risk. PRP is an emerging treatment in a new health sector known as ”Orthobiologics.” The philosophy is to merge cutting edge technology with the body’s natural ability to heal itself. Blood is made of RBC (Red Blood Cells), WBC (White Blood Cells), Plasma, and Platelets. When in their resting state, platelets look like sea sponges and when activated form branches. Platelets were initially known to be responsible for blood clotting. In the last 20 years we have learned that when activated in the body, platelets release healing proteins called growth factors. There are many growth factors with varying responsibilities, however cumulatively they accelerate tissue and wound healing. Therefore after increasing the baseline concentration of these platelets, we are able to deliver a powerful cocktail of growth factors that can dramatically enhance tissue recovery.
    http://prptreatments.org/sports-medi...n-prp-therapy/

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...lls/index.html
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  2. 03-21-2012 04:04 PM #2
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    As long as it is currently legal and doesn't have adverse side effects game on!
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    IIRC this is what Tiger Woods used to help with the healing of his knee.
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  4. 03-21-2012 05:46 PM #4
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    Very interesting stuff.
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  5. 03-21-2012 06:06 PM #5
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    My Pharmacist wife will be highly interested.

    Sounds like witch craft to me
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    Britt clarifies

    Orioles pitcher Zach Britton received two rounds of Platet Rich Plasma therapy on Wednesday, a new and increasingly popular procedure that he hopes will help heal the left shoulder inflammation that has plagued him since August.

    Britton, who had the procedure recommended to him by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla. on Wednesday morning, said he was told by Andrews to look at this as a “six-week or more process”, depending on how his body heals. He called the entire injury experience, “obviously frustrating” but the hope continues to be that the 24-year-old lefty, who had an MRI taken that shows no structural damage, will be able to avoid surgery and pitch healthy at some point this season.

    “I have a follow up appointment with Dr Andrews and he will assess and see how things are,”
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    Quote Originally Posted by srock View Post
    My Pharmacist wife will be highly interested.

    Sounds like witch craft to me


    Burn him.
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    I am all for the expansion of chemical-based treatments for pitchers. In fact, if it was studied to be of great benefit, I'd want pitchers to even be able to use drugs that are banned for hitters, like HGH.

    Granted, this may cause a sea-change and finally force the hand of the National League to eliminate pitchers hitting, so far as to not give pitchers an unfair advantage in the lineup.

    It's just so obvious how fragile pitching is, and how much of a stress on the body a throwing motion is. For such an unnatural motion, I'd vote to allow unnatural treatments.
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    Really as one of the linked articles poses... what is the difference between this stuff and using HGH?

    Many of the steroid and HGH users claim they were using it to come back more quickly from injury. I guess the question is, "where do you draw the line of what's legal or illegal performance enhancing?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagger420 View Post
    Really as one of the linked articles poses... what is the difference between this stuff and using HGH?
    Nothing. In fact, the Dr. who performed Colon's procedure uses HGH along with it on every client except for Bartolo. I am sure he feels cheated.


    BTW. There is still not test.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weams View Post
    Nothing. In fact, the Dr. who performed Colon's procedure uses HGH along with it on every client except for Bartolo. I am sure he feels cheated.


    BTW. There is still not test.
    All the platelets (and growth factors) come from Zach's own blood.
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    The MLB should just allow HGH if it's used properly by a licensed physician.

    It's not in the same ballpark (no pun intended), as certain anabolic steroids.

    At the very least, exemptions should be made for those trying to heal from injury.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Can_of_corn View Post
    All the platelets (and growth factors) come from Zach's own blood.
    Yes. I did not mean to criticize Dr Andrews. I just meant that pharmacologically, it is pretty similar.

    I guess I was being a bit flippant. As if that is unusual.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weams View Post
    Yes. I did not mean to criticize Dr Andrews. I just meant that pharmacologically, it is pretty similar.

    I guess I was being a bit flippant. As if that is unusual.
    That wasn't an issue, I was just trying to be accurate about the differences. Kinda like the difference between EPO and blood doping in cycling.
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    A doctor wanted to do this to my knee after suffering discomfort in it a year after my 3rd surgery. In theory it sounded good, but insurance doesn't cover it due to it's nature...It's suppose to be painful and very uncomfortable if they go and get bone marrow to create a plasma that way.

    I skipped it because I wasn't going to sick 5,000 dollars into a treatment that isn't promised to work.
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