Davis likely to DL tomorrow

[Babypowder]

What's PRP?

Platelet-rich Plasma

[Mayor McCheese]

What's PRP?

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00648

It's an injuection to help healing.

[O's are Legends]

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, who said he has never dealt previously with an oblique injury, said he had two platelet-rich-plasma injections into his left side Monday, which could help him to return to baseball activities quicker.

?They drew my blood and injected the platelets from my blood into my oblique because it is supposed to speed up the healing process,? Davis said.

Sun

If he can come back in 15 days would be a huge boost to the ball club.

[ADZ23]

Psychologically it could really mess him up; being more apt to not swing as aggressively in order to limit risk of re-injury...

[Frobby]

Zach Britton (2012) and Dylan Bundy (2013) previously had PRP's to try to speed the healing of an injury. It didn't really help in either case, and in Bundy's case, all it did was delay the diagnosis that he needed TJ surgery. So, excuse me if I have some skepticism that this will do anything for Davis.

[LookitsPuck]

Zach Britton (2012) and Dylan Bundy (2013) previously had PRP's to try to speed the healing of an injury. It didn't really help in either case, and in Bundy's case, all it did was delay the diagnosis that he needed TJ surgery. So, excuse me if I have some skepticism that this will do anything for Davis.

Jury is still out on PRP for pitchers. Not sure on hitters, especially the oblique.

[Can_of_corn]

Zach Britton (2012) and Dylan Bundy (2013) previously had PRP's to try to speed the healing of an injury. It didn't really help in either case, and in Bundy's case, all it did was delay the diagnosis that he needed TJ surgery. So, excuse me if I have some skepticism that this will do anything for Davis.

I am skeptical as well but I think it is more likely to help with muscles then with ligaments.

[Frobby]

I am skeptical as well but I think it is more likely to help with muscles then with ligaments.

Well, I am no doctor so I have no idea. Still, it sounds to me like the early 21st Century equivalent of leeching; something that will be regarded as absurd 50 years from now. I could be totally wrong, and I don't mean any disrespect to the doctors who have recommended trying this procedure.

[joedogg9999]

Psychologically it could really mess him up; being more apt to not swing as aggressively in order to limit risk of re-injury...

Sounds beneficial to CDs hittinh approach right now

[scOtt]

I am skeptical as well but I think it is more likely to help with muscles then with ligaments.

It's like the tech article MayorMcCheese posted said, it may or not be effective, but it's not harmful. So...

"Even though the success of PRP therapy is still questionable, the risks associated with it are minimal: There may be increased pain at the injection site, but the incidence of other problems -- infection, tissue damage, nerve injuries -- appears to be no different from that associated with cortisone injections."

[gallden]

While he is doing all this stuff he ought to give the horse placenta treatment a go, lots of the soccer players do it...

[weams]

I am skeptical as well but I think it is more likely to help with muscles then with ligaments.

It works well when they do that Canadian/European slurry.

[Guest]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis continues to progress favorably from a left oblique strain, as the infielder was out at Target Field prior to Baltimore's game against the Twins doing some exercises.

Davis did some resistance band work with strength and conditioning coach Joe Hogarty, including some light running drills and stretching. The O's have been encouraged with how Davis, placed on the disabled list officially on Sunday, has responded since getting a pair of platelet-rich plasma injections to help the healing process on Monday.

"He's doing some things a little earlier that some guys do with that injury," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "That's kind of good to see. He's been in the pool doing some movement."

Davis is eligible to come off the DL on May 11.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140503&content_id=74179744&notebook_id=74187268&vkey=notebook_bal&c_id=bal

So good news?

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck on Chris Davis' progress from oblique injury: "He doesn’t have any discomfort at the point of injury." <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orioles&src=hash">#Orioles</a></p>— Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) <a href="

">May 3, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[MurphDogg]

The average DL stint for this type of injury is 21 days. It certainly isn't outside the realm of possibilities that Davis is ready as soon as he is eligible.