Promising new treatment to heal tendon injuries

[thebrick]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/sports/17blood.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

Using your own blood to heal tendon or ligament injuries sounds very good to me.

 

[GoneForFuckingEver8]

wow that looks pretty cool, and it seems simple. i am always a fan of helping the body heal itself.

 

[Sigmund Roid]

Excellent news, Brick.

Thank you for sharing this information with the board.

 

[robot]

I wonder how much, if any, difference there is between this blood therapy and prolotherapy.

Any break through in the treatment of tendonosis is a good one in my book but to date the most effective therapies seem to be RICE, MEAT and god like powers of patience.

 

[bkronald]

Brick

Thank you for posting such great and promising info !
Very Useful !!

 

[Massive G]

This therapy is not new it has been used for years-the recent use of it by Hines Ward brought it mainstream in the news.

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Please don't try this at home. There have been several that tried when the article was on T-nation a few years ago.
It's dangerous to do even in a specialized setting.

 

[Massive G]

I wonder how much, if any, difference there is between this blood therapy and prolotherapy.

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Platelets and plasma are usd in PRP.
I know a few years ago a couple of guys were injecting their own blood into their delts and etc.

 

[thundergod]

This has been around since the 1930's. I had PRP done on my knees about 2 years ago. I went from not being able to walk up my stairs or training legs for over a month, had the first treatment done and was training legs 4 days later. Since I had this done, they have started using fats from your body to help mold around the injury and decrease the healing time. And yes, insurance covered it!!!

 

[Phidias]

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I know a few years ago a couple of guys were injecting their own blood into their delts and etc.

With what kind of results, MG?

 

[thebrick]

Apparently this is new only to the media and me I am all for anything that speed healing though.

 

[Massive G]

With what kind of results, MG?

Those who tried it said it worked wonders.
Personally if I were going to inject something "deep" into the joint it would be human grade GH, but it would have to be in a clean area and the site pretty much surgically scrubbed and prepped with betadine etc.
There are clinics that use Gh instead of knee replacements and have documented great results.
HOWEVER mastering the technique would be the problem, as I would only have an borad idea where to inject and how deep to go.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND PEOPLE DO THIS THEMSELVES.

 

[Massive G]

Apparently this is new only to the media and me I am all for anything that speed healing though.

Thanks for posting this up-it's a good topic and reminder for those who had forgotten about it, it is something I am going to look into for my delts and knees. I don't want to get any type of surgery to "clean up" my knees and delts...my brother and cousin both had their knees and shoulders done and endured a lot of pain and rehab and after all said and done they said they didn't get any improvement at all.