Injections into injured joints and tissues have exploded in the last decade. Though they all seem to work, here are some of what we don’t know. Joint injections used to be either cortisone or ...

PRP therapy may be a way of fixing a muscle, tendon, or joint-related injury without surgery -- and it's really catching on. The thing is, there's no firm evidence that this experimental treatment ...

Platelet-rich plasma is a form of regenerative medicine. It uses injections of your own blood platelets to help with healing. This treatment hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug ...

Platelet-rich plasma injections have become a popular form of treatment for painful joints but researchers have found that while participants who received injections had a significant improvement ...

A tennis pro sidelined by joint pain hopes that a new treatment can get him back on the court. Paul’s rigorous athletic life, involving hours of tennis, running, and weight work, has kept him in ...

Non-surgical treatment options for tendon and ligament injuries typically may involve the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroid medication or injections. However, these ...

PRP injections not only used for athletes' injuries. Dec. 22, 2011— -- When doctors told Aviva Gianetti of River Vale, N.J., that she would need surgery in both arms to heal her tennis elbow ...

HOUSTON -- Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz was administered a platelet-rich plasma injection (PRP) to assist in the healing of the strained flexor muscle in his right elbow, manager John ...

Garrett Richards had a PRP injection in May 2016, and still had injury issues in 2017. All pitchers are different, so there’s no telling what this means for Ohtani.

In 2009, Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has approved medical uses of autologous ADSCs with minimal manipulation. [41] From November 2009 until December 2010, 91 patients with 100 ...