If you have been struggling with severe, chronic joint pain, you may have concerns that your options for relief are limited to prescription medications, as that is often a commonly prescribed regime. Fortunately, medicine has had some incredible advances in recent years that give patients some non-invasive and non-habit forming alternatives for pain relief.
Joint Pain Causes
Though there are many symptoms of joint pain, such as tenderness, acute pain, and stiffness, the causes can be traced back to only two factors, disease or damage to the joints. Gout, tendonitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and bursitis are all inflammatory diseases that attack the joints from the inside.
When the tissue surrounding the joint is inflamed, it puts extreme pressure on the nerves and can cause damage to the tissue inside the joints, causing severe pain. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases affecting joints.
This disease breaks down bone most often in the hands, hips, and knees. Over time the cartilage wears down and begins to rub bone on bone causing intense pain. Not all joint pain is a result of disease; cartilage tears, dislocations, strain, and sprains are injuries that can occur that cause stress on the joints leading to increased pain.
PRP Treatments
Whatever the cause of your joint pain, Platelet Rich Plasma(PRP) is a non-invasive alternative to surgery and prescription drugs. The human body has an incredible ability to heal itself; PRP utilizes that ability to target specific areas affected by joint pain.
It works by starting with a small sample of your own blood; the sample is then spun through a centrifuge. This process separates the platelet-rich plasma from the rest of the sample and creates a serum. This serum is extremely rich in growth factors which are invaluable to accelerating the healing process.
The serum is then injected into the joints that are affected by the disease or damage. The plasma begins working immediately to target and decrease inflammation providing fast and long-lasting pain relief.
Traditional pain medications may work for a short period of time, but once they wear off, the pain returns and can sometimes be more intense. The best way to combat joint pain is to identify and treat the source. PRP does just that and without the risks and complications that are often associated with prescription medications.
If you are tired of living with joint pain and don’t want to spend the rest of your life chasing or masking pain with medications, find out if Platelet Rich Plasma therapy is the right option for you.