Using PRP To Treat Knee Pain And Plantar Fasciitis
We all want to look our best, and we’re happy to have a host of effective beauty aesthetics treatments available for our clients. But even more so, we all want to feel our best. This is especially true if you have chronic pain.
Our staff anesthesiologist Dr. Dheshnie provides non- surgical treatments at our clinic in downtown Vancouver, BC, that can relieve pain and heal tissue with minimal recovery and downtime. She regularly uses platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to treat many conditions, including osteoarthritis of the knee and plantar fasciitis.
Keep reading to see if these treatments are right for you.
Using PRP To Treat Chronic Pain
PRP is a treatment that lets you harness the power of your body’s natural healing properties. During the procedure, platelet-rich plasma is taken from your own blood. We then spin it in a centrifuge to concentrate and isolate platelets, which we inject into the desired area using micro-needling techniques.
PRP offers a non-invasive way to heal an injury by enabling tissues to repair themselves with new cells. This accelerated healing is commonly used to treat arthritis, spinal conditions, ligament or tendon tears or sprains, joint injuries, and sports and trauma injuries.
Using PRP For The Knees
Osteoarthritis is a joint condition that can make even everyday, simple movements very painful. It’s caused by a breakdown in cartilage (which can be caused by aging, injuries, excess weight and genetics), which causes the bones of the joints to rub together.
Dr. Dheshnie regularly sees and treats clients with osteoarthritis of the knee. These patients have often been on waiting lists for knee surgery for years. By injecting them with PRP, their joint space increases, so they no longer have pain. Many don’t want or need surgery after the treatment.
We regularly use PRP to help manage knee osteoarthritis at our Vancouver clinic.
Using PRP For Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of heel pain in which the plantar fascia (the tissue that connects your heel bone to your toes) becomes inflamed. People with this condition report stabbing pain, usually for their first steps in the morning.
So how do you deal with plantar fasciitis? Believe it or not, many physicians will tell you to just deal with the pain. Don’t worry about the pain, they’ll say, because it usually goes away in two years. Two years! That’s a long time to wait for patients in pain, especially those always on their feet for work.
Meanwhile, we help many patients in British Columbia treat their plantar fasciitis with PRP. The typical recommendation is to have 3-4 injections spaced a month apart, followed by yearly maintenance. However, many of our clients are satisfied after just one injection. Our team will help you decide the treatment plan that is right for you.
And remember PRP is just one of many options for chronic pain relief that we offer at our clinic. We often use botox to treat migraines and chronic headaches, for example, and trigger point injections to release knots or tight spots, reducing pain and improving mobility.
If you suffer from chronic pain, you might think you have two options: surgery or suffering. But there is a world of other effective treatments that can help reduce pain and drastically improve your quality of life. Our chronic pain therapy team in Vancouver can create an effective, customized program to help you get your life back. Book your free consultation here.