You can t get prp injections if you have.
Cell injection therapy.
Abnormal platelet function or a low platelet count.
Stem cell therapy involves using these cells in injections and tissue transplants to heal injuries and treat.
Stem cells are special cells with the potential to repair damaged tissue and organs.
A 2015 study found that prp injections were more effective than hyaluronic acid injections a traditional therapy for treating osteoarthritis.
Doctors who do the treatments cite anecdotal evidence as validation that the treatments work.
For knee injections doctors often take stem cells from the patient s bone marrow fat tissue or blood.
Treatment can cost 250 to 1 500 a session and you may need several sessions to see results.
Stem cell as reported in the new england journal of.
However the trial was a small group of 160 people.