Post by ascnat on Sept 19, 2019 0:36:51 GMT -5
Integrative medicine has many solutions to achieve optimum health and beauty for you and to eliminate your pains and injuries. Although these solutions are new and unconventional, yet they are scientific and proven by evidence.
In this article, we will discuss one of these integrative therapies, PRP, which is the centre of phenomenal attention in the world.
PRP therapy, the blood treatment!
PRP stands for Platelet Rich Plasma and is a naturopathic treatment that applies your own blood to treat your injuries or to enhance your beauty.
Plasma is the liquid section of the blood. It contains mostly water and proteins and performs a medium-like role for red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets to freely flow inside the body. Platelets or Thrombocytes are a type of cells with blood clotting ability which contains growth factors responsible for main phases of cell proliferation, healing and repair.
PRP is the blood plasma with 10 times more concentrated platelets which makes it a more potent agent due to the concentration of healing proteins and growth factors.
The PRP therapy is done quickly, easily and is an almost non invasive procedure. Blood is simply drown from your vein in your arm and by incorporating a harvesting machine such as a centrifuge, it is separated into layers of platelets, red and white blood cells. Separated and concentrated platelets are injected to treated site in multiple points in order to encourage release of Glycoproteins and growth factors to establish a fibrin mesh under the tissue. When connected to cellular receptors in your skin, they encourage healing at intercellular level which draws stem cells to the injection site to build new cells and produce extracellular matrix proteins. Healing takes place within your tissue in a time frame of up to 5 weeks after therapy.
The objective of PRP therapy is permanent tissue repair and re-growth which unlike other injection treatments, it does not get reabsorbed or synthesized by bacteria. You may need follow up injections according to your circumstances. PRP incorporates your own blood; therefore, it is considered safe which can be done on its own or in combination with other medical procedures.
How much blood is needed depends on your injury or the site of your treatment but usually 10-20 milliliters is enough.
Your doctor will provide you with diet guidelines often including a meal before the injection to avoid feeling weakness resulted from blood drawing.
PRP requires less than an hour to be performed completely and you can return to your normal life immediately after PRP injection unless advised otherwise by your doctor.
At your initial visit, your integrative doctor will decide on the ideal procedure for you and your intentions; therefore, it is necessary to inform your doctor of any pre-existing health concerns that affects your blood platelets such as blood cancer, HIV or AIDS, Hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease and skin cancer and any prescribed drugs you are taking due to the fact that some medications such as ibuprofen, aspirin and blood thinners can affect blood clotting ability.
PRP is under constant research by Integrative Medicine in Los Angeles and so far results are promising for cosmetic purposes along with repairing sport injuries such as broken bones, torn shoulder rotator cuff, arthritic knee and torn knee ligaments.
In this article, we will discuss one of these integrative therapies, PRP, which is the centre of phenomenal attention in the world.
PRP therapy, the blood treatment!
PRP stands for Platelet Rich Plasma and is a naturopathic treatment that applies your own blood to treat your injuries or to enhance your beauty.
Plasma is the liquid section of the blood. It contains mostly water and proteins and performs a medium-like role for red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets to freely flow inside the body. Platelets or Thrombocytes are a type of cells with blood clotting ability which contains growth factors responsible for main phases of cell proliferation, healing and repair.
PRP is the blood plasma with 10 times more concentrated platelets which makes it a more potent agent due to the concentration of healing proteins and growth factors.
The PRP therapy is done quickly, easily and is an almost non invasive procedure. Blood is simply drown from your vein in your arm and by incorporating a harvesting machine such as a centrifuge, it is separated into layers of platelets, red and white blood cells. Separated and concentrated platelets are injected to treated site in multiple points in order to encourage release of Glycoproteins and growth factors to establish a fibrin mesh under the tissue. When connected to cellular receptors in your skin, they encourage healing at intercellular level which draws stem cells to the injection site to build new cells and produce extracellular matrix proteins. Healing takes place within your tissue in a time frame of up to 5 weeks after therapy.
The objective of PRP therapy is permanent tissue repair and re-growth which unlike other injection treatments, it does not get reabsorbed or synthesized by bacteria. You may need follow up injections according to your circumstances. PRP incorporates your own blood; therefore, it is considered safe which can be done on its own or in combination with other medical procedures.
How much blood is needed depends on your injury or the site of your treatment but usually 10-20 milliliters is enough.
Your doctor will provide you with diet guidelines often including a meal before the injection to avoid feeling weakness resulted from blood drawing.
PRP requires less than an hour to be performed completely and you can return to your normal life immediately after PRP injection unless advised otherwise by your doctor.
At your initial visit, your integrative doctor will decide on the ideal procedure for you and your intentions; therefore, it is necessary to inform your doctor of any pre-existing health concerns that affects your blood platelets such as blood cancer, HIV or AIDS, Hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease and skin cancer and any prescribed drugs you are taking due to the fact that some medications such as ibuprofen, aspirin and blood thinners can affect blood clotting ability.
PRP is under constant research by Integrative Medicine in Los Angeles and so far results are promising for cosmetic purposes along with repairing sport injuries such as broken bones, torn shoulder rotator cuff, arthritic knee and torn knee ligaments.