Advanced Regenerative Medicine

PRP Therapy is a regenerative treatment that uses your body’s own natural healing properties to help repair injured tissues, reduce inflammation, and relieve pain. It’s widely used for musculoskeletal injuries, such as joint pain, tendonitis, ligament strains, and arthritis. PRP is also gaining popularity in dermatology and aesthetic medicine for its benefits in hair restoration and skin rejuvenation.

The process starts with a simple blood draw, similar to a lab test. The sample is then spun in a centrifuge to isolate and concentrate the platelets—blood components rich in growth factors and healing proteins. This platelet-rich plasma is then injected into the area of pain or injury. The goal is to stimulate your body’s natural repair processes by enhancing cell regeneration and tissue healing.

Because PRP is derived from your own blood, it is considered very safe with a low risk of side effects. Most patients experience only minor discomfort or swelling after the injection, which typically resolves within a few days.

What does the research say?
Clinical studies support the effectiveness of PRP for a variety of conditions. A 2020 meta-analysis published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine found that PRP injections significantly reduced pain and improved joint function in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared to placebo and hyaluronic acid treatments. Other research, such as a 2019 review in Regenerative Medicine, highlights PRP’s success in treating tendinopathies like tennis elbow and Achilles tendon injuries, often outperforming corticosteroid injections in long-term results.

Patients often begin to notice improvement within a few weeks, with continued progress over several months. Depending on your condition and response to treatment, your provider may recommend a series of 2–3 sessions for optimal healing.

When combined with proper rehabilitation or complementary regenerative treatments like prolotherapy, PRP can help restore function, reduce chronic pain, and potentially delay or avoid more invasive procedures such as surgery.

Prolotherapy is a non-surgical regenerative treatment option for chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Utilizing injection therapy and the body’s innate ability to heal itself, it can help to restore the structure and function of joints and reduce the experience of chronic pain.

Prolotherapy has been used for decades to support the body’s natural healing processes. It involves injecting specific concentrations of dextrose (a type of sugar solution) into targeted joints, muscles, tendons, and nerves. This stimulates a mild inflammatory response that triggers tissue repair and regeneration. In fact, prolotherapy laid the groundwork for many of today’s regenerative treatments.

While prolotherapy initially gained popularity through patient-reported outcomes, the last decade has seen a significant increase in scientific research supporting its effectiveness. The type of solution used during treatment may vary based on a patient’s condition, injury location and severity, and individual healing response. In addition to dextrose, other biologic options—such as Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP), bone marrow concentrate, and occasionally stem cells—may be used depending on availability and clinical needs.

Most clinical protocols suggest that 2 to 6 treatment sessions, spaced about 2 to 4 weeks apart, are typical for seeing improvement. Once healing and functional recovery begin—often supported by exercise—some patients may benefit from occasional “maintenance” treatments, especially if they had a severe or long-standing injury.

Prolotherapy is considered very safe when compared to many conventional medical procedures.

Following a session, it’s common to experience increased soreness or inflammation for a few days up to a week. This is a normal part of the healing response. To support this process, we recommend avoiding anti-inflammatory medications for the first 7 to 10 days after treatment, if possible.

Dextrose can also be added to procaine and other local anesthetics, targeting nerves, trigger points, joints and scars.

A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that prolotherapy is an effective treatment for many conditions with few adverse effects. Quality evidence exists supporting the use of prolotherapy for treatment of conditions including; osteoarthritis (OA), musculoskeletal pain, joint pain and laxity, chronic low back pain, and tendinopathy.

PIT is a relatively new and innovative treatment developed by Dr. John Lyftogt in New Zealand in the early 2000s. It focuses on treating injured or irritated nerves that cause neuropathic pain—a type of chronic pain often described as burning, aching, and difficult to manage with conventional medicine or physical therapies.

PIT involves the injection of a 5% dextrose (sugar water) solution around the superficial (cutaneous) nerves in the painful area. These nerves are essential for normal sensation and function, and they require a constant supply of glucose (sugar) to operate properly. When nerves are injured—due to compression, trauma, surgery, viral infection, or chemical exposure—they may become glucose-deficient, a condition known as glycopenia. This deficiency can lead to dysfunction and pain.

Recent research has revealed that nerves are supported by tiny channels that deliver nutrients and energy along their length. By injecting 5% dextrose near the affected nerves, PIT helps bathe and nourish them, often leading to rapid pain relief and restoration of normal function.

In some cases, treatment may include nerve hydrodissection—a technique used to gently free nerves from surrounding scar tissue or adhesions. This can further improve nerve mobility and support long-term healing.

Perineural Injection Therapy is considered a safe and effective alternative to many conventional medical treatments, offering hope for patients struggling with persistent nerve-related pain.