PRP Therapy

PRP therapy services offered in Buffalo, NY

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy reduces inflammation, stimulates healing, and relieves pain with remarkable success rates. At OWM Integrative Wellness in Buffalo, New York, the premier team of functional and integrative medicine specialists offers PRP therapy for chronic pain, from arthritis to tendon injuries and rotator cuff tears. The practice uses a leading-edge technique that covers every part of a dysfunctional joint to give you maximum healing. Call the office or request your appointment online now.

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PRP Supportive Therapy services offered in Buffalo, NY

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) comes from a patient’s blood. PRP is a concentrated source of growth factors and cellular signaling factors that play a significant role in the biology of healing. PRP now plays a key role in accelerated return to play and function for many professional athletes. PRP treatment has received significant attention from the media and has been used by many NFL players and elite professional athletes from other sports such as basketball, golf, and tennis. PRP is now rapidly gaining acceptance as a premier healing treatment option in many advanced medical centers for folks suffering from non-sports-related conditions such as osteoarthritis. PRP’s power comes from its incredible versatility. Its regenerative powers can be used to heal a variety of issues such as arthritis of the spine, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. It is also one of the best alternatives to surgical treatments of tendon or ligament tears including tears of the rotator cuff, tennis elbow, and Achilles tendons

What is platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy?

PRP therapy is a treatment for injuries and degenerative conditions that affect your health and function.

PRP comes from your blood. The platelets — one of the layers of your blood — contain growth factors and cellular signaling factors that promote recovery.

This type of therapy removes the other layers of blood and concentrates the platelets, so a PRP vial contains 10 times more platelets than unprocessed blood.

PRP therapy distributes the concentrated platelets around damaged tissue via injection. The growth factors trigger your body’s healing response to repair damaged tissue, and cellular signaling factors recruit your body’s innate tissue-building cells to replace non-repairable tissue.

What conditions does PRP therapy treat?

PRP therapy treats both injuries and degenerative conditions, including:

Arthritis PRP therapy effectively treats arthritis in many areas, including the spine, shoulders, hips, knees, elbows, and ankles.

Sports injuries Sports injuries like rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, and Achilles tendon injuries often respond well to PRP therapy. It can be an alternative to surgery after an injury or help you delay or avoid a joint replacement if you have arthritis.

PRP is also used in aesthetic medicine. It combines with micro needling for anti-aging treatments and is an effective solution for hair loss as well.

How does PRP therapy work?

OWM Integrative Wellness uses the latest PRP technology to extract the highest concentration of healing platelets from your blood sample. This makes a high-potency PRP formula that translates into more efficient and faster healing.The OWM PRP therapy approach includes much more then platelets; it also includes prolotherapy (natural irritants that stimulate healing) and tissue repair peptides (BPC and TB4). Low level laser fiberoptic wires by Weber Laser are introduced into the joint through one of the injection needles. Various laser frequencies are then used to further activate repair. These added techniques create maximum coverage of the injured tissue and, ultimately, the best possible results. Leonard Kaplan, DO, uses ultrasound guidance to pinpoint the ideal injection areas for your PRP therapy. Dr. Kaplan has nearly three decades of experience in treating joint injuries and was the first in the area to use ultrasound guidance for PRP therapy. While many orthopedic clinics inject PRP in a single spot, Dr. Kaplan injects it at many places in and around the joint. This strengthens and stabilizes the tendons, ligaments, and joint capsule, allowing for whole-joint renewal. Most people need 2-3 treatments, spaced a month apart, for maximum results. Healing usually starts within a few weeks of your first session.

At OWM Integrative Wellness we use a cutting edge intravenous activation of the nutrients with a Weber Endolaser fiberoptic low level lasers.

What are the benefits of PRP therapy treatments?

PRP treats multiple degenerative conditions. It provides important growth factors for repair of all joints, ligaments, and tendons.

Cervical Spine

Lumbar Spine

Sacroiliac Joint

All Joints

What to know before you go

Our PRP treatment technique allows for accurate ultrasound guidance placement of PRP not only in the joint space but just as importantly into the surrounding ligaments and capsule of the joint. Without treatment of these stabilizing structures, the benefits of PRP injection in the joint are limited as the main issue of joint instability is not addressed.

How is our treatment different?

The use of the latest PRP technology derives the highest concentration of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) from less blood taken from a patient. Higher potency means better and faster healing!

Unlike many orthopedic clinics that use a single intra-articular injection technique, our osteopathic approach offers injections of all essential tendon and ligament joint stabilizing structures inside and outside the injured joint.

A combination of Prolotherapy, PRP, and tissue repair peptides BPC and TB4 establishes maximum coverage of the injured region for no extra cost.