What Is Platelet-Rich Plasma?
Platelet-rich plasma is a concentrated form of your own blood plasma — rich in platelets, growth factors, and bioactive proteins your body uses to repair damaged tissue and control inflammation. Prepared from a simple blood draw, PRP delivers a highly concentrated dose of your body’s own healing agents directly to the site of injury or dysfunction, triggering repair processes that time and rest alone can’t produce.
How PRP Therapy Works
PRP begins with a small blood draw, which is placed in a centrifuge to separate the plasma from red blood cells. The resulting concentrate contains 5 to 10 times the normal concentration of platelets and growth factors — including PDGF, TGF-β, VEGF, and IGF — that drive tissue regeneration, collagen synthesis, and vascular repair.
Once prepared, PRP is injected with precision into the target area — a damaged joint, tendon, ligament, or soft tissue — where the concentrated growth factors activate resident cells and stimulate the body’s natural healing cascade. The result is accelerated repair from the inside out, using nothing but what your own blood already produces. What distinguishes PRP from other regenerative options is its source: your own blood. There are no synthetic compounds, no donor material, and no risk of rejection or foreign reaction. The therapy works because it amplifies processes your body already knows how to run — it simply provides the concentration and the precise delivery that accelerates them.
REDUCED INFLAMMATION
Down-regulates inflammatory cytokines at the injury site — calming the chronic, low-grade inflammation that blocks tissue healing and sustains ongoing pain and degradation.
TISSUE REPAIR
Delivers a concentrated dose of growth factors directly to damaged joints, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage — reactivating repair processes the body can no longer sustain on its own.
GROWTH FACTOR RELEASE
Platelets release PDGF, TGF-β, and VEGF upon activation — signaling resident cells to proliferate, rebuild collagen, and restore structural integrity to injured tissue.
NATURAL REGENERATION
Derived entirely from your own blood, PRP carries no risk of rejection or foreign reaction — making it one of the safest, most biocompatible regenerative treatments available.
