Novel Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment Speeds Healing - But Is It Blood Doping?
March 02 2009 / by Jeff Hilford / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Entertainment Year: 2009 Rating: 2
Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment is making its way into the sports medical profession. It's pretty straight-forward and basically takes a person's own blood, separates the red blood cells and the plasma and takes the resultant concentration of platelets and injects them back into an injury site to promote quicker healing. Hines Ward's (Pittsburgh Steelers) recovery from a sprained medial collateral ligament in time to play in last month's Super Bowl brought attention to this new technique.
This type of treatment bodes well for faster healing from injury and possibly greater performance too but raises ethical questions in the world of professional sports.
