Spinal arthritis causes degeneration, breaking down sensitive areas of your body. The pain of spinal arthritis can limit your ability to live life to the fullest, causing you to struggle with chronic pain or even give up on long-held personal or professional plans. Could you benefit from a spinal arthritis treatment that doesn’t involve drugs or surgery?
Regenerative platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy addresses the damage left behind by arthritis. There are no drugs involved, only your body’s natural ability to rebuild itself, concentrated and targeted to your spine.
Reduce pain, improve mobility, and repair your spine with PRP treatments at Total Spine Institute of Sherman Oaks and Calabasas, California. Under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Fox and Dr. Ryan Mattie, our team provides regenerative PRP therapy to new and existing patients.
In this blog, we inform you about the benefits of PRP for spinal arthritis. Offered on an outpatient basis, this minimally invasive approach could make a world of difference in your symptoms and overall quality of life.
Arthritis is a degenerative condition, meaning that over time, the affected area of your body progressively breaks down due to repeated attacks. When you have spinal arthritis, your spine suffers ongoing, worsening damage. This can lead to painful spinal symptoms, including back pain, neck pain, and pain that radiates into your limbs. You may also lose free or comfortable mobility as a result of spinal arthritis.
What you need is a way to reverse the damage and rebuild areas of your body that have broken down. Your body heals and rebuilds itself constantly, but it may not do so quickly enough to avoid the harm caused by arthritis. PRP treatment lets you get ahead of damage, regenerating areas that have suffered degeneration. Here’s how it works.
Within your blood, different elements perform various vital functions. A centrifuge can separate your blood into its various components, isolating the plasma containing platelets from red and white blood cells. Your platelets contain powerful natural growth factors. By concentrating your platelets, we create a serum for cellular regeneration, accelerating new growth of bone and tissue in the treated area.
Most patients need a series of multiple PRP treatments for spinal arthritis. Your treatment at Total Spine Institute is quick, easy, and minimally invasive, with same-day injections and simple appointment scheduling.
Each treatment begins with a blood draw. The experience of having blood taken for PRP is similar to receiving a blood test. While you wait, we spin your blood in a centrifuge and then discard all but the plasma and concentrated platelets.
Once the PRP serum is ready, your provider at Total Spine Institute returns it to your body as a targeted injection treatment, guided by precision ultrasound technology. The areas of your spine that have previously suffered damage benefit from the concentrated boost of supplementary PRP, triggering and speeding up regrowth.
Most patients tolerate PRP treatment well. There are no pharmaceuticals involved, and since the PRP comes from your own blood, your treatment doesn’t contain foreign substances that could trigger reactions.
Are you ready to heal from spinal arthritis? Contact Total Spine Institute online or over the phone to book your appointment today.
