Platelet Rich Plasma
Your body, your healing. These platelets release growth factors that stimulate new tissue growth.
Lexington Podiatry offers platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy as a regenerative therapy to heal chronic foot and ankle issues. PRP uses your own concentrated blood platelets to heal injuries and conditions like plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis.
This minimally invasive in-office procedure jumpstarts your body's natural healing process by accelerating tissue repair and reducing inflammation.
What's It Do?
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) uses concentrated platelets from your own blood to accelerate the body's natural healing of damaged tendons, ligaments, and joints in the foot.
By delivering a high dose of growth factors to injured areas, it reduces pain, stimulates tissue repair, and helps patients avoid surgery.
How's It Work?
A small amount of your blood is drawn and spun in a centrifuge to separate the plasma, which then leaves us with highly concentrated platelets. This concentrated plasma is injected directly into the site of the foot or ankle injury, prompting a targeted healing response.
PRP is one of our most common therapies. Our providers make the entire process a breeze from start to finish.
Conditions Treated
We typically use PRP to treat chronic, stubborn soft-tissue conditions and joint issues that have not responded to conservative treatments like physical therapy or orthotics.
Plantar Fasciitis: The most common use of PRP in our clinic. It targets chronic heel pain by stimulating the regeneration of damaged tissue in the plantar fascia.
Achilles Tendinopathy & Tendonitis: Promotes healing and tissue repair in degenerated or inflamed Achilles tendons.
Ankle & Foot Osteoarthritis: Helps reduce joint inflammation and relieves pain caused by cartilage breakdown in the ankle or toe joints.
Ligament Sprains: Accelerates the recovery and stabilization of stretched or torn ligaments in the ankle.
Diabetic Ulcers & Wound Healing: Improves blood flow and tissue regeneration to heal stubborn diabetic foot ulcers and surgical incisions.