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PRP for Injury
"I have a sports injury or chronic joint pain that hasn't healed properly. I want something that stimulates real repair — not just pain management."

Your own platelets. Your own healing. Accelerated.

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy injects concentrated platelets from your own blood into injured tissue — delivering natural cytokines, stem cells, and bioactive growth factors that boost healing in tendons, joints, and ligaments. Used by Tiger Woods, Hines Ward, and professional athletes worldwide.

Sports injuries — tennis elbow, torn ligament, rotator cuff, runner's knee
Chronic joint pain or arthritis that hasn't responded to conventional treatment
Plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, or lower back pain
Wanting to avoid surgery or reduce reliance on ongoing pain medication
PRP injection for sports injury at IUVENTUS Medical Center Las Vegas
Used since
Early 2000s
in orthopedic treatment worldwide
100% autologous
Your own blood · No foreign material
What it treats

From arthritis to rotator cuff — PRP addresses what conventional treatment can't.

PRP injections have been used in orthopedic treatments since the early 2000s. They deliver the body's own growth factors directly to injured tissue — stimulating repair processes that rest, medication, and physiotherapy alone cannot activate.

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Sports Injuries — Tennis Elbow, Ligaments, Rotator Cuff

Professional athletes including Tiger Woods, Hines Ward, and Cliff Lee have used PRP treatment to speed up recovery from injuries. Tennis elbow, torn ligaments, and rotator cuff injuries — conditions that often require surgery or produce incomplete healing with rest alone — respond to PRP's concentrated growth factors, which directly stimulate the tissue repair processes that chronic or complex injuries have failed to complete.

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Runner's Knee, Tendonitis & Plantar Fasciitis

Runner's knee (patellofemoral syndrome), tendonitis, and plantar fasciitis are among the most treatment-resistant overuse injuries. PRP injections deliver bioactive proteins including fibronectin, vitronectin, and fibrin — along with growth factors that stimulate cell replication and vascular endothelial growth — directly into the damaged tendon or fascia where healing has stalled.

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Arthritis & Osteoarthritis

PRP is an excellent alternative therapy that helps decrease osteoarthritis symptoms — reducing pain and inflammation while stimulating cartilage and synovial tissue repair. Used for both knee and hip osteoarthritis in patients who want to delay or avoid joint replacement surgery, PRP injections into the joint space deliver concentrated growth factors that conventional arthritis medications don't provide.

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Lower Back Pain & Chronic Spinal Conditions

Office workers and active patients with consistent neck, shoulder, and lower back pain can benefit from PRP therapy directed at the affected spinal structures — discs, facet joints, and surrounding soft tissue. PRP's collagen-stimulating effect and anti-inflammatory growth factors address the structural component of chronic spinal pain.

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Hand Injuries & Office Worker Conditions

Common hand injuries and repetitive strain conditions — carpal tunnel, trigger finger, De Quervain's tenosynovitis — respond to PRP injection. Office workers experiencing consistent hand, wrist, and forearm pain from repetitive computer use represent a large proportion of PRP patients. The growth factors stimulate tendon and ligament repair in ways that rest alone cannot achieve.

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Unresponsive Injuries & Chronic Pain

PRP is particularly effective for injuries and pain conditions that have been unresponsive to conventional treatment. Where rest, physiotherapy, cortisone injections, and medications have failed to produce lasting improvement, PRP's concentrated biological stimulus often succeeds — because it addresses the repair mechanism directly rather than managing inflammation.

If your injury hasn't healed the way it should, PRP gives your body the biological tools it was missing.

PRP is taken from your own blood — there is no risk of allergic reaction or rejection. It is used for sports injuries, arthritis, chronic pain, and joint deterioration. Schedule an appointment to find out if PRP treatment is right for your specific condition.

PRP preparation and injection for injury at IUVENTUS Medical Center
How it works

Concentrated platelets. Concentrated healing.

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is derived from a patient's own blood. A blood sample is drawn and centrifuged to separate and concentrate the platelet-rich plasma — which differs from ordinary blood in that it contains higher concentrations of platelets and cell ratios with bioactive factors that boost natural wound healing. The resulting PRP is then injected directly into the damaged area — tendons, joints, ligaments — where it delivers its therapeutic payload.

The mechanism is multi-layered. PRP injections supply injured areas with natural cytokines, stem cells, and bioactive growth factors that directly boost healing. They also lead to local inflammation and wound healing mediated by bioactive proteins — including plasma proteins fibronectin, vitronectin, and fibrin — that form the structural scaffold for new tissue. Research shows PRP stimulates cell replication, vascular endothelial growth, proliferation of myoblasts, and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) that repairs muscular and skeletal structures.

New collagen gradually tightens the damaged area, making it stronger over weeks and months. The result is genuine tissue repair — not just pain management. For injuries that have been unresponsive to conventional treatment, PRP often produces the structural improvement that rest and rehabilitation alone could not achieve.

Your blood
PRP is 100% autologous — your own platelets, your own growth factors
Collagen
New collagen gradually tightens and strengthens the damaged area
2000s
PRP has been used in orthopedic treatments since the early 2000s
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What PRP delivers to injured tissue

Natural cytokines · Bioactive growth factors · Plasma proteins (fibronectin, vitronectin, fibrin) · IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor — repairs muscular and skeletal structures) · Stimulation of cell replication and myoblast proliferation · Vascular endothelial growth factor (new blood vessel formation). All from your own blood — no foreign material, no rejection risk.

The research is clear

Used by professional athletes. Backed by orthopedic research.

PRP has been used in orthopedic medicine since the early 2000s — with professional athletes including Tiger Woods and Hines Ward among its most visible proponents. The evidence base for sports injuries, tendinopathy, and osteoarthritis is well-established.

20+ yrs
PRP used in orthopedic treatments since the early 2000s — one of the longest-standing regenerative therapies
Orthopedic literature
Pro athletes
Tiger Woods, Hines Ward, and Cliff Lee among professional athletes who have used PRP for injury recovery
Published reports
No surgery
PRP is an effective alternative to surgery for many sports injuries and chronic joint conditions
Clinical outcomes data
How It Works

From injury that won't heal to tissue that's actually repaired.

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Consultation & Assessment

We assess your specific injury, its duration, what treatments you've already tried, and whether PRP is the right intervention. We'll be direct about what PRP can and can't achieve for your specific condition.

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Blood Draw & Centrifuge

Small blood draw in our clinical setting. Centrifuged to concentrate platelets to 3–5x normal blood levels. The PRP is prepared in-clinic and ready for injection within 15 minutes.

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Targeted Injection

PRP injected directly into the damaged area — tendon, joint, ligament, or soft tissue. Ultrasound guidance used for precision when appropriate. Mild soreness for 2–5 days post-injection as the inflammatory healing response is triggered.

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Recovery & Follow-up

Healing develops over 4–12 weeks as new collagen forms and tissue strengthens. Follow-up at 6 weeks to assess response. Most injuries require 1–3 PRP sessions. Complex conditions may benefit from combining with shockwave therapy.

Why Choose Us

Medicine that
gets you.

PRP is only as good as the preparation quality and injection precision. We use validated centrifuge protocols and physician-level injection technique for every session.

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Your Own Biology — No Risk of Rejection

PRP is entirely autologous — drawn from your own blood. There is no risk of allergic reaction, immune rejection, or infection from an external source. The growth factors are identical to those your tissue would produce in response to injury — just at concentrated therapeutic doses.

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Validated Centrifuge Protocol

PRP quality depends entirely on the centrifuge speed and preparation method. We follow protocols that produce consistently high platelet concentrations — ensuring the product injected is therapeutically potent.

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Precise Injection Technique

PRP injected into the wrong tissue plane or at insufficient depth produces inferior results. Our physicians use precise anatomical knowledge and ultrasound guidance where appropriate to ensure the growth factors reach exactly where they need to.

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Combined With Shockwave When Appropriate

For many musculoskeletal conditions, combining shockwave therapy (mechanical stimulus) with PRP (biological growth factors) produces significantly better outcomes than either alone. We design combination protocols where the clinical evidence supports it.

Patient Stories

Injuries that finally
healed properly.

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"I had a partial rotator cuff tear and was told surgery was the next step. I came to Iuventus for a second opinion — they recommended PRP first. Two injections over eight weeks and I avoided surgery. Full range of motion at three months. My orthopedic surgeon was surprised."

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James M.
PRP — Rotator Cuff Injury · 52 yrs · Las Vegas
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"Knee osteoarthritis that was getting worse every year. I'd done cortisone injections that helped for a few weeks and then stopped. PRP produced a different kind of improvement — slower to develop but more durable. At six months the pain reduction was the most significant I'd had in years."

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Angela B.
PRP — Knee Osteoarthritis · 58 yrs
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"Tennis elbow from 20 years of working in construction — not from tennis. Shockwave helped significantly but I still had residual pain in the tendon attachment. Adding one PRP injection after the shockwave course produced the final healing that the shockwave alone didn't complete. The combination was the right call."

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Thomas W.
PRP + Shockwave — Tennis Elbow · 44 yrs
Common Questions

Everything you
want to know.

The strongest evidence is for: tendinopathy (tennis elbow, Achilles, patellar, rotator cuff), plantar fasciitis, knee osteoarthritis, and ligament injuries. Runner's knee, lower back pain, and common sports injuries also respond well. PRP is particularly effective for injuries that have been unresponsive to conventional treatment — where the normal healing process has stalled and the tissue needs a biological stimulus to restart it.
The injection itself causes mild to moderate discomfort depending on the location — joint injections are more uncomfortable than soft tissue injections. Local anesthetic is applied before the injection to minimize this. Post-injection soreness for 2–5 days is typical and is actually a sign the healing response has been triggered — avoid anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) during this period as they blunt the inflammatory healing process PRP relies on.
PRP produces results over a timeline of weeks to months — not days. Initial improvement in pain and function often begins at 4–6 weeks as new collagen forms. Full structural benefit develops at 3–6 months. This is fundamentally different from cortisone injections, which reduce inflammation quickly but don't produce tissue repair. PRP is slower but the improvement is structural and more durable.
Most conditions respond to 1–3 injections spaced 4–6 weeks apart. Acute sports injuries may respond to a single injection. Chronic degenerative conditions (osteoarthritis, chronic tendinopathy) typically benefit from a series. Your physician will recommend the appropriate number after assessing your specific injury.
Yes — and for many conditions the combination is more effective than either alone. Shockwave therapy creates a mechanical stimulus that disrupts scar tissue and calcification and increases local blood flow. PRP then delivers the biological growth factors into the primed tissue. The combination is particularly effective for chronic tendinopathy, calcific shoulder conditions, and complex sports injuries.
No — they are related but different. PRP uses concentrated platelets from your own blood to deliver growth factors. Stem cell therapy uses multipotent cells capable of differentiating into specific tissue types. PRP is the more established, more affordable, and more commonly used option for the majority of musculoskeletal conditions. Stem cell therapy is reserved for more complex or degenerative conditions where cellular regeneration beyond growth factor support is clinically indicated.
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Set yourself free
from pain and injuries.

A free consultation and assessment of your injury or chronic pain condition. We'll determine whether PRP, shockwave, or a combination is the right approach — and give you honest expectations for recovery timeline.