Sporting Injuries Heal Quicker With Personal Blood Jabs

Injecting athletes with their own blood can speed recovery from a whole range of sporting injuries, say scientists.

Scientists have found that athletes recover at a much faster pace from their injuries if they are injected with their own blood.

The procedure - known as platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRPT) - dates back to the 1970s and has previously been used in orthopaedic surgery in hospitals to help mend broken bones.

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Sports docs reckon its use is so well tested that it could be deployed as a rapid healing trick for a number of sporting injuries without the need for surgery, reports The Times.

The process involves blood being withdrawn with a syringe, then spun in a centrifuge to isolate the body-healing platelets which are then injected into the damaged tissue.

Research has found that athletes who undergo the treatment report functional recovery in half the time expected.

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In one study 15 of 20 patients with tennis elbow - and contemplating surgery were given PRPT; the other five relied on anaesthetic.

Two months later the patients receiving the therapy reported a 60 percent reduction in pain compared with only 16 percent for the others.

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