Healing is about more than just pain relief, it’s about rebuilding strength, restoring function, and preventing injuries.
Jared Tadje, MD, and team are dedicated to helping you get back to the activities you love, stronger and more resilient than before. We offer the latest advancements in sports medicine, including platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, at Tadje Orthopaedics in Meridian, Idaho.
If you’re already seeing improvements in your injury, you may be wondering if regenerative treatments like PRP are still worth a try — and the answer is yes. Read on to learn how PRP can support healing at every stage of recovery.
Injuries are a frustrating reality for nearly 60 million Americans each year. And of them, roughly half require some form of medical treatment and recovery.
Whether it’s a sprain, strain, or something more serious, your body naturally works to repair the damage. This process unfolds in stages:
During this initial healing phase, your body rushes specialized cells and growth factors to the injury site to begin the repair process. This is the stage when you notice swelling, redness, and the most discomfort.
The proliferation stage is when your body produces more collagen (essential for tissue strength and elasticity) and builds new tissue to repair the damaged area. It forms new blood vessels (a process called angiogenesis) to supply the healing tissue with essential nutrients and oxygen.
The final phase of healing is about maximizing the strength and functionality of the newly repaired tissue. Your body continues to refine the healing area, ensuring its strength, resilience, and proper function.
But in some cases, the complex healing process stalls, plateaus, or results in an incomplete recovery. This is when treatments like PRP therapy can make a real difference, supporting your body’s natural healing abilities and potentially leading to better outcomes.
PRP therapy is a cutting-edge regenerative treatment that uses the power of your own blood’s platelets.
It begins with a simple blood sample, similar to what you might experience during a routine blood test. Then we process the sample to isolate the PRP — a platelet-rich serum that’s packed with growth factors.
When we inject the PRP into the injured area, it delivers a concentrated dose of those growth factors directly to the injury site. This targeted delivery stimulates cell activity, boosts collagen production, and promotes the formation of new blood vessels, improving blood flow and nutrient delivery.
While PRP can be especially beneficial in the early stages after an injury — when the body’s inflammatory response is at its peak — it’s not limited to that timeframe.
If your recovery doesn’t seem to be progressing the way you hoped, PRP may be able to reignite the healing process and give your body the extra push it needs.
Explore the possibilities of regenerative medicine at Tadje Orthopaedics. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with our team, and learn how you can achieve your recovery goals.
