The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), stem cells is expanding to numerous medical fields, including orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. PRP therapy is the use of a patient’s own blood plasma that has been enriched with his or her platelets and injected into an area of damaged tissue The efficacy, safety, and low cost of this therapy make it ideal for use in rheumatology, yet this treatment has not been extensively studied in rheumatoid arthritis. Regenerative Injection Treatments (RIT) are used for joint, tendon, ligament, muscle and spinal pain.They have been studied and practiced by physicians since the 1950s.
More recently RIT done with cell-based therapies using autologous platelet rich plasma/fat/bone marrow are at the forefront of sports and regenerative medicine worldwide. Many associations now endorse RIT for chronic unresolved musculoskeletal pain. Rheumatoid…
