This time
last week I had my first PRP injection. The swelling and tightness has
gone quite significantly over the past few days. There is minimal pain,
except when I attempt to squat or jump. However, the pre-injection pain
has changed and is not as intense. I used to experience a sharp pain in
my left tendon when I straightened my leg and flexed my quad muscle,
this pain is almost non-existent. There is supposed to
be noticeable pain relief between 2 - 4 weeks post PRP injection, which
is supposed to continue for up to 6 - 9 months. I already have a
reduction in symptoms and at one week I am happy with the results and
hope that they will continue to progress.
I have
patella tendonosis in both knees, but had the PRP shot in the left knee
in order to use the right knee as a control for the purpose of this blog
(and science!). I decided on the left knee as the tendinitis was worse
in this knee. After the PRP injection the left knee currently feels
better than the right knee. The great thing about this is that any pain
relief is a direct result of tissue healing and not some
other substance (Cortisone, ibuprofen, etc.) simply masking the pain.
My plan is
to give it a month and monitor the left knee's tendon's improvement and
then have the right knee injected. I will then follow these up with
another injection if needed. The challenge for me now will be taking it
easy and not pushing it too hard- something I really struggle with, but I
have layed off the exercise for the entire week. I will doing some
physio rehab and swimming tomorrow. And I have continued to do eccentric
dips with the right leg.
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