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    • Boswellia Improves Symptoms of Arthritis
    • Anti- inflammatory Herbs For Arthritis
    • Cats Claw For Arthritis
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    • Cetyl Myristoleate For Osteoarthritis In Dogs
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    • Hydrangea Root For Bone Spurs And Kidney Stones
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    • How To Heal A Torn ACL Without Surgery
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  • CBD Oil And Your Arthritic Dog
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  • Diskospondylitis (Spondylitis) in Dogs
  • Dont Forget Your Dogs Diet With Arthritis
  • Early Joint issues In Canines
  • Elbow Dysplasia
  • Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (FCE) in Dogs
  • Floating Kneecaps, or Luxating Patellas
  • Helping Your Dog Stay Healthy And Pain Free
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    • Subluxation In Your Dogs Hips
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  • Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
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  • Intervertebral Disc Disease
  • Laser Therapy for Dogs
  • Learning How To Feel and Read Your Dogs Spine
  • Librela
  • LTCI & DOGS
  • Lumbosacral Spondylosis In Dogs
  • Magnetic Therapy
  • Muscle Sprains and Strains In Dogs
  • MYELOMALACIA IN DOGS
  • Moist Heat And Cold Therapy For Canines
  • NSAIDs-The Risks Involved
  • Osteoarthritis In Dogs
  • Panosteitis In Young Dogs
  • Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA)
  • Pet Arthritis
  • Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy For Pets
  • Prevention and Preservative Free
  • Prolotherapy In Animals
  • Pro-Stride for Dogs
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis in Dogs
  • Sacroiliac Luxation
  • Sciatica in Dogs
  • Semitendinosus and Gracilis Myopathy
  • Setting Up A Pool For Therapy For Your Dog
  • SPRYNG Injections for Arthritis and ACL/CCL Tears
  • Stem Cell Therapy In Pets
  • Steps To Take To Get Your Dog Moving
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​Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy For Pets

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Dogs with CCL injuries can benefit from a variety of alternative therapies. Among them is platelet rich plasma (PRP) treatment. Similar in concept to stem cell therapy and perhaps a bit like prolotherapy, PRP treatment takes the blood of a canine patient, processes it, and re-injects it into the body. PRP is a part of the blood that contains a higher concentration of platelets than in the whole blood, as well as growth factors. As the name suggests, growth factors encourage proliferation of healthy cells, and reduce the expression of inflammatory proteins. The idea is that the platelet rich plasma body’s natural healing response is enhanced by delivering a high concentration of growth factors to the site of injury.
PRP treatment has been used in humans for a variety of orthopedic conditions, and is most often used in dogs for tendon/ligament injuries and osteoarthritis. PRP is good for dogs with joint injuries too old to undergo surgery, as a complementary therapy with surgery, and as an alternative treatment for surgery. The treatment is considered less invasive, safer, and more cost-effective than other treatments.
Plasma containing this concentrated level of platelets provides an abundance of the previously mentioned growth factors, which are the proteins in the body that stimulate cells in the tendon, ligament, muscle, or joint to start the healing process. When PRP is injected into damaged tendons or ligaments, cells in the tissue—along with new cells circulating in the blood—are stimulated to bring even more new cells to the injured site. Therefore, the growth factors derived from platelets initiate connective tissue healing, bone regeneration and repair, promote development of new blood vessels, and generally stimulate the wound healing process by accelerating epithelial and epidermal regeneration. Because the patient’s own blood is used to make the specialized plasma—this is known as an autologous process—there is no risk of the treatment being rejected, as it might be if the blood had been provided by a donor.
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Although PRP technology is considered cutting edge technology, it was initially developed 20 years ago for heart surgery to aid with wound healing and blood loss. Its benefits are now being applied towards the facilitating of healing of muscle, tendons, ligaments, articular and meniscal injuries. PRP has also been utilized for bone repair; it can be added to harvested autogenous bone or to a mixture of autogenous bone and freeze-dried bone/alloplastic material to improve the consistency for handling during surgery and minimizing particulate migration as well as to add increased platelets (i.e. increased growth factors) into the area to stimulate healing.
While PRP is a relatively new treatment, studies so far have shown that it promotes:
 
  • Tendon and joint healing
  • Pain reduction
  • Skin rejuvenation
  • Healing ligament ruptures and hyperextension injuries
  • Improving symptoms of osteoarthritis (i.e. hip and elbow dysplasia)
  • Reduced general inflammation
  • Further studies have found that PRP can be combined with cold laser therapy for greater benefits, though this relationship has not been evaluated at length yet.

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More good news is that PRP can be a solid option for dogs in various conditions. There aren’t many precautions or limitations to worry about, though the patient does need to be off anti-inflammatory medication for at least one week prior to the treatment. Your dog may experience minor discomfort after the procedure, and restricted activity for a short period afterwards may be suggested, but there are few other side effects. Patients often see benefits after a few days, lasting up to a year.
 
One downside to PRP is that not many veterinarians are fully trained or equipped to perform the procedure. Check with your local vet for more information and to see if PRP might be an option for your dog.

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