Platelet-Rich Plasma: Helping Patients Heal Themselves

LOS ANGELES. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's a new way to treat an age old chronic condition. Doctors are now using patients' own bodies to heal them. You may have heard about the use of platelet-rich plasma by famous athletes, like Tiger Woods and Dwight Howard, to relieve pain in large tendons around the knee and shoulder. But now, doctors are also using the PRP procedure in much smaller areas to stop and reverse arthritis.