KOBE BRYANT SHOULD STAY HOME
As many of you may of heard Kobe Bryant went to Germany for PRP (platelet rich plasma) on his right knee (1). Rumor has it that KOBE BRYANT has ongoing issues with his meniscus. The menisci are the special cushions that your thigh bone and your leg bones use so that they don’t rub into each other (see picture below):
Every athlete needs healthy cartilage and menisci to run, jump, and cut. So when anyone gets a tear or injury to the MENISCAL CARTILAGE or MENISCUS (aka MENISCAL TEAR), whether it is Kobe Bryant, Hines Ward, or yours truly the symptoms are:
1) Sharp pains that come and go when you walk
2) Pain that is “deep inside the knee” or hard to pinpoint exactly. Sometimes the middle of the knee is painful when you press it
3) The knee could swell and this swelling makes it hard to straighten the knee all the way. It also hurts if you try to bend the knee all the way.
Please see your doctor if you have give-way weakness, locking of your knee, pain with popping or a crackling sensation.
SO WHAT NON-SURGICAL OPTIONS ARE THERE?
WHAT IS MORE CUTTING – EDGE THAN PLATELET RICH PLASMA (PRP)?
AND IF PRP IS NOT ENOUGH, WHAT ELSE IS THERE? (DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!”)
If I was his personal physician, I would have arranged for the UNIQUE COMBINATION of BOTH Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapies!
Research shows Platelet Rich Plasma can enhance the growth and development of stem cells (2). In this case, i would use PRP AND STEM CELLS to repair and strengthen MENISCAL INJURIES OR OTHER LIGAMENT INJURIES IN THE KNEE including the FAMOUS ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL).
Below are the 6 Steps of our Unique Combination.
Step 1: Take Stem Cells from the Bone Marrow coming directly from the hip
Step 2: ISOLATE, and GROW the STEM CELLS
Step 3: In a few short weeks, THE STEM CELLS are injected with PLATELET RICH PLASMA (PRP). We do this to make THE STEM CELLS GROW NEW CARTILAGE AND REPAIR THE INJURED MENISCUS
For your viewing pleasure we have provided a video of this injection. The injection is done using ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE. Ultrasound Guidance allows us, Medical Doctors, to more accurately inject the needle.
STEP 4: REPEAT PRP INJECTION UP TO TWO MORE TIMES OVER 12 WEEKS
To review the article on Platelet Rich Plasma, click on the picture below
Step 5: Implement a COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION PROGRAM WITH HYDROWORX AQUATIC THERAPIES
Step 6: Refine the rehabilitation program by ANALYZING the patient’s WALKING AND RUNNING MECHANICS TO FIX MUSCLE IMBALANCES that can cause a new INJURY by using OPTOGAIT
THEN… COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF HIS JUMPING POWER AND VERTICAL JUMP USING OPTOJUMP
So after all, Kobe has everything he needs right here in the USA…HECK, RIGHT HERE IN LAWRENCEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.
References:
(1) http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/07/nba-lockout-kobe-bryant-has-prp-therapy-on-right-knee-and-may-play-in-china.html
(2)Julia P. Vogel, Krisztian Szalay, Florian Geiger, Martin Kramer, Wiltrud Richter and Philip Kasten. Platelet-rich plasma improves expansion of human mesenchymal stem cells and retains differentiation capacity and in vivobone formation in calcium phosphate ceramics.Platelets 2006, Vol. 17, No. 7 : Pages 462-469
Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09537100600758867
