REGENERATIVE CLINIC
The Group23 regenerative clinic offers offers image-guided injection therapies shown to help the body heal itself from injury. In the past decade, significant advances have been made in using natural substances to help injured tissues heal and arthritic joints feel much better without using strong chemicals like cortisone.
At Group23, our regenerative clinic offers two distinct injection therapy techniques using ultrasound guidance:
1. Prolotherapy
2. PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injection
It starts with a consult with one of our doctors who perform these treatments to determine which of these treatments would work the best for you.
If you believe you are a candidate for the regenerative clinic and are not yet a patient at Group23 Sports Medicine, you can self-refer to our physician by accessing our Accelerated Access Sport Injury Clinic (AASIC) under the ‘still injured’ stream.
What is Prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy is an injection treatment that uses a natural sugar solution to stimulate healing within an injured tendon, ligament or joint. The injection stimulates a helpful, natural inflammatory response, releasing growth factors to help with the repair injured tissue.
The number of treatments varies depending how your body responds to the treatment. In general, most men require 4-6 injections, women 6-9 injections, spaced 2-3 weeks apart for best results.
Your Group23 Sports Medicine team will guide you through each process. To book your initial consult to determine if this treatment is best for you click here.
What is Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)?
PRP is an injection treatment that uses a portion of your own blood, the plasma, to stimulate natural healing within an injured tendon, ligament, or joint. The injection stimulates a helpful, natural inflammatory response, releasing growth factors to help with the repair injured tissue. Your blood will be collected and immediately spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets, hence the name Platelet-Rich Plasma. It will then be injected into the injured tissue or joint. The side effects of PRP injections are very limited since the injections are created from your own blood.
The number of treatments varies from patient to patient depending on a multitude of factors. In general most patients will require two injections roughly four weeks apart for best results.
Your Group23 Sports Medicine team will guide you through each process. To book your initial consult to determine if this treatment is best for you click here.
What can I expect at my initial appointment?
You will meet with a Group23 Sports Medicine physician to determine what pathway is best. If we determine that your condition is unlikely to respond well to prolotherapy or PRP treatments, we will offer other treatment options that will be best for your condition.
If we determine that your condition is likely to respond well to prolotherapy or PRP, the Group23 regenerative clinic team will guide you each step of the way, including, treatment timing and prices.
What does the clinic look like?
Watch the video below to get a feel for our clinic ahead of your appointment!