TORONTO DOCTOR AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST DISCUSS PLATELET THERAPY
posted: Aug. 27, 2012.
PA PODIATRIST DISCUSSES PLATELET THERAPY. ACHILLES TENDONOPATHY AND PLANTAR FASCIITIS--BIG TERMS FOR TWO MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT CAN MAKE EVERY STEP HURT. MEDICATIONS AND THERAPY OFTEN HELP, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE YOU RELIEF, SURGERY'S USUALLY YOUR NEXT OPTION. NOW, A DOCTOR OFFERS A NEW CHOICE.
IT INVOLVES TAKING PLATELETS FROM A PATIENT'S OWN BLOOD AND INJECTING INTO THE SOURCE OF THE PAIN, INFLAMMATION IN THE FOOT. AT BLAIR ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES, FOOT AND ANKLE SURGEON, DR. ADAM BUDNY, PODIATRIST, EXPLAINS, "WE USE A CENTRIFUGE, AND THAT SPINS THE BLOOD DOWN, WHICH CONCENTRATES THE PLATELETS AND WE RE-ADMINISTER IT TO AN INJURY." THE PLATELETS CONTAIN NATURAL SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY THAT PROMOTE HEALING OF THE INFLAMED TENDON.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE AS WELL AS DR. HARDY AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.