At the Crane Clinic for Sports Medicine, we utilize the most up to date therapies to assist your body with the healing process. One of these therapies is known most commonly as Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT).

Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT) equates to the regeneration of normal tissue at the injury site.

We use your bodies own growth factors, or Bioactive Proteins to encourage the in-growth of normal collagen and the remodeling of the previously injured tissue at the pain initiating site. In this way, your own growth factors become the Regenerative Injection Therapy Agent of choice.

Platelet rich Plasma - Bioactive Proteins that HEAL

How it's made:

Platelet growth factor is obtained by drawing a venous sample of blood (similar to a blood donation) and then using a special centrifuge to remove the red blood cells and the plasma component.

What is it?

There are approximately 12 different growth factors present in your platelet rich plasma. These growth factors are concentrated to approximately 300 times your bodies normal levels. When injected at the injury site, they promote or regenerate an accelerated healing cascade.

Other choices for regenerative injection therapy agents exist, such as dextrose solution or dextrose with sodium morrhuate. These types of injections have been utilized since the 1930's with excellent results and are still utilized today. The difference between utilizing the bioactive proteins and dextrose lies in the number of injections needed to treat an injured site. The typical number of injections needed with the bioactive proteins is two. This number is typically doubled with the use of the traditional agents dextrose and sodium murhhuate. It should be noted that as many as six injections may be needed to treat an injury site.