PRP Therapy at Metro Pain Centers
Your knee has been swollen for weeks after that weekend basketball game. The MRI shows a partial ligament tear. Your orthopedist says surgery and eight weeks on crutches. You are not ready to lose two months of your life to recovery.
What Is PRP Therapy at Metro Pain Centers?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a regenerative medicine procedure that concentrates platelets from a patient's own blood and injects them into damaged tissue to promote natural healing. Platelets contain growth factors that stimulate cellular repair and tissue regeneration.
Metro Pain Centers performs PRP therapy using advanced centrifugation protocols to isolate a high concentration of platelets from your blood sample. The process triggers alpha granule degranulation -- the release of stored growth factors from activated platelets -- which initiates a cascade of tissue repair at the injection site.
The practice delivers PRP injections under ultrasound guidance. This ensures the concentrated platelets reach the exact location of tissue damage, whether in a tendon, ligament, joint, or muscle.
How This Treatment Helps
Our physicians use the latest techniques and technology to deliver precise, effective pain relief with minimal downtime.
Conditions Treated with PRP Therapy at Metro Pain Centers
Metro Pain Centers uses PRP therapy to treat soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions, including:
How It Works
Blood draw
A technician draws a small sample of your blood, typically 30 to 60 milliliters. The process is identical to a routine blood test.
Centrifugation
The centrifuge separates platelets from whole blood, concentrating them to three to five times normal levels. This takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Ultrasound-guided injection
Your physician injects the concentrated platelet solution directly into the damaged tissue under real-time ultrasound guidance. The entire appointment takes about 45 minutes.
Healing response
These concentrated platelets release growth factors when injected. Growth factors recruit stem cells and stimulate fibroblasts to begin tissue repair over the following weeks.
Benefits of PRP Therapy for Pain Relief
Use Your Body's Own Healing Power
Stop dreading another cortisone shot that barely lasts a month. Metro Pain Centers uses PRP therapy to concentrate your body's own growth factors, triggering repair at the cellular level. No synthetic drugs. No foreign substances.
Skip Surgery and Long Recovery
Facing knee surgery for a partial tear? The practice uses PRP injections to stimulate tissue repair without a single incision. Most patients return to normal activities within days, not months.
Treat the Cause, Not Just Symptoms
Pain medication masks your injury. PRP therapy addresses the underlying tissue damage. Metro Pain Centers delivers concentrated platelets to the exact site of injury, promoting actual structural healing rather than temporary relief.
What to Expect During PRP Therapy Treatment
Before your appointment
Avoid anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen and naproxen for one week before treatment. These medications can inhibit platelet function. Drink plenty of water the morning of your visit.
During the procedure
The blood draw takes five minutes. You wait approximately 15 minutes while the centrifuge prepares your PRP concentrate. The injection itself takes less than five minutes. You may feel pressure at the injection site.
After the procedure
Mild soreness and swelling at the injection site are normal for two to three days. Metro Pain Centers recommends avoiding strenuous activity for 48 hours. Most patients notice improvement two to four weeks after treatment as tissue repair progresses.
Your PRP Therapy Specialists at Metro Pain Centers
EXPERIENCE
Led by Dr. Rahul Sood
Dr. Rahul Sood leads the practice as Chairman of Anesthesiology at New Bridge Medical Centers. Every PRP procedure is performed by a physician, never delegated to an assistant. We provide consultations in English, Spanish, Punjabi, and Hindi.
Our physicians hold board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine, with training from Mount Sinai, Rutgers, and Thomas Jefferson University.
PRP Therapy Available at 12 NJ and NY Locations
Hear From Our Patients
The doctors actually listen to you and take time to explain everything. I finally found relief after years of back pain.
From my first visit, I felt like they genuinely cared about helping me get better. The staff is wonderful and the treatments changed my life.
After seeing multiple doctors with no improvement, Metro Pain Centers finally gave me a treatment plan that works. I can't recommend them enough.
Start Your PRP Therapy Treatment Today
Your body already has the tools to heal. Let us concentrate them where they are needed most. [Schedule your PRP therapy consultation at Metro Pain Centers](/contact/) and find out if regenerative treatment can help you avoid surgery. Same-day appointments available.