{"id":2129,"date":"2011-02-28T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2011-02-28T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T19:32:07","slug":"platelet-rich-plasma-prp-therapy-allows-body-to-repair-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2011\/02\/platelet-rich-plasma-prp-therapy-allows-body-to-repair-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy Allows Body to Repair Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2130\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px;\" title=\"plasma\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/inside_201102_prp.jpg\" alt=\"plasma\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" \/>The <em>Gloucester County Times<\/em> published an article about Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), a therapeutic method being utilized at Cooper, that uses a person\u2019s own blood to combat chronic pain caused by progressive joint damage. The platelets in blood, which usually help with the clotting process after a cut, can promote healing when concentrated and injected directly at the site of damaged tissues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s no more risk than getting a blood draw or a flu shot,\u201d said David Gealt, DO, sports medicine specialist at Cooper Bone &amp; Joint Institute. \u201cThere aren&#8217;t really many side effects because it&#8217;s your own blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/gloucester-county\/index.ssf\/2011\/02\/health_notes_cooper_therapy_al.html\">To read the complete article visit www.nj.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gloucester County Times published an article about Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), a therapeutic method being utilized at Cooper, that uses a person\u2019s own blood to combat chronic pain caused by progressive joint damage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[223,41,464],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-ddevenney","4":"has-excerpt","5":"post-2129","7":"format-standard","8":"category-in-the-news","9":"post_tag-cooper-bone-and-joint-institute","10":"post_tag-orthopaedics","11":"post_tag-platelet-rich-plasma"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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