Some injuries don't need a cover-up. They need a reason to start healing again. That's the idea behind platelet-rich plasma (PRP): we draw a small amount of your own blood, concentrate the platelets and growth factors it already carries, and place them precisely into the tissue that's been stuck in a stalled repair cycle.
It's an appealing fit for the kind of chronic tendon and joint problems that shrug off rest and anti-inflammatories: because the problem there usually isn't inflammation, it's tissue that quietly gave up on healing. PRP is a biological nudge to restart that process, using your own building blocks rather than a foreign substance.
At Elevated Sport and Spine, PRP is never a standalone silver bullet. It's paired with the same root-cause assessment and progressive loading plan behind everything we do, because a regenerative signal only sticks when the tissue is then loaded to rebuild correctly. Whether PRP is right for you starts with an honest candidacy conversation, not a hard sell.
How it works here
Candidacy first
PRP isn't right for everyone or every injury. We assess the tissue, review your history and imaging if you have it, and give you a straight answer on whether you're a good candidate, and whether a simpler tool would work just as well.
Draw, concentrate, place
A small blood draw is spun to concentrate the platelets, then the PRP is placed precisely into the target tissue.
Load the rebuild
The injection restarts the healing signal; a structured loading program tells the tissue what to become. Every PRP plan includes the rehab that makes the result durable.
PRP questions
Platelet-rich plasma is a concentrate made from your own blood. Platelets carry growth factors involved in tissue repair; concentrating and placing them at an injury site is intended to stimulate the body's own healing response. Because it's derived from you, there's no foreign material involved.
PRP across the Salt Lake Valley
Ready to start prp care?
Start with a free discovery call: tell us what's going on, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit and what the fix looks like.