(from Left to right: Dr. Joseph Jimenez, Ras-I Dowling, Dr. Emily Splichal)
CONGRATULATIONS TO RAS-I DOWLING! HE WAS SELECTED BY THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS IN THIS YEAR’S 2011 NFL DRAFT. PERFORMANCE SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE ALSO THANKS DR. EMILY SPLICHAL, founder of the Evidence Based Fitness Academy, FOR HER SUPPORT IN THIS YEAR’S PRE-DRAFT PARTY SPONSORED BY PERFORMANCE SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE AT THE COVET LOUNGE NYC!
EUGENE MONROE OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, WAS THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH PERFORMANCE AND OUR FRIENDS
(Left to Right: Dr. Emily Splichal, Eugene Monroe, Dr. Joseph Jimenez, Dr. Philip Jimenez)
In this photo, Dr. Emily Splichal, Dr. Joseph Jimenez, and Dr. Philip Jimenez toast to Eugene Monroe’s incredible success thus far in the NFL. Dr. Philip Jimenez is the Podiatrist and Foot/Ankle Specialist at Performance Spine & Sports Medicine.
Athletes like Ras-I Dowling and Eugene Monroe know that when it comes to sports medicine, rehabilitation and sports performance training or diagnostics, PERFORMANCE SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE is their SECRET WEAPON to keep them on top of their game, prevent injury, AND to treat any of their orthopedic injuries WITHOUT SURGERY!! In fact, depending on the injury, we can get them back to field within 2 weeks and sometimes getting them performing at a higher level.
THE SECRET: PLATELET RICH PLASMA INJECTIONS!!
Platelet Rich Plasma injections (or PRP injections) can help regenerate and repair injured or torn MUSCLES, TENDONS, ligaments, cartilage and bones in knees, shoulders, ankles, hips and even the spine or low back. The athletes we have treated came in with hamstring tears, patellar tendinitis or tendon tears, and rotator cuff tears! The injection is an alternative to surgery. In fact, many patients or athletes that have failed steroid injection or even surgical procedures turn to Platelet Rich Plasma Injections. Some rumored athletes that have tried PRP include Heinz Ward and Tiger Woods.
PLATELETS ARE CELLS IN YOUR BODY THAT FORM BLOOD CLOTS TO HELP YOU STOP BLEEDING IF YOU GET AN INJURY ANY OF YOUR TISSUES OR VITAL ORGANS. THEY ALSO FORM SCABS ON OPEN WOUNDS TO THE SKIN
PLATELETS NOT ONLY FORM CLOTS OR SCABS BUT ARE RICH IN GROWTH FACTORS TO PROMOTE HEALING. SO, INJECTING PLATELETS DIRECTLY TO INJURED JOINTS, LIGAMENTS OR TENDONS MAY HELP REPAIR THE INJURY.
THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES TAKING A FEW TABLESPOONS OF YOUR OWN BLOOD AND SEPARATING THE PLATELETS FROM THE REST OF THE BLOOD. A special machine called a centrifuge, spins the blood in a plastic tube to filter the platelets from the rest of the blood
In this picture (below), the yellow plasma has all the platelets — millions of them!
YOUR OWN PLATELETS ARE THEN INJECTED IT INTO THE INJURED JOINT or body part. THIS CUTTING EDGE AND REVOLUTIONARY THERAPY IS AVAILABLE AT PERFORMANCE SPINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE OFFERING ALL THE NON-SURGICAL SOLUTIONS UNDER ONE ROOF!
We use an ultrasound machine to make sure we put the platelets in the right place!
Athletes that we have treated in the past with Platelet Rich Plasma with 100% success include: Donald Jones of the Buffalo Bills
and Andre Dixon of the Hartford Colonials
