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A New Groin Strain Treatment
by Paul on 10/12/09 at 07:58 AM ET
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from John Glennon of the Tennessean,
Predators prospect Colin Wilson appears close to making his NHL debut, thanks in part to a relatively new sports medical procedure.
AdvertisementWilson suffered a strained groin early in training camp but underwent a blood platelet treatment a couple of weeks ago that has apparently helped the healing process.
Coach Barry Trotz didn’t specify the name of the treatment, but the process he described — in which platelets were removed from the injured area, mixed and then returned to the body — sounds identical to platelet-rich plasma.
In PRP, which has only been used in the sports field in recent years, a small sampling of the patient’s blood is placed into a centrifuge that rotates at high speed.
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I don’t care what we want to call it. I’m suggesting it to the orthopedist tomorrow, see if it’ll do anything for me. Good thing the beer league doesn’t check for this kind of thing.
Posted by Dez on 10/12/09 at 11:31 AM ET
PRP isn’t the same as the blood-doping you hear about in sports like cycling. It doesn’t offer any immediate performance boost, but is rather for healing.
If you can provide proof of therapeutic use, it is allowable by most anti-doping agencies (including the USADA).
Posted by RE: PRP on 10/12/09 at 12:02 PM ET
Actually, it isn’t blood doping. Blood doping involves the read blood cells, not platelets. Platelets function in immunity, not in oxygen transport; by increasing the density of red blood cells in the bloodstream, the amount of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin per volume of blood is higher, so the athlete can more efficiently transport oxygen to the muscles and dump carbon dioxide.
There are psysiological negatives, of course - the primary one probably beign that with an increased density of red blood cells in the bloodstream the heart has to work harder to pump the blood, since it has a higher viscosity. Putting excess strain on the heart is not generally considered a good thing.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/12/09 at 04:17 PM ET
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It’s blood doping, for god’s sake.
Why do people hear or see this stuff and just shrug? It’s blood doping! It’s flat-out banned in a lot of other sports across the globe!
Posted by Primis on 10/12/09 at 11:20 AM ET