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An independent PRP desk
Per-session prices make PRP look affordable. The protocol makes it a four-figure commitment. We collected the published 2026 numbers for hair and joint treatment and did the arithmetic clinics leave to the patient.
August 26, 2026 / By Jefferson Aluko / 6 min read
Two injections can both be called PRP and behave like different drugs. Here is how neutrophil content shifts the biology, what the tendon and joint evidence actually shows, and the questions to ask before anyone opens a centrifuge.
August 10, 2026 / By Kerensa Molyneux
Two injections can both be called PRP and behave like different drugs. Here is what the leukocyte content actually does in tendon versus joint, and why the label on your consent form matters.
August 7, 2026 / By Kerensa Molyneux
Two clinics can both truthfully say they offer PRP and hand you preparations whose white cell content differs by more than an order of magnitude. Which one you get is rarely disclosed, never on the invoice, and for tendons versus joints the evidence points in opposite directions.
July 28, 2026 / By Lazlo Fontaine
PRP is sold as one treatment for tendon pain, but the research does not behave that way. The evidence for tennis elbow and the evidence for Achilles tendinopathy point in genuinely opposite directions, and no clinic menu tells you that.
July 25, 2026 / By Lazlo Fontaine
Heel pain that has outlasted stretching, orthotics, and cortisone is the classic PRP candidate. The evidence is genuinely encouraging in the foot and far more mixed in the Achilles.
July 22, 2026 / By Jefferson Aluko
The PRP Desk
Per-session prices make PRP look affordable. The protocol makes it a four-figure commitment. We collected the published 2026 numbers for hair and joint treatment and did the arithmetic clinics leave to the patient.
Two injections can both be called PRP and behave like different drugs. Here is how neutrophil content shifts the biology, what the tendon and joint evidence actually shows, and the questions to ask before anyone opens a centrifuge.
Two injections can both be called PRP and behave like different drugs. Here is what the leukocyte content actually does in tendon versus joint, and why the label on your consent form matters.
Two clinics can both truthfully say they offer PRP and hand you preparations whose white cell content differs by more than an order of magnitude. Which one you get is rarely disclosed, never on the invoice, and for tendons versus joints the evidence points in opposite directions.
PRP is sold as one treatment for tendon pain, but the research does not behave that way. The evidence for tennis elbow and the evidence for Achilles tendinopathy point in genuinely opposite directions, and no clinic menu tells you that.
Heel pain that has outlasted stretching, orthotics, and cortisone is the classic PRP candidate. The evidence is genuinely encouraging in the foot and far more mixed in the Achilles.
§ 04 · Frequently Asked
PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. It is a concentrate made from a small sample of your own blood, spun in a centrifuge to separate out a layer rich in platelets and their healing growth factors. That concentrate is then injected or applied to tissue to amplify the body's own repair response.
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