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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 5, 2017 - 12:08am PT
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Back home after four fairly intense work days on another planet (Miami). I got home late tonight, and, after enjoying a real beer (not available on that other planet), I logged in to Supertopo. Where I was confronted by a sidebar ad that has me completely baffled.
As in, did I really get back to earth? Or am I in some kind of alternate Seattle in a really weird dimension where sidebar ads like this one make sense?
¿¿"Tap into the Power of Platelet-Rich Plasma"??
What the f*#k is one to do with what looks like test-tubes full of "platelet-rich plasma"? Draw a syringe-full and inject it? Drink it? Use it as a suppository?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Low T treatment ;)
Or maybe you're a boxer and it helps the cuts close more quickly?
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Googled it:
During the past several years, much has been written about a preparation called platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and its potential effectiveness in the treatment of injuries.
Many famous athletes — Tiger Woods, tennis star Rafael Nadal, and several others — have received PRP for various problems, such as sprained knees and chronic tendon injuries. These types of conditions have typically been treated with medications, physical therapy, or even surgery. Some athletes have credited PRP with their being able to return more quickly to competition.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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They've obviously sussed out that climbers aren't tested.
Know yer market!
I'd rather you told us why that AF A380 had an uncontained compressor section failure. :-/
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perswig
climber
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Now that's an interesting product for 'direct-to-consumer' marketing.
We use PRP for platelet deficiency due to auto-immune, trauma, or neoplasia causes as a temp replacement when no anemia exists, but also for hypoalbuminemia or panhypoproteinemias generally (furry quadrupeds). Conceivable that even without circulating deficiencies, someone might think more (albumin, globulins, platelets, other floaty stuff) would be advantageous to healing the slings and arrows of time or trauma.
I wonder if anyone advocates intra-articular use for chronic joint disease or acute injury?
To get this ad, the internet must think you're old.
Dale
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Gross! Blood products direct to consumer now...
This way you can say you've got that guy's fluids... well... in you.
Not that there's anything wrong with that..
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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One of my sisters had a two year persistent elbow area tendonitis that didn't respond to rest, ice, heat physical therapy etc. They finally suggested she try PRP, and she did and...
the injury resolved very quickly after the treatment.
So I guess it's not quackery.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2017 - 11:15am PT
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"Class III medical device, locker had "moved on" (like a sawyer) from his beloved blue butt plug."...
^^^
FAKE NEWS!!!...
Fake news? You mean you haven't moved on from the blue butt plug?
And as for Reilly's question, whatever the cause, it's going to be interesting days ahead for the A380. In 2010, not long after the type entered service, a Qantas A380 suffered an uncontained engine failure. That was a Rolls engine, and the AF plane was running on GE/P&W power, and neither event had anything to do with the airframe manufacturer, but Airbus really doesn't need negative publicity about its A380 right now.
At least none of the bits came slicing through the cabin.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Nov 10, 2017 - 07:04pm PT
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I've had excellent results with PRP with 3 different chronic soft tissue injuries/tears. I'm a believer. YMMV
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2017 - 07:23pm PT
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I've had excellent results with PRP with 3 different chronic soft tissue injuries/tears. I'm a believer. YMMV
Thanks for that.
Can you elaborate a bit? Like, what is it? How does it Work? Etc etc etc.
Seeing that ad without any background knowledge was bizarre, but if it's a legit treatment for the kinds of problems we (climbers) are likely to suffer, I'm interested.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Nov 10, 2017 - 07:36pm PT
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A specific amount of your blood ( about 20-60cc) is drawn then spun down in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets/healing factors. Then the PRP (roughly 4-10cc depending on injury needs) is injected right into the injury site simultaneously creating localized trauma with the needle thereby initiating an inflammatory response and subsequent healing process while providing additional healing factors with the PRP. For my injuries, laying low for about 3-4 weeks and then slowly ramping activity for the next 4-8 weeks has been very effective. Note that for all 3 injuries I first tried lay offs, PT and other treatments with no success.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 10, 2017 - 07:54pm PT
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BN
You think it might help with my personality transplant, since Hackett failed me there?????
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Nov 10, 2017 - 08:29pm PT
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Two treatments, lower back/SI joint sprain healed. After two years of pt, massage, anti inflamatories, MRI showing nothing. I'm a believer.
Pro athletes have been going to Switzerland for this and a simalar treatment using your own stem cells extracted from your own bone marrow for several years before these methods were allowed here.
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