A procedure intended to help heal musculoskeletal injuries called platelet-rich plasma therapy, or P.R.P., has created a big buzz in sports medicine and the media in recent years. Tiger Woods ...

Spring is here, and that means tennis players of all shapes and sizes are breaking out their racquets and hitting the courts. Along with the start of the tennis season, however, comes the potential ...

March 30, 2004 — A new study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that physical therapy was most effective for reducing pain and disability and increasing ...

About 1 to 3 percent of Americans develop tennis elbow — an overuse injury that causes chronic pain around the outside of the elbow — but the treatments given to many sufferers appear to be ...

People with tennis elbow may not benefit from corticosteroid injections over the long term, a new study from Australia suggests. In fact, the findings suggest that the shots may actually make matters ...

The treatment of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) was evaluated in 198 patients who had the condition for at least six weeks (i>BMJ. 2006;333:939; full-text ...

Big name athletes have reportedly used PRP therapy for sports injuries. Does it work? A procedure intended to help heal musculoskeletal injuries called platelet-rich plasma therapy, or P.R.P., has ...