1521 East 3900 South, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
Mon. - Thu. 8 am to 5 pm
Friday 8 am to 1 pm
(801) 262-8486
How can PRP Therapy help you?
- Targeting Damaged Tissue: Triggers the body’s natural healing response to decrease pain in the target area
- Overcoming Past PRP Failures: Provides clinical-grade, high-concentration growth factors for patients who saw minimal results from other PRP systems.
- Autologous & Pure: Uses your own blood chemistry with customizable cellular purity.
- Protecting Joint Integrity: Delivers a long-term biological solution that works with tissue—unlike repetitive cortisone injections, which can weaken tendons and breakdown cartilage over time.
who can benefit from PRP Therapy?
You are an ideal candidate if you:
- Suffer from stubborn tendon injuries (such as tennis/golfer’s elbow, Achilles tendinopathy, rotator cuff tears, or plantar fasciitis) or mild-to-moderate joint osteoarthritis.
- Have tried PRP previously elsewhere with disappointing results and want to experience high-dose PRP.
- Desire a precise, physician-performed injection guided by real-time ultrasound to ensure maximum healing potential.
High-Dose Precision Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy (Powered by Arthrex Angel™)
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is an advanced orthobiologic treatment that uses concentrated factors from your own blood to stimulate the body’s healing response to decrease pain in damaged tissue.
However, if you have tried PRP in the past without success, it is possible you received a lower quality preparation or an unguided injection that may have missed the injured tissue (or an untrained practitioner performing your “ultrasound guided” injection).
At Alpine Orthopaedic Specialists, we utilize the Arthrex Angel™ Processing System—the gold standard in orthobiologic medicine. Using computerized, 3-sensor light absorption technology (flow cytometry), the Angel system automatically separates blood components with sub-cellular accuracy. The Angel system delivers high-dose PRP with platelet concentrations up to 18 times baseline. Furthermore, it allows us to precisely dial in white blood cell (leukocyte) and red blood cell levels, eliminating the pro-inflammatory cells that cause severe post-injection pain while maximizing growth factors.
Why Ultrasound Guidance Beats "Blind" PRP Injections
A high-potency biologic is only as effective as its placement. Traditional injections are often given "blind" using physical landmarks, or by practitioners who are utilizing ultrasound but are actually untrained in its nuance, which can result in missing the targeted tissue structure by several millimeters. Our fellowship trained physicians have undergone years of ultrasound specific training to ensure high level accuracy is used during ultrasound guided injections.
- Target Accuracy: Our physicians personally perform your procedure using real-time, high-resolution ultrasound visualization to navigate the needle directly into the microscopic tear or damaged joint capsule.
- Protecting Healthy Tissues: Ultrasound guidance allows our fellowship trained doctors to map out your internal anatomy in real time, avoiding nearby nerves, blood vessels, and healthy tissue structures.
- Maximum Therapeutic Yield: Ensures your high-dose Arthrex Angel PRP is deposited inside the injured tendon sheath or joint space, where it can immediately initiate cellular signaling rather than washing away into surrounding soft tissue.
What to Expect During the Procedure
- Blood Draw & Automated Processing: A small blood sample is drawn in our office and processed in the Arthrex Angel™ system. Within minutes, the computerized 3-sensor technology isolates your customized, high-potency PRP formulation.
- Physician delivered Ultrasound-Guided Placement: Our physicians examine your injury on live ultrasound, maps the precise target, numbs the skin, and places the high-dose PRP directly into the damaged site.
- Duration & Recovery: The total appointment takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Because high-dose PRP initiates a natural healing cascade, mild temporary soreness for 2 to 4 days is normal, followed by aiming for a steady functional improvement over 4 to 8 weeks.
High-Dose Precision Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy (Powered by Arthrex Angel™)
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is an advanced orthobiologic treatment that uses concentrated factors from your own blood to stimulate the body’s healing response to decrease pain in damaged tissue.
However, if you have tried PRP in the past without success, it is possible you received a lower quality preparation or an unguided injection that may have missed the injured tissue (or an untrained practitioner performing your “ultrasound guided” injection).
At Alpine Orthopaedic Specialists, we utilize the Arthrex Angel™ Processing System—the gold standard in orthobiologic medicine. Using computerized, 3-sensor light absorption technology (flow cytometry), the Angel system automatically separates blood components with sub-cellular accuracy. The Angel system delivers high-dose PRP with platelet concentrations up to 18 times baseline. Furthermore, it allows us to precisely dial in white blood cell (leukocyte) and red blood cell levels, eliminating the pro-inflammatory cells that cause severe post-injection pain while maximizing growth factors.
Why Ultrasound Guidance Beats "Blind" PRP Injections
A high-potency biologic is only as effective as its placement. Traditional injections are often given "blind" using physical landmarks, or by practitioners who are utilizing ultrasound but are actually untrained in its nuance, which can result in missing the targeted tissue structure by several millimeters. Our fellowship trained physicians have undergone years of ultrasound specific training to ensure high level accuracy is used during ultrasound guided injections.
- Target Accuracy: Our physicians personally perform your procedure using real-time, high-resolution ultrasound visualization to navigate the needle directly into the microscopic tear or damaged joint capsule.
- Protecting Healthy Tissues: Ultrasound guidance allows our fellowship trained doctors to map out your internal anatomy in real time, avoiding nearby nerves, blood vessels, and healthy tissue structures.
- Maximum Therapeutic Yield: Ensures your high-dose Arthrex Angel PRP is deposited inside the injured tendon sheath or joint space, where it can immediately initiate cellular signaling rather than washing away into surrounding soft tissue.
What to Expect During the Procedure
- Blood Draw & Automated Processing: A small blood sample is drawn in our office and processed in the Arthrex Angel™ system. Within minutes, the computerized 3-sensor technology isolates your customized, high-potency PRP formulation.
- Physician delivered Ultrasound-Guided Placement: Our physicians examine your injury on live ultrasound, maps the precise target, numbs the skin, and places the high-dose PRP directly into the damaged site.
- Duration & Recovery: The total appointment takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Because high-dose PRP initiates a natural healing cascade, mild temporary soreness for 2 to 4 days is normal, followed by aiming for a steady functional improvement over 4 to 8 weeks.
How can PRP Therapy help you?
- Targeting Damaged Tissue: Triggers the body’s natural healing response to decrease pain in the target area
- Overcoming Past PRP Failures: Provides clinical-grade, high-concentration growth factors for patients who saw minimal results from other PRP systems.
- Autologous & Pure: Uses your own blood chemistry with customizable cellular purity.
- Protecting Joint Integrity: Delivers a long-term biological solution that works with tissue—unlike repetitive cortisone injections, which can weaken tendons and breakdown cartilage over time.
who can benefit from PRP Therapy
You are an ideal candidate if you:
- Suffer from stubborn tendon injuries (such as tennis/golfer’s elbow, Achilles tendinopathy, rotator cuff tears, or plantar fasciitis) or mild-to-moderate joint osteoarthritis.
- Have tried PRP previously elsewhere with disappointing results and want to experience high-dose PRP.
- Desire a precise, physician-performed injection guided by real-time ultrasound to ensure maximum healing potential.
Endurance Athlete Medicine
Performance & Overuse Care for Runners, Cyclists, and Triathletes
Endurance injuries stem from repetitive microtrauma, rapid training load spikes, and subtle biomechanical inefficiencies. Unlike contact trauma, endurance conditions require addressing the underlying root cause of mechanical breakdown so you can train consistently without chronic pain.
Diagnostic & Treatment Solutions
We partner with local runners, cyclists, and triathletes to keep them training safely:
- High-Resolution Ultrasound: Detecting early tendon degeneration, bursitis, and fluid collection before a partial tear occurs.
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy: Stimulating natural healing in chronic, stubborn tendinopathies without requiring months of complete rest.
- Load Management Guidance: Helping you adjust training volume safely while incorporating cross-training to preserve aerobic cardiovascular fitness.
Don't wait for pain to dictate your lifestyle.
What are the Common Symptoms & Root Causes of Overuse Injuries?
- Symptoms: Aching pain during long runs or rides, persistent tendon stiffness, focal bone tenderness, chronic muscle tightness, and declining performance.
- Causes: Rapid mileage or elevation spikes, improper bike fit or footwear, glute/core weakness, and high-volume training on steep terrain across the Wasatch region.
When should i seek Endurance care?
- Performance Limits: You experience recurring pain limiting your running mileage, cycling wattage, or swimming endurance.
- Race Preparation: You are training for an upcoming marathon, ultra, or triathlon and need to resolve nagging overuse pain.
- Recurrent Setbacks: You suffer from the same seasonal overuse injuries year after year.
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