Does PRP injection treat tendinopathy?

Tendinopathy is a painful tendon problem linked to repeated loading, reduced capacity, or an injury pattern. PRP is prepared from your own blood and placed near the affected tendon with the aim of supporting tissue recovery. It cannot replace careful diagnosis, and pain may come from a nearby joint, nerve or muscle instead.

The tendon involved, how long symptoms have lasted, your activity demands and previous treatment all influence the discussion. A clinician may use an examination and sometimes imaging to guide the decision.

Have the painful area assessed before choosing an injection. Rehabilitation commonly involves adjusting aggravating loads, then rebuilding tendon strength with a staged exercise programme. Share your medicines and medical history, especially bleeding conditions, infection concerns or recent treatments. Ask how long to modify sport, work or lifting, and follow the specific recovery plan after the procedure.

Seek an assessment when tendon pain affects ordinary movement, strength or work, or does not improve with appropriate load changes. Get urgent help after an injection for fever, spreading redness, drainage, rapidly increasing swelling, severe pain, new weakness or loss of function.

Ask which tendon is affected, what evidence supports the diagnosis, what PRP is expected to change, what alternatives are available, and how progress will be judged during rehabilitation.