PRP & Stem Cell Rehab

You have to wait an amount of time before any activity to give the injections a chance to work. You don't want to over stimulate blood flow in the area of the injury as that will move the injected material away from the location of the injury and render it ineffective.  Not sure exactly on time frame to wait before beginning rehab but I'm thinking 10 days to 2 weeks.  Do your homework on whoever will be overseeing the rehab and make sure your Dr. is on board with the program.  A lot of rehab people are loose cannons and will take you down the wrong path if you aren't careful.

Thanks. We are definitely going to follow Dr.'s orders. He is going to prescribe the Rehab when we get to that point. I am hoping we can salvage some of the summer season to be seen by some schools.

My son went to Dr Andrews for Stem cell injections & PRP's on his shoulder (2015, Pensicola facility). As I recall, it was PRP, 2 weeks later Stem cell injection, 2 wks later another PRP. Abt 6-8 weeks later he began rehab. 

Just follow Dr instructions & rehab to a T!! No shortcuts! No rushing even if he "feels" he's ok! 

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Sorry to hear your son got injured.  My son (a position player) had a partial (slight) tear in his UCL also.  We elected with PRP injections.  Insurance would not cover it since "investigational procedure" and there was nothing available at the time to shows it works.  Not exactly sure but I think for 2 -3 weeks NOTHING can be done, then rehab for 2 - 3 months.  Son and school took it slowly, no rush to get him back out there.  So far though it has worked, he is back to 100% in AAA currently.  With your son being a pitcher there might be a greater risk of re-injuring the UCL.  Wish you the best of luck.

Go820 posted:

After an MRI showed my son had stretching of his UCL (no tears), the doctor recommended PRP & Stem Cell injections for my son. We have just completed our first round of injections. My question is  how long does it take after the injections are complete to return to the field? Typically, are there any restrictions, such as weighted ball programs? Has any one had success with this type of treatment? My concern is returning to quickly and reinjuring his arm. He is RHP  Junior and obviously this summer is important. Any incite would be appreciated. 

No offense, but why not ask your doctor, who is, presumably, a specialist, rather than listen to a bunch people on the internet? 

No Offense? That's funny. Is it possible that there are many different experiences and outcomes that are had by others? This isn't an exact science. There is very little real life experience regarding PRP and Stem Cells that can be easily gathered without asking questions where ever that might be, including the internet. You just need to be able to disseminate the information. Why post a question on a message board about all things baseball when you could just seek out a coach?

Go820 posted:

No Offense? That's funny. Is it possible that there are many different experiences and outcomes that are had by others? This isn't an exact science. There is very little real life experience regarding PRP and Stem Cells that can be easily gathered without asking questions where ever that might be, including the internet. You just need to be able to disseminate the information. Why post a question on a message board about all things baseball when you could just seek out a coach?

To put this into context, I asked my wife, who is a physician, about this. She rolled her eyes, and said,

1- that's not my specialty, so I would never venture an opinion.

2- I have never seen or examined the patient, so how would I know? It would be irresponsible for me too opine.

You go ahead and get opinions from all of us on your boy, though, if it makes you happy.