Q: My doctor at the local bone and joint clinic said I was a good candidate for an experimental injection of PRP for arthritis in my right shoulder. What is your opinion? I’m 71. A: Unlike your doctor ...

Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months of right shoulder pain. The pain is worst on ...

Recently we have been hearing much about platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for pitchers in professional baseball. In recent weeks, Orioles minor league pitchers Hunter Harvey and Branden Kline had ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I would like your opinion about platelet-rich plasma (PRP). I have an impingement in my shoulder and was told I need surgery. Do you think the PRP is an option? Reply: There is an ...

UPDATE: In light of several comments, both public on this article and private through direct email, I would like to clarify the point I was attempting to make. I am not in any way whatsoever saying ...

Center Dwight Howard will not play in Friday night's game against the Timberwolves in Minnesota and will instead return to Los Angeles to undergo a platelet rich plasma (PRP) procedure on his ailing ...

Russell Wilson’s slow start to this season took another strange twist on Friday. The Denver Broncos quarterback underwent a shoulder procedure on Friday in Los Angeles. First report by NFL Network, ...

The Lakers announced on Friday that Dwight Howard will travel back to Los Angeles on Friday to undergo a “PRP procedure” on Saturday. PRP is short for “platelet rich plasma.” Howard will first have ...