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A new study published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine showed that a single injection of PRP (platelet-rich plasma)<\/a> was both more effective and longer lasting than a cortisone injection for the treatment of symptomatic gluteus medius tendinitis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

80 patients were randomized to receive either a PRP\ninjection or a cortisone under, both under ultrasound guidance.  The PRP\ninjection resulted in greater improvement in pain and function than a single\ncortisone injection. The improvement after the PRP injection was sustained at 2\nyears, whereas the improvement from the steroid injection was maximal at 6\nweeks and not maintained beyond 24 weeks.
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\nThe gluteus medius is a muscle deep to the gluteus maximus.  The gluteus\nmedius tendon attaches to the side of the hip bone, known as the greater\ntrochanter.  The main function of the gluteus medius to help rotate or\nturn the hip outwards and to help stabilize the hip and leg.
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\nPain over the greater trochanter is most often misdiagnosed as\n“trochanteric bursitis,” and patients routinely receive cortisone\ninjections to treat it.  But studies increasingly show that the underlying\nproblem far more commonly is glute med tendinitis.  Cortisone is a\npowerful anti-inflammatory.  But the underlying problem is wear and tear\nof the tendon, much more than inflammation.  And cortisone not only does\nlittle to help repair the damage, it can actually cause more harm to the\ntissue!  PRP, on the other hand, actually stimulates a natural repair of\nthe damaged tendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n





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