Previous studies have shown that football has nearly twice the injury rate as the next most popular sport, basketball. Yet researchers say this is the first study to compare injuries among high school and collegiate football players based on a national sample of more 100 high schools and 55 colleges.
Diduch says that PRP therapy could be helpful for chronic overuse syndromes, such as Achilles tendonitis, knee tendonitis (quad or patella tendon), elbow tendonitis (golfer’s or tennis elbow), plantar fasciitis of the foot or rotator cuff tendonitis. It could also be beneficial for acute injuries, like MCL sprains, or hamstring/quadriceps/groin muscle strains.
Dr. Diduch has practiced orthopaedic surgery at the University of Virginia since 1995 focusing on sports medicine, including knee and shoulder reconstruction.
“As part of my practice I see all sorts of injuries,” saidDr. Diduch. “Arthroscopy, ACL reconstructions, meniscus and cartilage surgery, rotator cuff tears and shoulder instability, as well as the various lumps and bumps from sports, this PRP (treatment) will allow patients bounce back from injury in record time.”
The study found four out of every 1,000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury compared with eight out of every 1,000 collegiate football exposures. But high school football players suffered a greater proportion of serious, season-ending injuries like broken bones and concussions, which accounted for about 10 percent of all injuries among high school players.
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