Most of us have experienced the extreme frustration that comes from being sidelined by an injury. Whether it becomes painful to sit and stand or play with your kids, eventually, you’ll try just about anything to find some relief.
That’s what happened to St. Elizabeth Healthcare cardiac nurse Deb Grover.
“I was incapacitated,” says Deb Grover, who enjoyed tennis and strength training. She injured her hamstring in Pilates, and “I had never let it heal.” After traditional treatments ““ physical therapy, icing, oral steroids, injected steroids ““ failed to give her long-term relief, her physician sent her to Dr. Matthew DesJardins and OrthoCincy to try platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy.
“When I went to Dr. DesJardins, he was very upfront with me. He did not give me any false hope.” She had two PRP injections. She was better after the first one, and Dr. DesJardins did the second one a few months later. “To be honest, I think it worked better than either one of us hoped. I’m just so much better.”
PRP didn’t completely take away her pain. “Am I able to play tennis? Yes. Do I have to take Advil to do it? Yes. But, it certainly is nothing that keeps me from doing anything I want.”
Grover said, “There would have been no other treatment options for me except this. I am really glad for other people that they have this option. This obviously isn’t something you do first, but without it, I don’t know what I would have done.”
