“This is a question that I get asked often in my office these days. Platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is a solution of plasma with a much higher concentration of platelets than normally found in your blood. The average human has about five liters, or 1.5 gallons, of blood in their body, mostly consisting of plasma. Within that plasma, you have red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Platelets used to be known only for clotting. Now it’s been found that platelets also have a lot of growth factors in them. So platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is a solution where we take your blood, spin it down, extract the platelets, and come up with a solution with a higher concentration of platelets than normal plasma. This allows us to inject it into your body to promote healing.”
Jonathan Gordon, MD, is a board certified orthopedist, specializing in sports medicine and foot and ankle surgery, at Mount Sinai Doctors, seeing patients Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Dr. Gordon serves as the Medical Consultant for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks and a consulting physician for the New York Police Department and the Fire Department of New York. He previously served as an Orthopedic Consultant for the U.S. Figure Skating Association, American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, World Boxing Association, and the University of Connecticut Men’s basketball team. His research includes examinations of lower extremity trauma and the biomechanics of the ankle. He has a particular interest in arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the knee, shoulder, foot and ankle. Mount Sinai Doctors is an organization of clinical relationships and multi-specialty services that expand the Mount Sinai Health System’s footprint beyond the seven main hospital campuses into the greater New York City area.