Platelet Rich Plasma..
..or PRP is the basis of the therapy, but Kobe had a variation of it, that so far I've been unable to find out what it is. Some say that it was mixed with a growth hormone or steroids that makes the procedure not approved in the US.
I'm looking into having it too. I has surgery for a meniscus tear 8 months ago and the doctor totally butchered me, leaving me in much more pain than I was before. I've been searching for an alternative to knee replacement and so far PRP seems to have the best rep. There's so much snake oil out there.
Basically PRP takes the patients blood and spins it in a centrifuge until the platelets are separated from the blood, then the platelets are injected in the problem area. I'd really like to find out what the German doctors are adding to it and hear some comments from the players themselves about how effective it is, but so far it seems they are keeping it to themselves.
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