Blood Injections May Help Chronic "Tennis Elbow", Henry Dunant Hospital Study

Blood injections, especially of platelet-rich blood, into the affected area help relieve the pain associated with "tennis elbow" where other treatment methods have failed, according to a Greek study. Analogous blood injections, in which the patient's own blood is taken and then injected into a specific area of the body, is used to help harness the healing power of blood to treat the degeneration of tendons. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is blood that has been spun in a centrifuge to separate the blood cells. "There is now a solution for patients suffering from unrelenting 'tennis elbow,'" said Christos Thanasas from Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, who led the study.