A short video interview between Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter and his patient Rick about Rick's chronic elbow pain. Rick reports ~2 years of progressive elbow pain that became severe enough to be triggered by simple actions (e.g., pulling a tissue). He sought an orthopedic referral, waited while on Tricare, and the clinician discussed PRP injections as a treatment option once his insurance was accepted.
It got to the point where even pulling a tissue out of a tissue box spiked the pain.
Rick here has been a patient of mine for a number of years. He had come to us with his elbow being a problem. What was going on? What was life like?
So I was having pain in my elbow that started about two years ago. It became more and more painful. It got to the point where even pulling a tissue out of a tissue box spiked the pain. I asked for an orthopedic referral, and I waited. I waited for Dr. Schachter to finally be able to take my insurance, which was Tricare. And finally, when I heard that you did, that's when you talked about doing PRP injections.
Yeah, we're really excited about orthobiologics here. One of the amazing options for our veterans, in some cases, is that Tricare will pay for PRP injections for knee and elbow.
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