This is a short patient testimonial (YouTube video) in which 58-year-old patient Darrell Lucas describes pre-treatment shoulder pain that limited overhead activity and sleep. He received a Pinnacle orthobiologics package consisting of two PRP injections about two months apart with laser therapy between sessions; he reports low procedural pain (3/10), no downtime (returned to work same day), regained the ability to lift 50 lb feed bags overhead, and now has no pain. The video functions as a positive patient endorsement of the clinic’s PRP shoulder program.
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Hello.
So this is Darrell Lucas Darrel underwent one of our packages. He underwent prp, a full treatment package on his right shoulder. I think we met you in July.
I believe so.
Can you give me your age? If you're comfortable giving that.
58.
Yeah, 58 years young. And what do you do for a living?
I'm an aircraft mechanic on the flight line.
Right. So you can't take any time off, right?
No.
Like, you have a very, very physical job. And so what was life like kind of before your treatment, before we met and then did your prp?
I was having to favor it every day and make up, you know, with my left arm, whatever I normally would do with my right a lot of times.
Were you able to get your arm above your head? I mean, were you. No. Yeah. And how was sleep?
Sleep was not good either.
Yeah. So missing out on a lot of stuff.
My arm. Yeah. I couldn't hardly. I had to live with the pain.
Right. And so what finally triggered you to come in and meet our staff here at Pinnacle?
One of your fine people here. I used to bring my mom here for her knee, and Melissa told me I might want to try it.
Mimi brought you in? We're all family. Oh, yeah.
I've known her a long time.
And so what kind of concerns did you have prior to our procedure?
Just not knowing what to expect.
Right. And it's money, right? It's a lot of money.
But we try and give great value for what people pay. This was absolutely. So what was the procedure like for you? We did a shoulder injection. We numbed his shoulder up really good. And then we've done a series of two PRP injections on you. They were about two months apart. And then laser treatments between.
Absolutely. For me, I want a 1 to 10 level for pain. I give it a 3.
Right.
For me, pain less.
And how. And what kind of downtime did you have after the procedure? When did you return back to work?
The same. Same day.
Okay. You were able to go back to work the same day?
Yeah, I had no downtime.
We would typically not recommend that people do that. We like for people to take it a little easy. Darrell's a madman. But. But that is amazing. So what's life like now? What can you do that you weren't able to do before?
Well, I get to go work my cows, feed cows. Like I, you know, I lift bales of hay, sacks of feed every day.
Awesome. How heavy are Those bags?
They're £50 each.
Very cool. And you can get them over your head? No, problem, one in each arm. All right. And that's all stuff that you weren't able to do before, right?
I had to use tractors, a lot of stuff. I had to use mechanical stuff when it was out of my time to do it. It's easier if I can just grab it and go.
Yeah, exactly. Alright, so what would you tell somebody who's considering coming to see us here at Pinnacle or considering our orthobiologics program?
100% come guarantee you that.
Fantastic.
I had zero pain now.
And, and what would you have anything that you want to add? You have anything you want to talk.
About with the great staff. Great doctor. Very, very pleased I did this.
That's your right arm, isn't it? Yes. Give me a high five.
