PRP for rotator cuff tears isn't magic or useless, but clinics often oversell it because it's cash-pay. The real problem: aggressive marketing outpaces the science, and there's no clear guidance on when it actually works.
Don't be misled by people who will tell you that PRP is going to heal your rotator cuff. So now the summary here is that PRP for rotator cuff tear isn't magic, but it also isn't useless. The problem is nobody's telling you what category you're in. And why does this keep happening? Well, there's marketing that outpaces evidence for people. There's a big incentive here because it is a cash pay item, and there are clinics out there that are just trying to make a lot of money off of PRP rather than using it in an evidence-based manner.
