What is APC Therapy?
Autologous Platelet Concentrate (APC) Therapy is a new treatment for chronic plantar fascitis. This is not for evrybody with heel pain. It is a new cutting edge treatment and is only for those who have been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis that has not repsonded to other treatments. This is not surgery. Is a minimally invasive treatment that utilizes your body’s own cells and healing potential to dramatically reverse the chronic inflammation that causes plantar fasciitis. APC Therapy is an advanced procedure that is performed to stimulate healing. A small sample of blood is drawn from the patient, spun in a centrifuge, and the platelets (the growth and healing factors of the blood) are drawn out afterwards. After the platelets are drawn out, they are re-injected into the damaged tissue in the plantar fascia. This stimulates healing at a rate of 5,000 times more quickly than the healing rate of normal blood vessels. This breaks up the cycle of chronic inflammation. The injured tissue th