Dr. Bill Releford, Medical Director of the Releford Foot and Ankle Institute, Develops New Treatment

Like 61K

Log In This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website, affiliate websites and third-party websites and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. NEWS TECH &To SCIENCE find out more SOCIAL about MEDIA the cookies BUSINESS we use, seeENTERTAINMENT our Privacy Policy. LIFE SPORTS SEARCH... 

  

Accept

Press Release

More press releases»

Dr. Bill Releford, Medical Director of the Releford Foot and Ankle Institute, Develops New Treatment for Painful Shin Splints >PRWEB.COM Newswire Inglewood, California (PRWEB) August 15,

LATEST NEWS

Op-Ed: Windows 10 mess fix shows how screwed up it is Like 1

Share

Zach Avery talks 'Shookum Hills,' 'The Gateway,' Charlize Theron SPECIAL Like 0

Share

2013 Shin splints can literally become an athlete’s Achilles heel. This very common symptom, suffered mainly by runners, can be caused by several conditions. No matter what the cause, the result can be debilitating pain and often long months of rehabilitation and rest. Using a revolutionary new Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, Dr. Bill J. Releford can significantly reduce the painful symptoms of shin splints, speed the healing process, and get runners on their feet again – quickly. “One track athlete came to see me after suffering from painful shin splints for more than a year. He spent several months on the sidelines, unable to compete,” said Dr. Releford. “After just one series of PRP injections, the sprinter was back on the track, without any

Pompeii restoration unearths 'surprise' treasures Like 0

Share

pain, and put in a solid performance.” A doctor of podiatric medicine, Dr. Releford is the medical director and founder of The Releford Foot and Ankle Institute and Beverly Hills PRP. He finds PRP injections beneficial in his practice and uses them to treat sports-related and orthopedic injuries, and many other conditions. PRP therapy is non-surgical. By injecting a small, concentrated amount of a patient’s own blood into damaged tissue, PRP therapy “supercharges” the healing process and reduces or even eliminates pain. About Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy

Locust outbreak in East Africa spreads to South Sudan Like 0

Share

Language of Afghan peace deal between Taliban and US finalized Like 1

Share

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy is an innovative, non-surgical approach that uses healing components derived from a small, concentrated amount of a patient’s own blood. Injected into damaged tissue, PRP therapy has the potential to “supercharge” the healing process. PRP has been successfully used in orthopedics and sports medicine to treat

Alter Bridge to kick off 'Walk the Sky' Tour this spring Like 62

Share

joint and tendon pain, ankle sprains, heel pain, non-healing wounds, plantar fasciitis, poor circulation, diabetic neuropathy, and many other conditions, as cited in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research (Jan. 2006). Recently, PRP therapy has made headlines due to

Anxious passengers wait to

its successful use by professional athletes like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Alex

leave Japan virus ship

Rodriguez, and Rafael Nadal.

Like 0

Share

About Dr. Bill J. Releford, D.P.M. Syrian rebels try to regain

Syrian rebels try to regain some ground lost to Syrian Army

Dr. Bill J. Releford, D.P.M., a graduate of the Temple School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, began his practice in 1990 and established the Diabetic Foot Institute, a facility dedicated exclusively to the reduction of diabetes-related amputations in high-risk

Like 0

Share

populations. Dr. Releford is recognized both domestically and internationally as a leader Trump threatens lawsuits if Mueller probe cases not thrown out

in the field of diabetic limb preservation and wound care and recently received prestigious awards from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the Regional Black Chamber of Commerce for his contributions to public health.

Like 14

Share

Dr. Releford is an assistant professor at Charles R. Drew University and lectures worldwide about the latest techniques in limb salvage and community-based outreach.

Gamification is aiding discovery of coronavirus medicine SPECIAL

He authored the book “Five Colors A Day to Better Health,” and has been featured on “NBC Nightly News” with Brian Williams, ABC’s “The View,” and in The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The Los Angeles Times.

Like 2

His community outreach and health-care advocacy efforts are facilitated through the

Share

Digital Journal

Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation (DAP), a non-profit organization he founded

61,739 likes

in 2001. Its mission is to educate at-risk populations to better understand diabetes and its complications through community-based programs.

Like Page

Dr. Releford and the DAP Foundation have been recognized for the success of the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program. Since its inception in December 2007, the

Be the first of your friends to like this

program has screened over 25,000 men for diabetes and hypertension in more than 450 black-owned barbershops in over 26 cities. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11027752.htm

CORPORATE

HELP & SUPPORT

NEWS LINKS

Contact Us

Editorial Guidelines