Billingsley gets plasma injection for sore elbow

JustinVerlander35 · Aug 30, 2012

Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley had a platelet-rich plasma injection in his injured right elbow Thursday "to try to see if he's able to pitch again this year," manager Don Mattingly said.

The Dodgers have been vague in describing the extent of Billingsley's injury, calling it "inflammation," although club CEO Stan Kasten told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday he feared the pitcher was out for the rest of the season.

The PRP injection is generally used for tears in tendons and ligaments, an ominous possibility when it involves a pitcher's elbow. Several Dodgers have used the method in an attempt to accelerate healing while delaying surgery, including reliever Takashi Saito, who used it in 2008 in hopes of recovering from a partial elbow ligament tear.
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