Comments on: New procedure could hasten Nady’s return

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By: baseball fan!

baseball fan! — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:53:18 +0000

PRP sounds amazing and is not considerded “doping”, evidently the NFL has approved it

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:15:34 +0000

The irony here is that steroids would probably be more effective in healing him quicker

By: Chris in Delaware

Chris in Delaware — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:21:10 +0000

Anecdotally, I can tell you that my father-in-law had this procedure on his right knee more than a year ago and has been playing 18 holes daily since then without pain. He was club champ at Winged Foot 7x from the ’80s-’90s, just to give you an idea of his intensity out there.

I think Nady will respond well, this is ground-breaking medical technology.

By: GZA

GZA — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:22:53 +0000

Great news. Hopefully the procedure works to perfection.

What will we be doing with Nady once he gets back, though? He seems too valuable to sit on the bench. Will we trade him? Preferably for a reliever or two?

By: sphinxa

sphinxa — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Blood doping is banned because it puts an unnatural amount of red blood cells back in the body, allowing more oxygen which leads to better endurance. PRP is just for healing.

By: Vince

Vince — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:00:17 +0000

Good for Nady but yet another reason why Veras should be DFA’d and his roster spot taken by John Rodriquez.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:50:03 +0000

Need to trade him for a solid bullpen arm.

By: Amol

Amol — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:26:24 +0000

sphinxa,

To be fair, neither oxygen nor performance enhancers are added in blood doping either. Blood doping (which is usually seen in cycling) is similar to this procedure, except that its the red blood cells which are injected into the body rather than platelets. The PRBCs increase the body’s oxygen capacity, but nothing is actually added to them.

By: Steve in MN

Steve in MN — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:23:16 +0000

“There isn’t oxygen or other performance enhancers put in, except if your definition of enhancers includes faster and better healing of injured tissue.”

Actually a lot of blood doping involves taking the same athletes blood after they’ve been training at altitude, and therefore can carry more oxygen, then re-inject it at a later date. Nothing is added to or taken away from the blood.