LOS ANGELES — When Phillies manager Joe Girardi announced that Bryce Harper had a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of his right elbow and would be receiving a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection to treat it, he emphasized that there would be a wait-and-see element to this process.
Harper has never dealt with an elbow injury before, let alone received a PRP injection. This is new territory for him, and how his body will respond to the treatment remains to be seen.
Harper received his PRP injection from the Kerlan-Jobe Institute on Sunday morning in Los Angeles. He was in the Phillies clubhouse Sunday evening, and said the injection went well and he felt good, albeit a little sore. Harper will not throw for four weeks, at least, so we won’t know immediately how effective the PRP injection is, and whether surgery will be required.
