PRP care near Glendale depends on where you live

The Peoria office is near the northwest side

From northwest Glendale, drive west on Beardsley or Deer Valley Road to the Loop 101. Then go south and use the Thunderbird Road exit. The office isn't at that crossing, so keep its address handy.

Sierra Verde, Hillcrest Ranch, and the streets south of Hedgpeth Hills are about ten miles away. The drive often takes fifteen to eighteen minutes. Traffic can change that, so look before you go.

The Banner Estrella office may suit the far west side

From Luke Air Force Base, drive east on Glendale Avenue to 91st Avenue. Turn south there and continue to Thomas Road. From the Loop 303 corridor, you can also take I-10 east to 91st Avenue.

The trip from the far west end is about ten miles. It often takes eighteen to twenty minutes. From the base gate, either office takes nearly the same time, though they aren't near each other.

A little planning can make the visit easier

Note when the joint aches, what worsens it, and which medicines you take. Wear clothing that allows the sore joint to move during the exam. Your written notes mean you won't need to recall everything at once. Loose clothing can make the hands-on exam easier for you.

Plan around heat and traffic when a cooler drive feels easier. Keep the clinic number with the address in case you're delayed. One number reaches both QC Kinetix offices: (602) 837-PAIN.

Sources

1. The ESSKA-ICRS consensus applied the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method to 216 clinical scenarios for intra-articular PRP in knee OA. Only 84 scenarios (38.9%) were rated appropriate, 9 (4.2%) inappropriate and 123 (56.9%) uncertain. PRP was judged appropriate in patients aged 80 or under with KL grade 0-III osteoarthritis AFTER failed conservative non-injective or injective treatment; it was NOT considered appropriate as a first treatment, nor in KL grade IV (bone-on-bone) osteoarthritis, where 91.7% and 87.5% of scenarios respectively were uncertain.

   Kon E, de Girolamo L, Laver L, et al. — Platelet-rich plasma injections for the management of knee osteoarthritis: The ESSKA-ICRS consensus. Recommendations using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method for different clinical scenarios. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/ksa.12320.

2. The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation convened a technical expert panel that ran a structured literature review (2023, updated through June 2025) and a modified Delphi process, and issued five evidence-based clinical recommendations plus 11 consensus-based best practices for PRP in knee osteoarthritis. The statement is explicit that orthobiologic therapies 'remain an evolving area of practice' and that robust, dose-dependent randomized controlled trials are still needed to establish PRP's clinical effects.

   Borg-Stein J, Jayaram P, Colorado BS, et al. — AAPM&R guidance statement on platelet rich plasma for knee osteoarthritis. PM&R, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.70144.

3. In the RESTORE trial - the largest placebo-controlled PRP trial in knee osteoarthritis - 288 adults aged 50+ with symptomatic Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2-3 medial knee OA received three weekly intra-articular injections of leukocyte-poor PRP from a commercial system or saline placebo. At 12 months the mean change in knee pain was -2.1 points with PRP versus -1.8 with saline (difference -0.4; 95% CI -0.9 to 0.2; P=.17) against a minimum clinically important difference of 1.8, and the change in medial tibial cartilage volume was -1.4% versus -1.2% (difference -0.2%; 95% CI -1.9% to 1.5%; P=.81). Twenty-nine of 31 prespecified secondary outcomes showed no significant between-group difference. The authors concluded the findings do not support use of PRP for knee OA.

   Bennell KL, Paterson KL, Metcalf BR, et al. — Effect of Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma vs Placebo Injection on Pain and Medial Tibial Cartilage Volume in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: The RESTORE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 2021. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.19415.