Frank Clarke Holmes IV, MD

This Nashville-based practice focuses on orthopedic and sports medicine care, led by Dr. F. Clarke Holmes, who has been offering platelet-rich plasma injections in the area since 2010 and has worked with thousands of patients over the past 15 years.

The practice treats a range of conditions including knee pain and osteoarthritis, tennis and golfer's elbow, shoulder pain from rotator cuff and labral tears, foot and ankle pain such as Achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis, and hip pain from arthritis, bursitis or labral tears. Available treatments include platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other orthobiologic injections, the Tenex Health TX procedure, the TendoNova procedure for chronic tendon pain, and concussion management.

PRP therapy concentrates platelets from a patient's own blood through centrifugation, then injects the growth-factor-rich plasma into damaged tissue to support healing and, in arthritic joints, help slow deterioration. The TendoNova procedure uses an ultrasound-guided oscillating needle system under local anesthesia to break up unhealthy tendon tissue and stimulate the body's natural healing response, providing a minimally invasive alternative to surgery.