How much does a PRP knee injection cost?

At Chye Clinic in Kepong, from RM 350, and that covers both knees rather than each one. The final figure depends on the plan set at the assessment, and you will have it before anything is done.

How many PRP injections will I need?

It depends on the state of the joint and how it responds to the first injection. The doctor sets out a plan at the assessment and reviews it as you go, rather than committing you to a fixed package up front.

How long does PRP take to work?

Most people feel a change within a few weeks rather than days. It is slower to be felt than a steroid injection, and in mild to moderate osteoarthritis the benefit tends to last longer.

Is PRP better than a steroid or gel injection?

They do different jobs. A steroid calms inflammation fast but wears off and cannot be repeated often, and a hyaluronic acid gel lubricates the joint. PRP works on the inflammation using your own platelets and tends to last longer. Which suits your knee depends on how far it has worn.

PRP is prepared from your own blood, so there is no risk of an allergic or immune reaction to the material itself. A day or two of aching or mild swelling in the knee afterwards is common and settles on its own.

Does a PRP knee injection hurt?

Most people feel pressure in the joint more than pain, and the blood draw is the same as a routine blood test. The knee may ache for a day or two afterwards.

What should I avoid after a PRP knee injection?

Ask before taking anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen, which can work against the platelets. Paracetamol is fine. Keep walking normally, and hold off running, jumping and heavy lifting for the first few days.

Who should not have PRP?

It is not given into a joint with an infection, and needs assessing first if you have a low platelet count or another blood disorder, take blood thinners, or have active cancer. Bring your medication list to the assessment.

Do I need a referral or a scan first?

No referral is needed. Bring any knee X-ray or MRI report you already have, and the doctor will say at the assessment whether imaging is needed before an injection.

Can this replace knee replacement surgery?

It is not a substitute for surgery in advanced disease, but for many people with knee osteoarthritis it reduces pain and improves mobility enough to postpone or avoid that decision. Whether it suits your knee depends on the assessment.

PRP knee injection and stem cell therapy in KL

A PRP knee injection concentrates the platelets from your own blood and injects them into the joint to ease the pain of knee osteoarthritis. At Chye Clinic in Kepong it costs from RM 350 for both knees, takes 30 to 35 minutes, and you go home the same day.

Ask about PRP for your knees See the price and what it covers

From RM 350for both knees, not each
30-35 minblood draw to injection
Your own bloodno allergic or immune reaction
Same daywalk out and go home

What it costs

What a PRP knee injection costs

Knee osteoarthritis seldom keeps to one side, so the price is set for both knees. Whether PRP suits your knees at all is decided at the assessment, before anything is charged for the injection.

PRP knee injection, both knees
From RM 350
Both knees in the same visit, not per knee. The final figure depends on the plan set at the assessment, and you will have it before anything is done.
Ask about PRP for your knees

Bring any knee X-ray or MRI report you already have. No referral letter is needed.

PRP, stem cells, and how they differ

The names get used interchangeably and they are not the same treatment. Which one suits your knee is decided at the assessment.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP): Your own blood, spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets and remove the other cells, then injected into the joint. The concentrate carries growth factors, cytokines and mesenchymal stem cells.
Stem cell therapy: Cells injected into the joint cavity to encourage growth of new cartilage cells, and to release cytokines that damp down the inflammation driving the pain.
The two together: The growth factors in the plasma support the injected cells, and the response is stronger than either alone. This combined protocol is what the clinic uses for established knee osteoarthritis.
Why it comes from you: Because the material is your own, there is no allergic or immune reaction to it. That is the practical argument for PRP over anything introduced from outside.

What a PRP knee injection involves

The whole appointment runs about 30 to 35 minutes, is done in the clinic, and you walk out on your own afterwards.

Consultation and assessment
The doctor examines the knee and goes through your history. The state of the joint decides whether any injection is reasonable, and which one to start with.
A blood draw
About 40ml from the arm, taken at the start of the appointment, the same as a routine blood test.
Preparation
The blood is spun in a centrifuge while you wait, separating the platelet-rich plasma from the red cells.
The injection
Into the joint, one knee and then the other. It is an injection rather than surgery, and most people feel pressure more than pain.

PRP against the other knee options

Most people asking about PRP have already been offered at least one of these. Read across a row to compare them; the right one depends on how far the joint has worn.

	Steroid injection	Hyaluronic acid (knee gel)	PRPFrom RM 350, both knees	Knee replacement
What it does	Calms inflammation in the joint	Adds a lubricating gel to the joint fluid	Your own platelets work on the inflammation and support the joint tissue	Replaces the worn joint surfaces
When you feel it	Often within days	Over a few weeks	Within a few weeks	After months of rehabilitation
How long it helps	Weeks to a few months	Usually months	Tends to outlast a steroid in mild to moderate osteoarthritis	Many years
Repeating it	Limited, as repeated doses can wear the cartilage	Can be repeated as a course	Planned at the assessment, by how the knee responds	A last step, not a repeat
Downtime	None	None	None, home the same day	A hospital stay and weeks of rehabilitation
Best suited to	A flare-up that needs quick relief	Some mild to moderate knees	Mild to moderate osteoarthritis, one knee or both	A joint that has worn through

Who it suits, and who should wait

This is for knees that hurt because they have worn, rather than because something tore last week.

Worth asking about

Knee osteoarthritis, diagnosed or suspected, in one knee or both
Pain that has outlasted physiotherapy and painkillers
Tendinosis or fasciitis around the knee that has not settled
Joint replacement has been raised and you would rather postpone it
You want an option that is not surgery and not years of painkillers

Rules it out, or needs assessing first

An infection in or around the joint
A low platelet count or another blood disorder
Blood thinners: bring your medication list
Active cancer, or treatment that suppresses the immune system
A knee that is badly swollen, hot or locked after a recent injury

After the injection

A folded knee support sleeve, a glass of water and a teal mug on a wooden side table beside a cream sofa.

You walk out the same day, and most people go back to desk work or normal errands straight away. A day or two of aching, stiffness or mild swelling in the knee is common and expected. That is the joint reacting to the injection, and it settles on its own.

Most people feel a change within a few weeks rather than days. How many sessions you need depends on the joint and how it responds to the first, and the doctor sets that out at the assessment rather than selling you a package up front.

Paracetamol is fine for the soreness. Ask before taking anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen, which can work against the platelets
Keep walking normally, and hold off running, jumping and heavy lifting for the first few days
Ice for short spells if the knee feels warm or swollen
WhatsApp the doctor if the knee becomes hot, red or more painful after the first two days

What else the clinic does about knees

Knee osteoarthritis

What the diagnosis means, how it progresses, and the full range of what can be done about it.

Exosome therapy

The newest of the injection options, and an honest account of what its evidence does and does not yet support.

Physiotherapy

The first answer for most knee pain, and free to be assessed for.

Meniscus and cartilage injury

A different problem from wear, and the reason a knee locks, catches or gives way.

Who you are dealing with

Your doctor: Every doctor here is named on this site with their training, and one of them is a Family Medicine Specialist on the National Specialist Register. You are seen by a doctor rather than assessed at a counter.
Your records: Held in the clinic's own encrypted system rather than on paper in a drawer, so the doctor seeing you has the rest of your history in front of them.
Your follow-up: Questions afterwards and repeat prescriptions go to the doctor who saw you, directly on WhatsApp rather than through a front desk.
Your time: Walk in any day until 8pm. The clinic has served Kepong Baru since 1981 and most of what is on this page is done in one visit.

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Common questions

How much does a PRP knee injection cost?: At Chye Clinic in Kepong, from RM 350, and that covers both knees rather than each one. The final figure depends on the plan set at the assessment, and you will have it before anything is done.
How many PRP injections will I need?: It depends on the state of the joint and how it responds to the first injection. The doctor sets out a plan at the assessment and reviews it as you go, rather than committing you to a fixed package up front.
How long does PRP take to work?: Most people feel a change within a few weeks rather than days. It is slower to be felt than a steroid injection, and in mild to moderate osteoarthritis the benefit tends to last longer.
Is PRP better than a steroid or gel injection?: They do different jobs. A steroid calms inflammation fast but wears off and cannot be repeated often, and a hyaluronic acid gel lubricates the joint. PRP works on the inflammation using your own platelets and tends to last longer. Which suits your knee depends on how far it has worn.
Is PRP safe?: PRP is prepared from your own blood, so there is no risk of an allergic or immune reaction to the material itself. A day or two of aching or mild swelling in the knee afterwards is common and settles on its own.
Does a PRP knee injection hurt?: Most people feel pressure in the joint more than pain, and the blood draw is the same as a routine blood test. The knee may ache for a day or two afterwards.
What should I avoid after a PRP knee injection?: Ask before taking anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen, which can work against the platelets. Paracetamol is fine. Keep walking normally, and hold off running, jumping and heavy lifting for the first few days.
Who should not have PRP?: It is not given into a joint with an infection, and needs assessing first if you have a low platelet count or another blood disorder, take blood thinners, or have active cancer. Bring your medication list to the assessment.
Do I need a referral or a scan first?: No referral is needed. Bring any knee X-ray or MRI report you already have, and the doctor will say at the assessment whether imaging is needed before an injection.
Can this replace knee replacement surgery?: It is not a substitute for surgery in advanced disease, but for many people with knee osteoarthritis it reduces pain and improves mobility enough to postpone or avoid that decision. Whether it suits your knee depends on the assessment.

Ask about PRP for your knees, Kepong, until 8pm

48, Jalan Lang Kuning, 52100 Kepong Baru, Kuala Lumpur.