PASIG City Mayor Victor Ma. Regis Nubla “Vico” Sotto on Sunday said he would go slow in the coming days after a surgery on his knees last Saturday.
Sotto said that a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) procedure on both his knees will limit his movements on Monday and Tuesday.
“Kaya bilin ng Doktor, bawasan ko muna ang paglalakad hanggang bukas (August 15),” the mayor said in a post on social media last Sunday. [My doctor advised me to limit my movements until tomorrow.]
According to health experts, PRP can be effective in relieving pain and function in patients with early osteoarthritis by decreasing the inflammation in the knee and by promoting restoration of damaged cartilage.
Sotto also shared that he could not even remember how many injuries he already had.
“Pero iyong sa tuhod talaga ang malaking problema dahil ang sakit maglakad tapos kulang ang oras ko para magpa therapy o gym,” he explained. [The big problem is my knees because it is painful when I walk and I no longer have time for therapy or go to the gym.]