Review clears mainstream injections

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt. Source: Getty Images

THE cutting-edge medical procedures allowing stars Nick Riewoldt and Adam Cooney to continue their careers will still be allowed despite an AFL crackdown on injections.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has pledged restrictions on most injections not used for pain-killing purposes after Essendon's dramas forced a comprehensive audit of medical practices.

St Kilda skipper Riewoldt uses a process called Orthokine to manage his troublesome knee.

It involves injecting proteins from his blood back into the joint.

Western Bulldog Cooney has attributed his pain-free pre-season to a similar process labelled Regenokine, where blood is taken from his arm, spun in a centrifuge, then injected in his knee to reduce pain and inflammation.

Players including Geelong's Paul Chapman and Hawthorn's Brent Guerra have sworn by similar practices, with Riewoldt acknowledging the sensitivity of injections during a recent press conference.

But AFL Medical Officers Association chief Hugh Seward said those procedures were medically approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

"They are mainstream medical therapies, which is quite a different case. There is no ban on injection therapies which are standard accepted practice," he said. "People have painkillers, or go to hospital and have procedures done.

"The talk (from the AFL) is about injections which aren't mainstream medical practices. These practices are approved by ASADA and it's quite different from fringe practices that have no significant evidence behind them."
 

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