Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley has platelet rich plasma injection.

Chad Billingsley

Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley allowed one run in 1 1/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on April 6. (Associated Press photo)

Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow Wednesday morning, designed to help expedite healing following a diagnosis of tendinitis. He’s been shut down from throwing for 5 to 7 days.

Tomorrow will be one year to the day since Billingsley underwent Tommy John surgery. The 29-year-old right-hander made great strides through spring training without any setbacks and started a rehab game April 6 for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. However, Billingsley lasted just 1 ⅓ innings in the game before the scar tissue in his elbow snapped.

Billingsley said his last bullpen session, seven days ago in San Francisco, went well.

“It was improving, starting to feel better,” he said. “This is icing.”

Billingsley said the tendinitis was an expected part of the rehab process.

“The way (Dodgers team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache) explained it, it’s just stretching out,” the pitcher said.

It’s possible that Billingsley will accompany the Dodgers on their next road trip, a nine-day journey through Minneapolis, Miami and Washington D.C. beginning next Tuesday.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.