About Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is a medical treatment that stimulates your body to repair or regenerate itself addressing such conditions as back pain, knee arthritis, headaches, work-related or sports injuries providing a permanent solution to underlying causes of many painful conditions.
This site offers comprehensive knowledge and research on Prolotherapy, beginning with doctors Hackett and Hemwall’s pioneering work, passed on to Dr. Ross Hauser who has continued with their work to this day. This unbroken chain of knowledge since the 1950′s makes the information on this site the most credible and authoritative source on Prolotherapy.
From the Prolotherapy Blog
Treatment of avascular necrosis of the hip
From a Prolotherapist’s standpoint in working with patients with varying degrees of osteoarthritis, nothing sounds more terminal and ominous than another doctor telling a patient that their bone is dying, they have necrosis – death of bone cells. Steroid injections…
Read MoreLong-term/Short-term Solutions to Knee Osteoarthritis
Prolotherapists see a vast number of patients that have had successful hyaluronic acid treatments. The reason Prolotherapy doctors need to see them after successful treatment is that the success is short lived. Knee osteoarthritis treatments: short-term results This short-term relief…
Read MoreTreatment options for failed back surgery
It’s not uncommon for people to undergo a complicated spinal surgery only to be left with chronic low back pain. The diagnosis for this scenario is “failed back surgery syndrome,” or FBSS. Many of these patients have terrible radicular pain…
Read MoreFailed Knee Treatments and Procedures
Why do so many patients seek Prolotherapy following knee procedures? Let the surgeons explain SOME of the reasons for surgical failures: Problem 1: The saline used in many medical procedures actually damages articular cartilage. “Normal saline, the most commonly used…
Read MoreMisdiagnosed hip pain causing unnecessary spinal surgery?
Misdiagnosed hip pain causing unnecessary spinal surgery? Misdiagnosed spinal problems leading to unnecessary hip surgery? Recent research suggests that doctors need to make the connection between lumbar problems and hip pain. Here is what they say: “A possible cause of…
Read MoreProlotherapy for dead arm syndrome
Chronic Shoulder Instability, Dead Arm Syndrome, Rotator Cuff Overuse syndrome as a cause of Dead Arm Syndrome? Repair BEFORE the tear! “The MRI findings in asymptomatic MLB pitchers do not appear to be related to near future placement on the…
Read MoreStem Cell Injection Therapy for Osteoarthritis
There is always conflicting research into the efficacy of any treatment protocol and stem cell injection therapy is no different. Many times a patient will point to his or her own clinical dissatisfaction or research and say, stem cell therapy does…
Read MoreKnee replacement for misdiagnosed back pain?
Knee replacement given to patients with low back and hip pain In the case of chronic joint pain, a thorough examination is imperative in identifying the correct diagnosis. That sounds like common sense, but the sad truth is that the…
Read MoreTemporomandibular Joint Pain (TMJ)
Researchers say tha they see appreciable improvements in the number of episodes of dislocation and clicking after Prolotherapy. The overall success rate, defined as the absence of any further dislocation or subluxation for more than 6 months, was 91%. Of…
Read MoreProlotherapy for Hip Labral Tear Treatment
When thinking through the root cause of chronic pain and sports injury, Prolotherapy should make sense as the first line treatment in many of these injuries. Unfortunately standard treatments for chronic pain injuries ignore the root cause, going after the…
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