Alternative to Surgery
Arthroscopic Repair for SLAP Tears Produce Less Than Desired Results
Adding to our previous posts on SLAP tears and how surgical SLAP lesion repairs are overutilized, new research reveals poor outcomes of arthroscopic treatment for SLAP tears.1 Researchers at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Naval Medical Center in…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Meniscal Surgery Procedures
Failure in one in four knees after five years There are many reasons why doctors who practice Comprehensive Prolotherapy see so many meniscal patients. A recent article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery sheds some light into…
Read MoreFailed Knee Treatments and Procedures
Why do so many patients seek Comprehensive Prolotherapy following knee procedures? Let the surgeons explain: Problem 1: The saline used in many medical procedures actually damages articular cartilage. “Normal saline, the most commonly used irrigation fluid, may have an inhibitory…
Read MoreAnxiety, depression as a result of back pain
Can Prolotherapy help patients with lumbar disc herniation? In short, yes. Citing our own published research on low back pain, we followed 145 patients who had suffered from back pain on average of nearly five years. We examined not only the…
Read MoreCost of Rotator Cuff Revision Surgery
Prolotherapy serves as an alternative to surgery. In many instances, surgery misses the origin of pain leading to a failed surgery. In the case of rotator cuff surgery, failure to cure the problem the first time around can lead to…
Read MoreThe Link Between Depression and Back Pain, Part 2
In our last post we explored the various changes in brain stucture and function that occur in chronic low back pain patients, indicating that chronic pain has a clear and direct link to feelings of depression, anxiety, poor memory and…
Read MorePrevent Poor Knee Replacement Outcomes with Prolotherapy
With the number of total knee replacements doubling in the last decade and nearly 4 million people living with knee replacements, you would think the outcome of most knee replacements would be favorable.1 Unfortunately that isn’t the case. Residual pain…
Read MoreLumbar Stenosis and Total Knee Replacement
There are many variations of the old expression, “don’t fix the roof if the foundation is crumbling.” Here is another variation: “Don’t replace the knee if spinal stenosis is present.” They are connected, and as stated in the research below,…
Read MoreTotal Joint Replacement Success
While the number of joint replacements, continue to climb, the outcome of these procedures are not always successful. In a new study out of Canada, researchers found that only half of patients undergoing a total joint arthroplasty had a good…
Read MoreBetter Knee Treatment: Surgery or Physical Therapy?
When faced with knee injury, what is a patient’s better option: surgery or physical therapy? If you have been reading our blog posts you know that we advocate Prolotherapy as an alternative to knee surgery and physical therapy because Prolotherapy…
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