Can Prolotherapy improve a medial inner tear of the meniscus?
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Read Dr. Hauser's article ground-breaking study on the use of Prolotherapy as a first line treatment for meniscal tears and degeneration. It was published in the July 2010 issue of The Journal of Prolotherapy and is titled The Case for Utilizing Prolotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Meniscal Pathology: A Retrospective Study Shows Prolotherapy is Effective in the Treatment of MRI-Documented Meniscal Tears and Degeneration.
To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
Would I get Prolotherapy if I had a Meniscal Tear? Most definitely I would. Unfortunately there have not been long term studies to prove or disprove that Prolotherapy helps heal meniscal tears. Anecdotal evidence is there that meniscal tears typically do very well with Prolotherapy. We have many patients, who over the years healed completely and did not need any further care.
Typically it takes 4-6 visits of Prolotherapy to heal a meniscal tear. Meniscal tears typically cause very discrete pain on the medial or lateral knee joint line and it increases with running, squatting, and cutting. Sometimes there is a 'catching' sensation. These symptoms usually decrease with each Prolotherapy session.
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