Prolotherapy is a Better Option than a $9000 Cervical Epidural!
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Prolotherapy is a Better Option than a $9000 Cervical Epidural!
I recently saw a new patient who told me something I had not heard before. He received a $9000 cervical epidural. “It was crazy, doc,” he said. “Before I knew it, I was undergoing general anesthesia. Did it help me? Heck no!” Does this seem shocking to you? It happens more than you can to admit!
When I examined this patient, I asked him to raise his arms in front of his body and observed winging of the right scapula. Right away I knew cervical spine fusion was not what this guy needed! Can you imagine that? He received general anesthesia and a surgery for a problem that could be helped with a relatively non-invasive treatment – Prolotherapy!
Before undergoing potentially dangerous and extremely expensive procedures for pain, patients should consider getting a Prolotherapy evaluation. With rising health care costs, as in the above example, you may end up paying a good amount of the “covered procedure” - IE a co-pay of 20% for the cervical epidural cost the patient $1800. For the same amount of money the person could have had three Prolotherapy neck treatments which would most likely resolve the problem or most of it.
If you research steroid injections, like epidurals, you will find that the likelihood of such a procedure “curing” a person of their pain is almost zip! In other words, the chance of a person getting a cure with even three epidural shots is almost zero. It has almost no long lasting effect. Prolotherapy, on the other hand, has a long lasting effect.
We studied 98 neck patients who received Prolotherapy. The study revealed that the Prolotherapy treatments do indeed last. Go to www.prolotherapyresearch.com to see the entire study. Some of the results of the study were the following:
1. Pain levels went from an average of 5.6 to 2.3 on a scale of 1-10.
2. Stiffness levels went from an average of 6.7 to 2.4 on a scale of 1-10.
3. Crunching levels went from an average of 5.1 to 2.1 on a scale of 1-10.
In this study 1 equaled no pain, stiffness or crunching, so a 2 level of pain was nearly no pain, stiffness or crunching. Besides Prolotherapy getting rid of the people’s neck stiffness, crunching (crepitation), and pain, it also relieved their anxiety and depression, and helped them not need pain medications or pain therapies and helped them sleep. The clients on average had almost 5 years of pain prior to receiving Prolotherapy and were called on the phone for an interview 18 months after their last Prolotherapy treatments. Guess what? The great effects of the Prolotherapy had lasted!
People with chronic pain, including neck pain, should get treatments that offer lasting results. One of the main therapies that does this is Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy gets at the root cause of degenerative disc disease, which is ligament laxity. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful areas. Despite having a high success rate, it also does not cost nearly as much as treatments such as cervical epidurals. Do you want to spend $9000 and go under general anesthesia for a treatment that has almost no prospect of giving you long term pain relief? I didn’t think so. Me either. A much better option for you and others like you is Prolotherapy!
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