Prolotherapy Stimulates Normal Healing

Figure 4: Prolotherapy Stimulates Inflammation Prolotherapy stimulates the natural healing mechanisms of
the body via inflammation.

Most people are shocked when they find out that the body heals by inflammation. Yes, God made the body to heal by one way only... inflammation! Inflammation is the process whereby the immune system is activated to help the body restore home-ostasis or balance. Prolotherapy injections cause immune cells to arrive at the injury site to repair it.
(See Figure 4.)

Once the injured tissues achieve normal strength, the chronic pain is eliminated. Prolotherapy injections have been shown to significantly increase ligament
mass, thickness, and strength. (See Figure 5.)

Prolotherapy outperforms all other treatments such as NSAIDs, cortisone injections, and surgery.
(See Figure 6.)

The Effects of Five Prolotherapy Treatments to the Medial Collateral Ligament
	Prolotherapy Injected Ligaments	Saline-Injected Ligaments (Control)	% Change
Ligament Mass (mg)	132.2	89.7	44
Ligament Thickness (mm)	1.01	0.79	27
Ligament Mass Length (mg/mm)	6.45	4.39	47
Junction Strength (N)	119.1	93.5	28

Figure 5: Prolotherapy causes a statistically significant increase in ligament mass and strength as well as bone-ligament junc-tion strength.

Prolotherapy Versus Cortisone
	Prolotherapy	Cortisone
Effect on Healing	Enhanced	Inhibited
Effect on Repair	Enhanced	Inhibited
Effect on Collagen Growth	Enhanced	Inhibited
Effect on Tendon Strength	Enhanced	Inhibited
Effect on Ligament Strength	Enhanced	Inhibited
Effect on Cartilage Growth	Enhanced	Inhibited

Figure 6: Prolotherapy is needed to heal an injury.

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