Prolotherapy is a non-surgical treatment that helps repair damaged connective tissues. It is an effective treatment for acute or chronic pain, arthritis, and unresolved injuries that do not respond to rest and still persist despite anti-inflammatories, cortisone injections, and surgical treatments.
Prolotherapy is a treatment that involves precise injections of a proliferant solution into joints, ligaments and tendons for the purpose of repairing and strengthening tendons, ligaments and cartilage of the joint space. The purpose of the treatment is to create a localized controlled inflammatory response that stimulates the repair mechanism of the body to heal and regenerate the damaged tissue.
Prolotherapy is an effective treatment used to help heal and regenerate tissues, but it can also be used to prevent injuries. As we age, our ligaments get weaker and this results in injuries, or structural changes. Prolotherapy can be used with nutritional support to ensure that your ligaments and muscles work well and limit weakness that comes with aging.
Some of the conditions that respond well to prolotherapy include: overuse and repetitive injuries, mild to moderate osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease where there is ligament and tendon injury and traumatic sports injuries like rotator cuff tears.
The number of treatments varies depending on the injury, but generally results can be seen after the first treatment and repair can be seen after 2-3 treatments.
Acupuncture is a form of prolotherapy using needles to agitate and stimulate healing of damaged tissues. The difference between acupuncture and prolotherapy is prolotherapy often times requires a lesser number of treatments. Prolotherapy can direct more specific and stronger healing response due to precise injection technique.