Prolotherapy is a method of injection treatment designed to stimulate healing.1Many different types of musculoskeletal injuries and pain lend themselves to prolotherapy treatment including low back and neck pain, chronic sprains and/or strains, whiplash injuries, tennis and golfer’s elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder or other joint...
In this retrospective observational study of chronic unresolved ankle pain, Hackett-Hemwall dextrose prolotherapy helped promote a measurable decrease in the pain and stiffness of the treated joints and improvement in clinically-relevant parameters. Ankle sprains, especially of the lateral ligaments, are extremely common injuries in the general...
In addition to traditional prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma and stem cells are also available to enhance healing of musculoskeletal injuries and mitigation of pain. We live in a technological age. With technology comes growth and enhancement of techniques and prolotherapy is no exception. In the March 2010...
Animal research together with five patient case reports demonstrate that platelet rich plasma prolotherapy (PRPP) is effective in the treatment of MRI-documented meniscal tears. Knee injuries are a common concern resulting in over one million surgeries performed on the knee in the United States every year,...
Meniscus injuries are a common cause of knee pain, accounting for a large number of surgeries in the U.S. annually. While surgical treatments range from total to partial meniscectomy, meniscal repair and even meniscus transplantation, all have a high long-term failure rate with the recurrence...
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Our mission is to offer autologous stem cell therapies for the treatment of pain that are safe, effective, legal, and affordable. MARRAPOSE or COMBINATION CELL THERAPY Our own tissues are rich in growth factors and stem cells. When used therapeutically, they are called “autologous stem cells”. “Autologous”...
Are Ultrasound Guided Injections Better? This is a question of great debate. The reason why it is debated is that some people, including many insurers, feel that doctors only use these injections because they can submit a bill and capture a fee for this service. Ultrasound...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP): Platelet rich plasma (abbreviated PRP) is a new treatment used for some common orthopedic conditions. PRP is a concentration of platelet cells taken from your blood, and these platelets have growth factors that may help in the healing process of chronic injuries....
PRP injections are the latest, and by some reports greatest, of treatments available for overuse injuries. Used to treat tennis elbow, patellar tendonitis, Achilles pain, and other orthopedic conditions, PRP has been touted by some to be the magic cure for these challenging-to-treat conditions. Unfortunately, a growing...