

Collagen is a naturally occurring protein in the body that is a necessary element for the formation of connective tissue – the tissues that holds our skeletal infrastructure together. These tissues include tendons, ligament, muscle fascia, joint capsular tissue, and cartilage on the inside of joints. Prolotherapy treatments helps generate collagen through a series of mild chemical injections which stimulates the immune system’s healing mechanism to produce collagen. The new collagen and cartilage strengthens and restores joints, and supporting soft tissue, reducing or eliminating many different types of pain including: * Hip Pain * Ankle Pain * Leg Pain * Foot Pain * Neck Pain * Hand Pain * Headaches And Migraine Headaches *Lower Back Pain * Knee Pain * Shoulder Pain * Wrist Pain
The Journal of Neurological and Orthopadic Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 12. No. 3. 1991Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. and Noreen Sagedy, M.D.
Abstract. Proliferative therapy (prolotherapy) is the process whereby dextrose, P25G or sodium morrhuate is injected into ligaments in order to produce a proliferating response of that ligament. The purpose of these injections is to strengthen ligamentous structures and relieve pain. A review of the literature is provided and a retrospective study presented which demonstrates a 66% redction of sacroiliac low back pain in two-thirds of the patients who received this form of treatment."
For this reason, millions of Prolotherapy injections are given each year by hundreds of physicians across the United States and the rest of the world. In California, I have treated thousands of patients with all different types of pain management issues. Thanks to the safe, effective benefits of Prolotherapy treatment, these patients avoided unnecessary, surgical procedures to eliminate chronic and acute pain problems.
The benefits of Prolotherapy are widely known and accepted by several, leading pain management specialists. In fact, Dr. C. Everett Koop, the former United States Surgeon General, recently stated, “I saw remarkable benefits when the method was used with proper indications. Certainly, if used properly, Prolotherapy does no harm but can be of extraordinary benefit.”
All the best towards practicing medicne that helps your patients live pain free!!