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How
prolotherapy helps
Allen
Thomashefsky, MD, PC
Every
joint in the body is held together by a ligament. When
ligaments tear
(we call this a "sprain") the joint can become unstable, like
in a sprained ankle. When ligaments tear around a vertebrae (i.e.
"whiplash"), the spine becomes unstable. You experience muscle
spasm because the muscles are trying to make up for the weakness in the
spine.
Ligaments have a poor blood supply and don't heal easily. Left to
nature, ligament healing is usually complete by 6-8 weeks, and certainly
by 3 months. If the ligaments heal back to their normal length and
strength, the joint regains it's stability and there is no pain. But if
the ligaments are still stretched or elongated, the joint can become
unstable. The instability will become chronic, experienced by most
people as low-grade, nagging pain. This instability leads to excessive
rubbing which leads to degenerative arthritic changes.
How Prolotherapy Helps
Prolotherapy stimulates the healing mechanism of our body's tissues. It
promotes the body's own natural healing ability. Each treatment results
in more and more tissue being regenerated in the needed areas in a
natural, structural formation. The joints continue to become stronger
and more stabilized. Thus, the natural functions of the body are
regained. Conversely, pain lessens until, in most cases, it disappears
entirely. Prolotherapy can be administered whenever ligaments, tendons,
cartilage and/or discs are torn or worn.
There are numerous positive factors in Prolotherapy. First, it promotes
the body's own natural healing ability. Second, it restores and
optimizes the body's natural functions. No heavy drugs or surgery are
used. Perhaps the greatest benefit of prolotherapy is that it relieves
pain.
How effective is prolotherapy? In 1987 the Lancet, a respected British
medical publication, reported that 35 out of 40 patients in an
experimental prolotherapy group showed greater than 50% improvement.
Another study, published in the U.S.'s Journal of Spinal Disorders in
1993, found similar results.
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