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Hauser R, Hauser M. Dextrose
Prolotherapy for Unresolved Neck Pain, Practical Pain Management,
October 2007
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON
DEXTROSE PROLOTHERAPY
FOR UNRESOLVED NECK PAIN AT
AN OUTPATIENT CHARITY CLINIC IN RURAL ILLINOIS
ROSS A. HAUSER, M.D.; MARION A. HAUSER, MS RD
ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION:
Abstract:
The optimal long-term, symptomatic therapy
for chronic neck pain has not been established. Accordingly, we
investigated the outcomes of patients undergoing Hemwall-Hackett
Dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for unresolved neck pain at a charity
clinic in rural Illinois. We studied a sample of 98 patients who had
suffered with pain on average for 59 months and seen over 3 physicians
prior to being treated quarterly with
Prolotherapy. On average 18 months
following their last
Prolotherapy session, patients were contacted and
asked numerous questions in regard to their levels of pain and a variety
of physical and psychological symptoms, as well as activities of daily
living, before and after their last
Prolotherapy treatment. The results
of this study showed that patients had a statistically significant
decline in their level of pain, stiffness and crunching sensation with
Prolotherapy. This included clients who were told by their M.D. (s) that
there were no other treatment options or that surgery was their only
answer for their chronic pain. More than 83% of patients showed
improvements in walking ability, exercise ability, anxiety, depression
and overall disability with Prolotherapy. Ninety percent of patients who
were on medications at the start of Prolotherapy were able to cut their
pain medication usage by 50% or more. Additional pain management care
was able to be lessened by 50% or more in 75% of cases with Prolotherapy.
Ninety-eight percent of patients stated their pain was better with
Prolotherapy. Ninety-seven percent of patients said Prolotherapy changed
their life for the better.
Objective: To investigate the
outcomes of patients undergoing Hemwall-Hackett dextrose Prolotherapy
treatment for chronic neck pain at an outpatient charity clinic in rural
Illinois.
Patients and Methods: Patients with
unresolved neck pain were treated with the Hemwall-Hackett technique of
dextrose Prolotherapy every three months and were included into an
observational study. The patients were called on the phone and asked to
answer detailed questions on the level of their neck pain, medication
usage, stiffness, walking ability, exercise ability, anxiety,
depression, activities of daily living and other quality of life issues
before and after receiving dextrose Prolotherapy.
Results:
A total of 98 neck patients were treated from 2000 to 2005 with
dextrose Prolotherapy. They had an average starting pain level of 5.6,
stiffness of 6.7 and crunching sensation of 5.1. Their ending pain,
stiffness and crunch sensation levels were 2.3, 2.4 and 2.1
respectively. For the subset of 43 patients who were told by their M.D.
(s) that no other treatment options for their chronic pain were
available the starting pain level was 5.2, stiffness 6.7 and crunching
sensation 6.3. Their ending pain, stiffness and crunching sensation
levels were 2.7, 2.5, and 2.6 respectively. Twenty-one of the patients
were told that neck surgery was their only treatment option. These
patients had a starting pain, stiffness and crunching sensation levels
of 6.7, 6.3, 4.3 and ending levels after Prolotherapy of 2.0, 2.3, and
2.0 respectively. In all three of the groups (all patients, no other
treatment options, and surgery only option) pain, stiffness and
crunching sensation improvements with Prolotherapy reached statistical
significance using a matched sample test. Overall 97% of patients had
some pain relief with Prolotherapy. Ninety-one percent considered the
Prolotherapy treatment on them to be very successful (greater than 50%
pain relief). In regard to range of motion, prior to Prolotherapy only
29% had 75% or greater of normal range of motion but this increased to
81% after Prolotherapy. 92% of patients on medications and 78% of those
using additional pain management care after Prolotherapy were able to
decrease them by 50% or more.
In regard to quality of life issues before
Prolotherapy, 48% of the chronic neck patients noted an overall
disability of 50% or more (could only do half or less of the tasks they
wanted to), whereas after Prolotherapy this decreased to 13%. Only 26%
of patients could exercise greater than 30 minutes before Prolotherapy
but 76% could do so after Prolotherapy. Prior to Prolotherapy, 53% of
patients had feelings of depression and 61% had anxiety whereas, after
Prolotherapy, only 16% had feelings of depression and 19% had anxious
thoughts. While 79% of patients noted that pain interrupted
sleep, 88%
showed improvements in sleep after Prolotherapy. Ninety-nine percent of
patients noted that Prolotherapy has changed their life for the better.
Ninety-eight percent of patients said they still feel benefits from the
Prolotherapy they received. Overall, 97% of patients had improvement in
their pain with Prolotherapy.
Conclusion:
In this observational study, patients with unresolved neck pain
reported clinically relevant improvements in their pain level and
quality of life after receiving Hemwall-Hackett dextrose Prolotherapy.
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