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● Prolotherapy and Chronic Pain
● The Proof Prolotherapy is Working?
● Prolotherapy: Creating Collagen
● How To Support Treatment

 

The Journal of Prolotherapy

Table of Contents of all issues of The Journal of Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy and Back Disorder Articles
Prolotherapy and Spine Disorders
Jay W. Nielsen, M.D.
The orthopedic surgeons' reliance and emphasis on x-ray procedures and surgery by nature makes him think of the spine as a focally or regionally injured organ. Actually, it's rare for a spine injured by sudden deceleration in an auto accident, lift or fall to receive its injury in one area. The x-ray changes suggesting that simply show the peak of injury, not the breadth. The patient frequently senses this better than the surgeon as he/she notes pain in remote areas where x-rays appear normal.

Prolotherapy after Back Surgery
Ross Hauser, M.D.
Many people only become aware of Prolotherapy after they have undergone a surgical procedure for back pain. Although the pain may not be as severe as it was before the surgery, most people continue to experience significant back pain after surgery. Why? Because the back surgery involved removing supporting structures, such as a lamina, facet, or disc, thus weakening surrounding segments.

Failed Back Surgery and Prolotherapy
Ross Hauser, M.D.
Patients often have chronic low back pain persisting after surgery and are put into the category of people with "failed back surgery syndrome." It is easy to find reasons why a back surgery patient would still have pain after the surgery. During surgery, for example, a discectomy (removal of the disc), the surgeon must spread some muscles and cut some of the ligaments in order to perform the surgery. The surgery itself can cause ligamentous laxity and instability of the spine.

Identifying Different Types of Back Pain
Marc Darrow, M.D.
here are many structures in the lower back that can cause severe pain. These include muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, joints and discs. For example, the outer rim of the disc can be a significant source of back pain due to its rich nerve supply and tendency toward injury. During our body's development, there is a great deal of overlap of nerve supply to all these structures. This makes it nearly impossible for the brain to distinguish between injury to one structure versus another. For example, a torn or herniated disc can feel identical to a bruised muscle or ligament injury. This is where an examination into the cause of the pain is important.

Low Back Pain and Prolotherapy
Ross Hauser, M.D.
The first step in determining ligament laxity or instability in the lower back is by physical examination. The examination involves maneuvering the patient into various stretched positions.

Degenerative Disc Disease
Ross Hauser, M.D.
Many patients are distressed at being told that they are suffering from one or more degenerated discs. This suggests an irreversible and crippling phenomenon. The term "degenerated" should be discarded because disc degeneration is universal as age advances, and often causes no symptoms. There must be other structures in the back that are causing the symptoms. The structures causing back pain are most often the ligaments.

Sciatica
Marc Darrow, M.D.
Radio Show Caller: I have had back pain for some time, the pain radiates down my legs, I have had three epidurals and cortisone shots but without any relief, where do I go from here?

Prolotherapy and Disc Problems
Richard I. Gracer, M.D.
While disc problems cause back pain and are often responsible for sciatica (leg pain), ligaments that are strained or lax are the most common cause.

Chronic low back pain
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is defined as ongoing back and/or back-related leg symptoms beyond three month’s duration. For those unfortunate individuals afflicted with this condition, even simple daily rituals such as getting out of bed, making breakfast, or doing laundry can be difficult tasks. Despite recent medical advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of the condition, CLBP remains the leading cause of pain and disability in developed countries.

● Complicated Disc Problem
Marc Darrow, M.D.

● Sacroiliac pain
Ross Hauser, M.D.

● Spinal Fusion Questions
Ross Hauser, M.D.

● Prolotherapy: An Alternative to Thoracic Spine Surgery
Ross Hauser, M.D.

● Low Back Pain Resolved With Prolotherapy
Ross Hauser, M.D

Prolotherapy and Scoliosis
Ross Hauser, M.D.
Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of 11 degrees or more. An estimated 500,000 adults in the United States have scoliosis. Scoliosis is usually discovered during adolescence and is called idiopathic scoliosis, a fancy term meaning the doctor has no idea what caused the scolios.