Women, Back Pain, and Hormones

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Ross Hauser, MD During pregnancy, a woman’s body secretes a hormone called relaxin which causes ligaments to loosen in preperation for birth. Ligament laxity is normal during pregnancy. Relaxin’s effects include the production and remodeling of collagen, increasing the elasticity and relaxation of muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The point is that relaxin has a direct […]

Prolotherapy: A Literature Review and Retrospective Study

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Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. and Noreen Sagedy, M.D. Prolotherapy: A Literature Review and Retrospective Study. The Journal of Neurological and Orthopadic Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 12. No. 3. 1991 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 […]