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Recent Prolotherapy Article:
Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair
New York Times, August 7, 2007
Prolotherapy for Musculo-skeletal Pain
A primer for pain management physicians on the mechanisms of actions and indications for use.
Journal of Practical Pain Management Jan/Feb., 2007
Prolotherapy for Low Back Pain
Journal of Practical Pain Management May, 2007
Sweet Relief
The Scientific Research Behind Prolotherapy / RIT
Biomechanics, Sept. 2004 by K. Dean Reeves, MD
(In adobe pdf format)
Prolotherapy for Knee Pain
Journal of Practical Pain Management July, Aug., 2007
Prolotherapy: Dextrose Prolotherapy for
Unresolved Neck Pain
In this study, 97 out of 98 patients with chronic neck pain showed substantial improvement in numerous outcome measures. The improvements in these patients continued through follow up—18 months after conclusion of prolotherapy treatments—and demonstrates the efficacy of this treatment modality.
Sept. 28, 2007
Recently endorsed by the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine. Prolotherapy is sparking renewed interest, particularly with regard to treating repetitive stress injuries in professional athletes. In 2005, the Mayo Clinic endorsed prolotherapy, saying it may be helpful when ligament or tendon pain fails to respond to prescribed physical therapy. The procedure is endorsed by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, and is part of clinical trial being conducted by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institute of Health.)
Understanding the Differences Between Conventional, Alternative,
Complementary, Integrative and Natural Medicine
by
Anna MacIntosh, PhD, ND
Dean of Research, National College of Naturopathic Medicine,
Portland, Oregon USA
Canadian Use of Alternative Medicine
The Majority of Canadians Use Complementary Medicine. A 2007 survey confirms 1990s data on CAM wasn't a "phase. Read the recent Fraser Institute report on CAM and Canadians.
New York Times Article on Naturopathic Medicine
"When Trust in Doctors Erodes, Other Treatments Fill the Void"
Naturopathic Treatment for Depression
Wall Street Journal looks at the Naturopathic approach to treating depression without medication.
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Wat Po Temple
Statue of Traditional
Manipulation. Bankok, Thailand |
History
of Manipulation
The
history of the manipulation of human articulations, including
the spine and extremities, goes back to the time of Hippocrates
(640 BC) in the western world.
It is evident throughout Asia in
Japan and India; and in China a distinct branch of Traditional
Chinese Medicine called Tui Na is devoted to manipulative
techniques. Documents in China date back to 2700 B.C.
Manipulation was also practiced
in Egypt, Babylon, Syria, and Tibet. Polynesians, Native
American Indians and the natives of Central and South
America have used it. Many European countries have a
long tradition of bonesetters.
The first North American professions
distinctly devoted to the art of manipulation were the
osteopaths. Andrew Taylor Still who formed the first
college in 1892 in Missouri introduced it. Chiropractic
originated with Daniel David Palmer in 1895, he began
the first college in Davenport Iowa.
Up until 1955, Naturopathy and
chiropractic were taught in the same colleges and naturopathic
students studied chiropractic as part of their education.
The presence of a strong program of physical medicine
and manipulative therapies still continues in naturopathic
colleges to-day. The study of spinal manipulation is
still a requirement for graduation from all naturopathic
colleges and for provincial licensure.

Dr. Hal Brown
Naturopath Vancouver BC
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