- Back Pain
- Foot Pain, plantar fasciitis
- Ankle pain
- Elbow Pain
- Knee Pain
- Hip Pain
- Groin Pain
- Neck Pain, Whiplash & Headaches
- Jaw/TMJ pain
- Shoulders
- Sports Injuries
PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Regenerative Injection Therapy; New to Prolotherapy
Globe and Mail: Injured? Heal yourself with your own blood.
PRP Prolotherapy used successfully for professional athletes
Takashi Saito, Dodger's Pitcher regains career after PRP treatment to his elbow
PRP keeps Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the game
What is PRP; Platelet Rich Plasma Prolotherapy?
PRP used by figure skater Patrick Chan, Canadian Olympic Team Doctor, B.C. Lions
Research in PRP: Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Matrix Graft by David Crane, MD and Peter A.M. Everts PhD
Prolotherapy Videos
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Prolotherapy Articles in the News:
Palm Beach Spine & Pain Institute Offers Prolotherapy As
An Effective, Minimally Invasive Treatment For Chronic Injury
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.)
Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair
New York Times, August 7, 2007
Yoga Journal: Sugar Fix For Torn Ligaments
Dr. Allen Thomashefsky
Journal Newspapers
Richard Sandler, M.D.
Sweet Relief
BIOMECHANICS SEPTEMBER 2004
by K. Dean Reeves, MD
A Brand New Way To Get Rid Of Pain (Woman's World Magazine)
by Ross Hauser, M.D.
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
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.
Sports Groin Injuries:
Efficacy of Dextrose Prolotherapy in Elite Male Kicking-Sport Athletes With Chronic Groin Pain Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005; 86: 697-702
Conclusions: "Dextrose Prolotherapy showed marked efficacy for chronic groin pain in this group of elite rugby and soccer athletes."
Low Back Pain:
Retrospective Case Series on Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain Treated with Dextrose Prolotherapy
Results: 91% of patients reported reduction in level of pain; 84.8% of patients reported improvement in activities of daily living, and 84.3% reported an improvement in ability to work.
Conclusions: “Dextrose prolotherapy appears to be a safe and effective method for treating chronic spinal pain..."
Chronic Pain:
A Systematic Review of Prolotherapy for Chronic Musculo-skeletal Pain
Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine; 15(5):E376, September 2005
Conclusions: “Positive results compared with controls have been reported in nonrandomized and randomized controlled trials."
Chronic pain: What colour are the emperor’s new clothes?
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 52:R4 (2005)
Recommendation: "Prolotherapy is most appropriate and effective in carefully selected and monitored patients who are participating in an appropriate program of exercise and/or manipulation / mobilization."