Do the injections hurt?
Is there such a thing as a painless injection? Sure, it hurts. However, with prolotherapy the pain is moderate, but can last a few days. Some unfortunate individuals have longer duration of pain.
What are complications of prolotherapy?
Besides pain, one can have bleeding, infection, nerve injury and tissue damage. Rare but these complications do occur
Is pain relief with prolotherapy permanent?
Well depends on whom you listen to. The doctors say yes to everything, but the real patients who have had injections say no way. Fact – if it works, the pain relief is transient.
Where are the injections done?
In an office or a clinic
Can one combine prolotherapy with other procedure used to treat back pain?
Sure, if you have any money left over, you can combine it with acupuncture, chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage therapy. Now ask your self this question, if prolotherapy was that great, why would there still be a need to combine other treatments? - answer- makes more money for the health care workers.
Is Prolotherapy safe?
Well the human being is a sturdy individual. You can probably inject small amounts of glucose almost anywhere in the body and not screw up. Therefore, in that sense prolotherapy is safe. However, the occasional health care worker goofs up and complications can occur like infections, bleeding, nerve injury and more pain than what you started out with
How long are the sessions spread over?
Well, these Prolotherapy maniacs recommend 2-3 sessions/week over 2-3 months. Ample time to collect down payment on a new Lexus.
Is Prolotherapy better than steroid injections or physical therapy?
The people who market this therapy say yes to everything. Remember you are paying for it and like plastic surgery, there are no refunds.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Prolotherapy for Back Pain Part 1
What is Prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy is also known as Regenerative injection therapy. The procedure essentially involves injection of high concentration of glucose (yes simply sugar water) into the attachment of bone- such as tendon and ligaments. The solution is injected at precise points and the theory is that glucose water magically increases blood supply, repairs the tissues and relieves pain (and all this time I thought sugar was bad!)
Is there scientific proof that prolotherapy works?
There have been a few experimental studies performed in rats. But because the experimental rats cannot communicate so it is hard to know. However, the rats did run and eat as normal. The few human guinea pigs who have been studied did not see any improvement.
What type of pain disorders are treated with prolotherapy?
Well, physicians and alternative practitioners recommend prolotherapy for almost all musculoskeletal disorders associated with pain including back pain, shoulder pain, groin pain, elbow pain, and arm pain and so on.
What other disorders are treated by prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy has been used to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders like whiplash and neck pain, low back pain, cervical disc, lumbar disc herniations, rotator cuff injuries, tennis/golfer’s elbow, wrist problems, knee arthritis and pain, hip pain, ankle sprains, achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis - but this does not mean it works in all of them
Does Prolotherapy Work in humans?
Depends on whom you ask. The doctors and alternative care health practitioners who sell this therapy are adamant that it works. They are sure about it and always quote some study. However, if you talk to individuals who have had this therapy, the word BULL SHIT is the first thing that they say. Hopeless and fake are a few other choice words for this treatment.
IS there any scientific data to support prolotherapy use in humans?
Well, there are very few reports published but an overview analysis of prolotherapy by Cochrane, revealed that it did nothing. Cochrane does say the glucose injections are not bad for the body, but as far as pain was concerned, it did diddly squat. Most studies are difficult to understand and have conflicting data. Overall, prolotherapy does nothing.
How many sessions are required?
When there is money to be made, rest assured nothing will be cured in one session. Same goes for prolotherapy. One needs at least 6-14 sessions. Sometimes two parts of the body can be treated in each session. The treatment as the experts say should last several months.
Prolotherapy is also known as Regenerative injection therapy. The procedure essentially involves injection of high concentration of glucose (yes simply sugar water) into the attachment of bone- such as tendon and ligaments. The solution is injected at precise points and the theory is that glucose water magically increases blood supply, repairs the tissues and relieves pain (and all this time I thought sugar was bad!)
Is there scientific proof that prolotherapy works?
There have been a few experimental studies performed in rats. But because the experimental rats cannot communicate so it is hard to know. However, the rats did run and eat as normal. The few human guinea pigs who have been studied did not see any improvement.
What type of pain disorders are treated with prolotherapy?
Well, physicians and alternative practitioners recommend prolotherapy for almost all musculoskeletal disorders associated with pain including back pain, shoulder pain, groin pain, elbow pain, and arm pain and so on.
What other disorders are treated by prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy has been used to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders like whiplash and neck pain, low back pain, cervical disc, lumbar disc herniations, rotator cuff injuries, tennis/golfer’s elbow, wrist problems, knee arthritis and pain, hip pain, ankle sprains, achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis - but this does not mean it works in all of them
Does Prolotherapy Work in humans?
Depends on whom you ask. The doctors and alternative care health practitioners who sell this therapy are adamant that it works. They are sure about it and always quote some study. However, if you talk to individuals who have had this therapy, the word BULL SHIT is the first thing that they say. Hopeless and fake are a few other choice words for this treatment.
IS there any scientific data to support prolotherapy use in humans?
Well, there are very few reports published but an overview analysis of prolotherapy by Cochrane, revealed that it did nothing. Cochrane does say the glucose injections are not bad for the body, but as far as pain was concerned, it did diddly squat. Most studies are difficult to understand and have conflicting data. Overall, prolotherapy does nothing.
How many sessions are required?
When there is money to be made, rest assured nothing will be cured in one session. Same goes for prolotherapy. One needs at least 6-14 sessions. Sometimes two parts of the body can be treated in each session. The treatment as the experts say should last several months.
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