Supercharge Your Healing
What is prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy is a treatment to help the body heal itself. This is done by injecting a concentrated dextrose solution into the body to help stimulate the body’s own repair system. It is used to strengthen and heal joints, tendons and ligaments.
What is PRP?
Platelet Rich Plasma is a high concentration of platelets made from your own blood. In the simplest of terms, platelets call on your body to start healing itself. PRP is a great treatment option because it works well for many different body parts such as tendons, ligaments and arthritic joints. It can be used on new and chronic issues.
How does the body heal itself?
The body heals by reacting to inflammation. Both prolotherapy and PRP cause localized inflammation at the sites of injection. Inflammation then starts kick-starts the body's natural healing mechanisms to repair damaged tissue. Prolotherapy and PRP signal your body to repair damaged joints, tendons, ligaments, fascia and muscles.
What are some of the conditions treated by prolotherapy and PRP?
- Osteoarthritis of joints and arthritis in the spine
- Tendon and ligament strains, sprains, and tears
- Tendinopathies
- Meniscus and labral tears
- Overuse injuries
- Laxity of ligaments
- Tennis elbow
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Plantar fasciitis
What are the risks of prolotherapy and PRP?
Prolotherapy and PRP are safe and well tolerated when performed by our physicians. Common side effects are minor and usually go away without further treatment. They may include:
- Pain with injection
- Mild bleeding
- Bruising
- Numbness at the injection site
- Pain after injection up to 72 hours
- Any other risks will be discussed with you prior to treatment
How can I improve my chances that prolotherapy or PRP will be effective?
You can make changes in your lifestyle to promote your body’s ability to heal and response well to prolotherapy. Our metabolic health evaluation is an excellent way to improve you likelhood of a great outcome.
- Stop smoking
- Manage your blood sugar
- Limit alcohol use
- Limit fried and processed foods
- Maintain a healthy body composition
- Manage stress
- Get Adequate Sleep
What improvements can I expect?
- Decreased pain
- Decreased need for pain medication
- Improved function
- Increased activity
- Decreased clicking or grinding of joint
- Improved mood
- Increased exercise tolerance
- Decreased tenderness in the area of pain
What information will I get at the initial consultation?
At your initial consultation, the physcian will assess your specific condition and determine if you are a good candidate for prolotherapy or PRP. You will be given an idea of how many treatments you will need, how often they will be, and what response you can expect.
What is a realistic expectation of treatment?
Experiencing occasional pain is part of the normal human condition. The goal of prolotherapy and PRP is to decrease pain and improve function so you can have more good days. Both prolotherapy and PRP can provde long lasting pain relief.
What is the success rate for prolotherapy and PRP?
Taking into consideration the patient’s overeall ability to heal it can be excellent.
