Chronic pain can significantly impact your quality of life, making even simple tasks feel overwhelming. Whether it’s lingering joint pain, an old sports injury, or the result of wear and tear, finding effective and long-lasting relief is often a challenge. Prolotherapy is a natural, minimally invasive treatment that offers hope for those looking to reduce pain and regain mobility without relying on medication or surgery.
What is Prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy, short for "proliferation therapy," is an innovative regenerative treatment designed to repair and strengthen damaged tissues. It involves injecting a solution, typically containing dextrose (a sugar-based solution), procaine (a numbing agent and healing component) and vitamin B12 into the affected area. This stimulates the body’s natural healing response, encouraging the growth of new tissue and improving the strength and stability of ligaments, tendons, and joints.
How Does Prolotherapy Work?
The pain associated with many chronic conditions often stems from weakened or injured connective tissues that fail to heal completely. Prolotherapy works by:
Triggering a Healing Response: The injected solution causes mild irritation, signalling the body to send growth factors and healing cells to the area.
Regenerating Tissue: Over time, new, stronger tissue forms, improving stability and reducing pain.
Restoring Function: As tissue strengthens, mobility improves, and chronic pain diminishes, allowing you to return to your normal activities.
Conditions Prolotherapy Can Help
Prolotherapy is versatile and can address a wide range of chronic pain conditions, including:
Joint Pain: Osteoarthritis in the knees, hips, shoulders, or other joints.
Sports Injuries: Chronic pain from ligament or tendon injuries, such as tennis elbow or rotator cuff issues.
Back and Neck Pain: Spinal instability or degenerative disc disease.
Chronic Tendonitis: Pain in areas like the Achilles tendon or plantar fascia.
Unresolved Injuries: Lingering pain from sprains, strains, or overuse injuries.
Benefits of Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy offers several advantages for those seeking a natural and effective solution for chronic pain:
🌱 Minimally Invasive: No surgery, no extended recovery times.
🌱 Long-Term Relief: By addressing the root cause of instability and pain, Prolotherapy provides lasting benefits.
🌱 Drug-Free Treatment: Avoid dependency on pain medications.
🌱 Customizable: Treatments are tailored to your specific pain and health needs.
What to Expect During Prolotherapy Treatment
Your prolotherapy session begins with a consultation to evaluate your pain and determine if this treatment is right for you. During the procedure:
The affected area is cleaned.
A small amount of the dextrose/procaine/B12 solution is injected into targeted sites.
The procedure takes about 30 minutes, and you can return to normal activities shortly after.
After treatment, you may experience mild soreness as your body begins the healing process. Most patients see improvements after a series of 3 treatments, with results becoming more noticeable over time. Avoid advil and other antiinflammatories shortly before and after your treatment - they will turn off the local inflammation that triggers the healing response.
Do you want to improve your chances of healing quickly/fully? Avoid sugar, and gluten to reduce systemic inflammation so your body can heal.
Is Prolotherapy Right for You?
Prolotherapy is an excellent option for people seeking natural, non-surgical pain relief. If you’ve tried conventional treatments without success or want to avoid invasive procedures, this therapy may be the solution you’ve been looking for. If you have recently had a cortisone injection, please wait 6 weeks before scheduling to have that area treated with prolotherapy.
Take the Next Step Toward Pain Relief
You don’t have to live with chronic pain. Prolotherapy offers a safe, effective way to heal, strengthen, and restore your body naturally.
📞 Contact us today to schedule an initial physical treatment appointment with Dr. King and learn how prolotherapy can help you regain control of your life.
(306) 830-8982
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