THE COMPLETE WELLNESS FACILITY
166 Saxer Avenue
Springfield, Pa 19064
phone 610.328.7262
fax 610.328.4440

FAMILY MEDICINE

WHAT IS PROLOTHERAPY?
Prolotherapy is a non surgical treatment for musculoskeletal pain (neck, back and joint pain). It enables your body to produce new cells that will strengthen tendons and ligaments.  Prolotherapy consists of injections of proliferents to create growth of normal cells. The injections consist of a solution, which stimulates growth factor production. Growth Factors are proteins that stimulate growth or healing of tissues.  Prolotherapy regenerates NORMAL tissue.

WHAT DOES PROLOTHERAPY TREAT?
Prolotherapy is an effective treatment for arthritis, back and neck pain, sports injuries, joint aches, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel, frozen shoulder, TMJ, rotator cuff injury, plantar faciitis, herniated discs, sciatica, and many, many others.

HOW ARE LIGAMENTS INVOLVED?
Most musculoskeletal pain is caused by ligament dysfunction.  Ligaments are structures that hold bones and joints together.  When ligaments are injured (car accident, falls, repetitive trauma) joints become dysfunctional and cause pain and muscle spasm. Dysfunctional joints and muscle spasm cause pain and radiating symptoms.

Dextrose is a simple sugar that gives energy to our body cells.  When dextrose is injected directly into ligaments or tissues, there are three main effects:

• Direct Growth Effect: Research in diabetic patients has shown that a number of different types of cells grow when exposed to even slight increase in dextrose concentration in the fluid outside of cells

• Inflammatory Effect: When Dextrose increases by 10%, temporary inflammation occurs causing an elevation in growth factors. Dextrose causes growth of normal tissue

• Osmotic Effect: Cells surrounded by concentrated dextrose solution shrink by losing fluid (osmosis) causing an influx of growth hormone

Prolotherapy has been used safely for over 50 years.  If the injection is performed by an experienced prolotherapist, the risk is low for an unexpected outcome. No steroids are used in the injections. Most proliferents that are injected are 100% NATURAL and pose NO risk for damage to the tissue.  There are many studies ongoing and published which prove the effectiveness and safety of prolotherapy. The Lancet medical journal reported 87.5% of patients treated with prolo for back pain experienced significant relief.

ARE YOU A CANDIDATE  FOR PROLOTHERAPY?

Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful area. For the patient who has localized areas of pain or the person who has had a recent injury from an accident, Prolotherapy is a very effective treatment to strengthen those specific areas and eliminate the pain. Realize, however, that Prolotherapy starts the growth of new healthy, strong tissue. Your body—your own immune system—grows the tissue. For the person who has terrible digestion, chronic fatigue, irritable bladder, and a host of other chronic nutritional, hormonal and/or allergic problems, these deficiencies and illnesses should be corrected so the body will be able to respond to Prolotherapy.