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How Chronic Non-Joint Pain is Helped by
Prolotherapy
K.
Dean
Reeves, M.D.
Chronic pain is very often from strain (tendon damage) or sprain
(ligament damage) which
can occur for injuries or just overuse. This is because many nerve
endings are present in tendons and ligaments and when stretched due to
weakness in the structure, they will cause pain. The
patient feels tight as muscles try to protect the area but the problem
is loose or weak connective tissue. Normal repair takes 6-8
weeks and is often incomplete. Normal repair attempts to thicken
and tighten the weak and loose tendon/ligament and requires growth
factor elevation. If the tendon or ligament does not get
tight or strong enough, the muscles stay chronically tight causing
stiffness and the nerves continue to be stimulated causing pain with
movement or at rest.
Growth factor elevation is only increased for several weeks after
injury. Injection to raise growth factor levels causes the
repair cycle to be repeated, allowing the tendon or ligament to get
stronger and then decrease or eliminate symptoms.
Indications of damage to tendons/ligaments can include referred
symptoms such as pain, numbness, or coldness, symptoms of looseness such
as clicking, popping, or feeling out of place or loose and secondary
changes in muscle such as weakness, tightness, or twitches seen in
muscle with stimulation of the weak/irritable area in the
tendon/ligament. (Twitch contractions.)
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Darrow, M.D.
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Twenty
Common Questions About Prolotherapy
David
Harris, M.D.
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Hauser, M.D.
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Greenberg, M.D.
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David Harris, M.D.
Prolotherapy
and Chronic Pain Ross Hauser, M.D.
Peripheral Joints
& Prolotherapy
Jay W. Nielsen, M.D.
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Non-Surgical Approach to Chronic Pain Lawrence
Cohen, M.D.
The Difference
Between Prolotherapy, Trigger Points, and Acupuncture Marc Darrow,
M.D.J.D.
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Inflammation in an Area that is Already Inflamed Marc Darrow,
M.D.J.D.
Growth Factor Basis of
Prolotherapy
David Harris, M.D.
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Does It Take To Heal Connective Tissue?
Dave
Harris, M.D.
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