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WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE
PROLOTHERAPY WORKED?
I STILL HAVE PAIN!
Ross Hauser, M.D.
A patient came in for
his sixth Prolotherapy
visit. The nurse told me the patient didn't feel much improvement in his
knee pain,
though he had already received five Prolotherapy treatments.
I examined his knee and there were no more crunching sounds. His
anterior cruciate
ligament
had tightened. His anterior drawer sign was negative. He had only slight
tenderness in his
patellar
ligament.
Upon further questioning the patient did admit that he felt his knee was more
stable but still it felt 'funny' when he was running. This is mostly what
bothered him, he couldn't run well on it and that was his main reason for
getting it treated. I explained to the patient that his ligaments had been
healed by Prolotherapy. It was then that he asked why he still had pain.
When a joint undergoes ligament damage, the muscles tense up to stabilize the
joint. The muscles are then called upon to not only move the joint but also to
stabilize the joint. Eventually they get overwhelmed and start to atrophy. When
a joint is damaged or degenerated for a long time, one can bet that the muscles
surrounding the joint will be significantly weaker than muscles in the other
limb, which is what happened to this patient. The pain he was experiencing was
due to quadriceps muscle weakness. As a matter of fact, he had lost about 50% of
the muscle strength in his right quadriceps. It was one-half inch less thick
than his other one. We then went through the exercises he was to do to
preferentially strengthen his right leg. One simple maneuver was to wear an
ankle weight just on his right side. I encouraged him to do extra sets of
exercises just for his right leg. He was to do balance work which involves
standing and holding various poses on his right leg.
So when you do get an injury get it checked out. Don't wait until the joint
degenerates. If it does, often you will need to preferentially strengthen the
muscles of that joint along with getting Prolotherapy to obtain complete pain
relief.
Introduction to Prolotherapy
Why Get Prolotherapy? Donna Alderman, D.O.
What is Prolotherapy?
Alvin
Stein, M.D.
Introduction to Prolotherapy
Ross
Hauser, M.D.
How
Safe Is Prolotherapy? Ross
Hauser, M.D.
The
Importance of an Experienced Prolotherapist Ross
Hauser, M.D.
Non-Surgical
Tendon, Ligament and Joint Reconstruction William J. Faber, D.O.
How Does Prolotherapy Work? Marc
Darrow, M.D.
When Prolotherapy May Not Work David Harris, M.D.
Twenty
Common Questions About Prolotherapy
David
Harris, M.D.
The History of Prolotherapy Ross
Hauser, M.D.
Curing Chronic Pain with Prolotherapy Scott
Greenberg, M.D.
Why So Many Turn To Prolotherapy
David Harris, M.D.
Prolotherapy
and Chronic Pain Ross Hauser, M.D.
Peripheral Joints
& Prolotherapy
Jay W. Nielsen, M.D.
Orthopedic Medicine: A
Non-Surgical Approach to Chronic Pain Lawrence
Cohen, M.D.
The Difference
Between Prolotherapy, Trigger Points, and Acupuncture Marc Darrow,
M.D.J.D.
Prolotherapy: Creating
Inflammation in an Area that is Already Inflamed Marc Darrow,
M.D.J.D.
Growth Factor Basis of
Prolotherapy
David Harris, M.D.
What
Does It Take To Heal Connective Tissue?
Dave
Harris, M.D.
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