SACRO-ILIAC PROBLEMS AND THE BENEFIT OF PROLOTHERAPY OVERTIME
WILLIAM W. FROST Jr. M.D. Washington, Pennsylvania The sacroiliac syndrome and ligamentous injection prolotherapy continue to be hot topics in current back care. I write to share with readers a case report. A pleasant 83 year old white male was seen by myself in consultation initially in March of 1989, at the Washington Hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania, for symptomatic left sacroiliac pain. The patient was seen briefly, noted to have normal lumbopelvic alignment, and was injected with Depo-Medrol and marcaine, 0.25%. He subsequently did quite well and was discharged from the hospital with his symptoms resolved. He was not seen again in the hospital ...
BIOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION – ALTERNATIVE TO HIP PROSTHESIS
WILLIAM J. Fader M.D. Injections of sodium morrhuate have been shown in scientific studies done by the University of Iowa to grow ligaments and tendons between 20%-40% stronger than the tendons and ligaments injected with a non-active substance. 1,2 The process produces a non-surgical tendon, ligament and joint reconstruction by taking advantage of the body's own healing methods. Sodium morrhuate is a FDA approved substance which comes from cod liver fishoil. By injecting into the area where tendon or ligament attaches to the bone controlled irritation caused fibroblasts (healing cells) to travel to the area and lay down connective tissue, thus ...
A RATIONALE FOR PROLOTHERAPY
ALLEN R BANKS Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Prolotherapy, the technology for strengthening lax ligaments, has found increased acceptance in recent years. However, despite its greater use, the mechanism of action of prolotherapy is not well understood. In the past few years a number of advances have been made in the understanding of wound repair. This author believes the increased knowledge which has been made available in the field of wound healing has application to a more complete understanding of prolotherapy. There follows a general discussion of wound healing and a hypothesis which provides a basis for understanding prolotherapy. During prolotherapy, proliferating agents are ...
THE EFFICACY OF PROLOTHERAPY FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS
A PILOT STUDY - THE EFFICACY OF PROLOTHERAPY FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS Scarpone M, Rabago DP, Zgierska A, Arbogast G, Snell E. Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA. Clin J Sport Med. 2008 May;18(3):248-54 OBJECTIVES: To assess whether prolotherapy, an injection-based therapy, improves elbow pain, grip strength, and extension strength in patients with lateral epicondylosis. SETTING: Outpatient Sport Medicine clinic. STUDY DESIGN: Double-blind randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-four adults with at least 6 months of refractory lateral epicondylosis. INTERVENTION: Prolotherapy participants received injections of a solution made from 1 part 5% sodium morrhuate, 1.5 parts 50% dextrose, 0.5 parts 4% lidocaine, 0.5 parts 0.5% sensorcaine and ...
PLATELET-RICH PLASMA INJECTION THERAPIES FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS (LE)
Rabago D, Best TM, Zgierska A, Zeisig E, Ryan M, Crane D. University of Wisconsin, United States. 1: Br J Sports Med. 2009 Jan 21. OBJECTIVE: To appraise existing evidence for prolotherapy, polidocanol, autologous whole blood and platelet-rich plasma injection therapies for lateral epicondylosis (LE). DESIGN: Systematic Review. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Allied and Complementary Medicine. Search strategy: names and descriptors of the therapies and LE. Study Selection: All human studies assessing the four therapies for LE. MAIN RESULTS: Results of five prospective case series and four controlled trials (3 prolotherapy, 2 polidocanol, 3 autologous whole blood and 1 platelet-rich plasma) suggest ...
Dextrose Prolotherapy for Osteoarthritic Thumb and Finger Joints
Randomized, Prospective, Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study of Dextrose Prolotherapy for Osteoarthritic Thumb and Finger (DIP, PIP, and Trapeziometacarpal) Joints: Evidence of Clinical Efficacy K. DEAN REEVES, M.D.1 and KHATAB HASSANEIN, Ph.D.2 THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Volume 6, Number 4, 2000, pp. 311–320 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the clinical benefit of dextrose prolotherapy (injection of growth factors or growth factor stimulators) in osteoarthritic finger joints. Design: Prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Settings/Location: Outpatient physical medicine clinic. Subjects: Six months of pain history was required in each joint studied as well as one of the following: grade 2 or 3 osteophyte, grade 2 or 3 ...
QUESTIONING THE VALUE OFARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE STUDY OF MOSELEY ETAL: QUESTIONING THE VALUE OFARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS Bernstein J, Quach T. Department of Orthopedic surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. orthodoc@post.harvard.edu Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 May;70(5):401, 405-6, 408-10 Arthroscopy for degenerative conditions of the knee is among the most commonly employed orthopedic procedures, but its effectiveness (like the effectiveness of many surgical operations) has never been proven in prospective trials. Moreover, the precise mechanism by which arthroscopy improves the course of degenerative conditions of the knee has not been established conclusively. Moseley et al performed a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of arthroscopic ...
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SACRO-ILIAC PROBLEMS AND THE BENEFIT OF PROLOTHERAPY OVERTIME
WILLIAM W. FROST Jr. M.D. Washington, Pennsylvania The sacroiliac syndrome and ligamentous...
BIOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION – ALTERNATIVE TO HIP PROSTHESIS
WILLIAM J. Fader M.D. Injections of sodium morrhuate have been shown in scientific...
A RATIONALE FOR PROLOTHERAPY
ALLEN R BANKS Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Prolotherapy, the technology for strengthening...
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SACRO-ILIAC PROBLEMS AND THE BENEFIT OF PROLOTHERAPY OVERTIME
WILLIAM W. FROST Jr. M.D. Washington, Pennsylvania The sacroiliac syndrome and ligamentous injection prolotherapy continue to be hot topics in current back care. I write to share with readers a case report. A pleasant 83 year old white male was seen by myself in consultation initially in March of 1989, at the Washington Hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania,... [Read more of this review]
BIOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION – ALTERNATIVE TO HIP PROSTHESIS
WILLIAM J. Fader M.D. Injections of sodium morrhuate have been shown in scientific studies done by the University of Iowa to grow ligaments and tendons between 20%-40% stronger than the tendons and ligaments injected with a non-active substance. 1,2 The process produces a non-surgical tendon, ligament and joint reconstruction by taking advantage... [Read more of this review]
A RATIONALE FOR PROLOTHERAPY
ALLEN R BANKS Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Prolotherapy, the technology for strengthening lax ligaments, has found increased acceptance in recent years. However, despite its greater use, the mechanism of action of prolotherapy is not well understood. In the past few years a number of advances have been made in the understanding of wound repair. This author... [Read more of this review]
THE EFFICACY OF PROLOTHERAPY FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS
A PILOT STUDY – THE EFFICACY OF PROLOTHERAPY FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS Scarpone M, Rabago DP, Zgierska A, Arbogast G, Snell E. Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA. Clin J Sport Med. 2008 May;18(3):248-54 OBJECTIVES: To assess whether prolotherapy, an injection-based therapy, improves... [Read more of this review]
PLATELET-RICH PLASMA INJECTION THERAPIES FOR LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS (LE)
Rabago D, Best TM, Zgierska A, Zeisig E, Ryan M, Crane D. University of Wisconsin, United States. 1: Br J Sports Med. 2009 Jan 21. OBJECTIVE: To appraise existing evidence for prolotherapy, polidocanol, autologous whole blood and platelet-rich plasma injection therapies for lateral epicondylosis (LE). DESIGN: Systematic Review. DATA SOURCES:... [Read more of this review]