Re: Non-surgical alternatives and connective tissue i

[Guest guest]

I agree completely Sally. I was talking about this exact phenomenon the other

day with my wife -- that is, why everything is so slow to change.

In the case of prolotherapy, it isn't taught in medical schools, so doctors

don't know anything about it and, I guess, fear the unfamiliar and are perhaps

even threatened by it (like that surgeon in Mexico you mentioned). I'm sure, to

some degree, it has to do with money too, since there are no big pharma

companies pushing prolo since they can't patent anything. The ironic thing is,

there is plenty of money to be made for doctors who provide prolotherapy in

their practices, but by the time they even hear about it (if they are lucky

enough to stumble across it) they are usually so set in their ways and don't

want to take the time to learn about a whole new treatment methodology.

I've sent at least a couple dozen people to my doc in Connecticut and he's

helped almost all of them, but it usually takes me pushing pretty hard before

they agree to go see him. Again, its not " conventional " medicine, so they fear

it. Sadly, in several cases, the ones who opted for surgery or whatever and

didn't go see my doc are, for the most part the same or worse than they were.

Anyway, let's save the rants for our email exchanges! hahaha I don't want the

Group to think we're being too heavy-handed here...

So glad you are doing better! Keep us updated and keep spreading the word!

- Doug

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> > I have just started prolotherapy injections after 30 years of knee

(chondromalacia)  pain, low pain back, and headaches/neck pain/spasms from 3

whiplash injuries.

> >  

> > If you have pain in any joint, it is often the ligaments which are loose,

stretched or injured.  I am reading a great deal about physiology as well as

prolotherapy injections and how they can help. 

> >  

> > It is well worth consulting an orthopedic medicine specialist (not an ortho

surgeon) or physiatrist (an MD who treats pain and does rehab) about what

prolotherapy could do for you.

> >  

> > It is not a widely known treatment although it has been used as early as the

1930s for TMJ.  Think about it - Big Pharma cannot make obscene profits on

sugar water injections;  medical equipment companies cannot make money

from high-cost equipment for this because none are needed.  Prolotherapy

makes use of the body's own healing abilities.  You will not see it promoted

very much since it is not a profit-maker for big corporations.

> >  

> > But there are heaps or articles, websites, books, etc.  www.getprolo. com

has almost endless articles as well as listings state-by-state of docs trained

to do prolotherapy.  You can find more docs at www.aaomed.org  - the name

alone says it all - a doctors' association for orthopedic medicine, not

orthopedic surgery.  Some pro athletes are using PRP - prolotherapy injections

with platelet-rich blood, a newer innovation of prolo.  A doc in NZ is

regenerating nerve tissue with it. 

> >  

> > If an approach to joint pain that emphasizes a natural process, healthy

food, exercise, has any appeal to you - versus surgery, braces, endless

medicines and side-effects, it is at least worth investigating.  Some things of

course require surgery, but wouldn't you like to avoid it, if you could?

> >  

> > Check it out.  I know there are other former chondro sufferers out there

who have been helped by prolotherapy.  I will report on my progress, but

already I can tell a difference.

> >  

> > Sally

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[Guest guest]

I think there is interest. I really have no comments, but I would like to

continue to hear about this.

Don

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:40 PM, dougfromct2002 <dougfromct2002@...>wrote:

>

>

> I agree completely Sally. I was talking about this exact phenomenon the

> other day with my wife -- that is, why everything is so slow to change.

>

> In the case of prolotherapy, it isn't taught in medical schools, so doctors

> don't know anything about it and, I guess, fear the unfamiliar and are

> perhaps even threatened by it (like that surgeon in Mexico you mentioned).

> I'm sure, to some degree, it has to do with money too, since there are no

> big pharma companies pushing prolo since they can't patent anything. The

> ironic thing is, there is plenty of money to be made for doctors who provide

> prolotherapy in their practices, but by the time they even hear about it (if

> they are lucky enough to stumble across it) they are usually so set in their

> ways and don't want to take the time to learn about a whole new treatment

> methodology.

>

> I've sent at least a couple dozen people to my doc in Connecticut and he's

> helped almost all of them, but it usually takes me pushing pretty hard

> before they agree to go see him. Again, its not " conventional " medicine, so

> they fear it. Sadly, in several cases, the ones who opted for surgery or

> whatever and didn't go see my doc are, for the most part the same or worse

> than they were.

>

> Anyway, let's save the rants for our email exchanges! hahaha I don't want

> the Group to think we're being too heavy-handed here...

>

> So glad you are doing better! Keep us updated and keep spreading the word!

>

> - Doug

>

>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > I have just started prolotherapy injections after 30 years of knee

> (chondromalacia)Â pain, low pain back, and headaches/neck pain/spasms from

> 3 whiplash injuries.

> > > Â

> > > If you have pain in any joint, it is often the ligaments which are

> loose, stretched or injured. I am reading a great deal about physiology as

> well as prolotherapy injections and how they can help.Â

> > > Â

> > > It is well worth consulting an orthopedic medicine specialist (not an

> ortho surgeon) or physiatrist (an MD who treats pain and does rehab) about

> what prolotherapy could do for you.

> > > Â

> > > It is not a widely known treatment although it has been used as early

> as the 1930s for TMJ. Think about it - Big Pharma cannot make obscene

> profits on sugar water injections; medical equipment companies

> cannot make money from high-cost equipment for this because none are

> needed.  Prolotherapy makes use of the body's own healing abilities. You

> will not see it promoted very much since it is not a profit-maker for big

> corporations.

> > > Â

> > > But there are heaps or articles, websites, books, etc. www.getprolo.

> com has almost endless articles as well as listings state-by-state of docs

> trained to do prolotherapy. You can find more docs at www.aaomed.org -

> the name alone says it all - a doctors' association for orthopedic medicine,

> not orthopedic surgery. Some pro athletes are using PRP - prolotherapy

> injections with platelet-rich blood, a newer innovation of prolo. A doc in

> NZ is regenerating nerve tissue with it.Â

> > > Â

> > > If an approach to joint pain that emphasizes a natural process, healthy

> food, exercise, has any appeal to you - versus surgery, braces, endless

> medicines and side-effects, it is at least worth investigating. Some

> things of course require surgery, but wouldn't you like to avoid it, if you

> could?

> > > Â

> > > Check it out. I know there are other former chondro sufferers out

> there who have been helped by prolotherapy. I will report on my progress,

> but already I can tell a difference.

> > > Â

> > > Sally

> > > Â

> > > Â

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >