What is Prolotherapy?

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From what I have read about this therapy, it heals, or causes your body to heal, injured tendons, ligaments, muscles, and cartilege. Your body can and does do this naturally however this considerablly speeds it up and as well as focuses the healing onto a specific spot. Here is a definition of what Prolotherapy is. This is not taught in medical school - it is a seperate coarse that a doctor can take . There are presently at least 250 medical doctors that are registered as practising this in the States, plus many in Canada.

This is also very effective for the pain of ligaments, tendons, and muscles.

Plus there are many examples here of Prolotherapy supported in medical literature - in fact, there is whole section with dates and names of allopathic medical jounrals and institutions.

blessings

Shan

What is Prolotherapy?

http://www.chicagosportsmedicine.com/prolotherapy.htm

Prolotherapy is a treatment that stimulates the body to repair the painful area. The official definition of Prolotherapy in Webster's Third New International Dictionary is "the rehabilitation of an incompetent structure, such as a ligament or tendon, by the induced proliferation of new cells."The term was coined by S. Hackett, M.D., in 1956. He describes Prolotherapy as follows: "The treatment consists of the injection of a solution within the relaxed ligament and tendon which will stimulate the production of new fibrous tissue and bone cells that will strengthen the weld of fibrous tissue and bone to stabilize the articulation (where the bone and ligament meet) and permanently eliminate the disability. To the treatment of proliferating new cells, I have applied the name Prolotherapy from the world "Prolo" (Latin) meaning offspring- proliferate" to produce new cells in rapid succession (Webster's Dictionary). (Hackett, G. Ligament and Tendon Relaxation Treated by Prolotherapy. Third Edition. Springfield, IL: C. , Publisher, 1958.)Prolotherapy involves the injection of substances that cause stimulation at the fibrous tissue (ligaments and tendons) junction with the bone. The site where ligaments and tendons are typically injured is at their junction with the bone. Most things break down at a junction site because this is the weakest part of the structure. This is especially true in the weight-bearing joints. A good example of this is when the leg of a chair is wobbly or loose. This is usually due to a loose connection where the leg attaches to the seat of the chair. By tightening the attachment of the leg to the seat, the chair becomes more stable.