What is Prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy is a non-surgical approach to treatment of musculoskeletal pain. It involves an injection of a solution containing a local anesthetic and an irritant, such as dextrose. This solution produces an inflammatory response from your body in the injected area that in turn prompts your body to “heal” itself. Maximum benefit from prolotherapy may require multiple injections spaced weeks apart. However, pain relief can often be achieved after a single injection.
Prolotherapy offers the advantage of being a “steroid free” injection; therefore, it does not possess the side effects normally associated with steroids.
The term “prolotherapy” is derived from the term “proliferation” referring to the body’s ability to proliferate or grow new tissue to heal itself.
Alternative Treatments
Other alternative treatments used in our office include:
- Cryo Therapy
- Electrical Stimulation
- Laser Treatments
- Orthotics
- Patient Education/
Recommendations for Lifestyle Modifications
- Shockwave Therapy
- Therapeutic Exercise and Stretching
- Ultrasound
- Magnet therapy
- Light therapy (Infrared light)
- Nutritional supplementation
- Cold Laser (MIRE) treatment
It is our goal to treat your foot and ankle problems with conservative interventions when possible. Only after the failure of these interventions do we consider more aggressive treatments.