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| Alternative Names: Ligament Reconstructive Therapy, Stimulated Ligament Repair, Sclerotherpay, and Non-surgical Joint Repair.. Prolotherapy is a method of regrowing and strengthening ligaments and tendons by an injection technique which treats very common sources of chronic pain. These soft tissues, which include ligaments, muscles, tendons and joint capsules, are called connective tissues because they connect structures to bone, thereby supporting the skeleton. Soft tissue injuries can become chronically painful. The injured tendons and ligaments normally go through a repair and healing process that takes from four to six weeks. Physical therapists often use muscle strengthening as the means to stabilize joints and reduce pain. However, it is primarily the ligaments that stabilize a joint. Function; Reasons For Use A proliferative solution such as concentrated glucose is injected directly into the site of the weakened ligament. Prolotherapy is used to rejuvenate specific parts of our aging body. There is no other treatment that replaces prolotherapy for strengthening weakened ligaments and tendons. Healing occurs slowly but surely, and naturally. Multiple treatments are usually necessary to achieve maximum joint stability and long-lasting relief from pain. Just as importantly, pain medications can be greatly reduced or even eliminated. The healing that prolotherapy encourages seems to occur in stages over a six week period. Cells are called in to remove damaged tissue: this occurs during the first week. Stage 2 (Fibroblastic Cells): The swelling and pain begin to subside with new blood vessels forming. Fibroblasts increase in number at the sites of injection and over the course of four to six weeks secrete a substance called collagen which is a very strong and relatively inelastic substance. Stage 3 (Completed Healing): New blood vessels mature and tissue is stronger and pain subsides. Collagen density and diameter are increased. The newly formed tissue continues to mature for one and one-half years. |
| Tendonitis Costochronditis Heel Pain Neck Pain TMJ Problems Torn, weak, or Stretched Ligaments or Tendons |