Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy is an injection treatment designed to stimulate healing of ligament laxity and tendon weakness or

joint instability. The painful weakened areas are injected with a solution that causes an intense inflammatory

reaction.

This reaction then initiates a new healing phase where cells called fibroblasts deposit new collagen over

the subsequent weeks. The new collagen “lines up” along the functional lines of stress of the ligament and

strengthens these tissues.

Prolotherapy is helpful for pain due to ligament laxity or injury that has not resolved

with previous treatments such as massage, joint manipulations, trigger point injection, therapeutic exercise or medication.

Benefit may be seen in as little as 2-6 injection sessions but patients with more extensive damage will require more

treatment.