Prolotherapy
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Prolotherapy & Pain Management
Published on September 17, 2010.
Pro athletes use prolotherapy. So can you.
Both Dr. Magaziner and Dr. Greenberg are experienced and skilled in prolotherapy treatments. Dr. Greenberg performs over 4,000 procedures per year, with some of his notable patients being Simon Gagne (left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers), Mark Simoneau (former starting linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles) and Mike Carey (linebacker for the Oakland Raiders).
And you need not be a pro athlete to seek prolotherapy pain relief. Ask past Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, he’s also a satisfied patient of Drs. Greenberg and Magaziner.
Cutting edge without cutting.
The Magaziner Center for Wellness uses prolotherapy to alleviate pain in your neck, shoulders, back, hips, knees, elbows, hands, ankles and feet—non-surgically.
Prolotherapy (proliferative therapy), also known as Reconstructive Injection Therapy (RIT) or Sclerotherapy, is a recognized orthopedic and holistic procedure that reconstructs joints, ligaments, and tendons weakened by trauma or arthritis.
Curing pain naturally.
Prolotherapy stimulates your body’s healing mechanisms and restores normal function in injured joints, cartilage, muscles, tendons and ligaments. It works by placing precise injections into the damaged area to stimulate cytokines or cell signals, enabling the immune system to naturally repair the damage.
Non-surgical joint reconstruction.
Joints weakened when ligaments and tendons are stretched, torn, or fragmented, become hypermobile and painful. Traditional approaches with anti-inflammatory drugs and surgery often fail to restore joint function and relieve pain permanently. Prolotherapy has the unique ability to directly address the cause of instability and repair the weakened sites, resulting in permanent stabilization of the joint — all without surgery.
First Dr. Greenberg cured his own pain. Now he cures tens of thousands.
Dr. Scott Greenberg is driven by having cured his own headaches and back pain resulting from having been struck by a drunk driver.
His expertise and leadership in the field of non-surgical joint reconstruction has lead him to innovate treatments to correct pelvic tilts and leg length discrepancies, headaches, sacroliliac/lumbar disorders, and neurological complications of head injuries. You might say, just as we’re taught to do unto others as you would do unto yourself, Dr. Greenberg now does for his patients.
What’s more, he has trained physicians from around the world in his techniques and is often featured on the news with his medical breakthroughs in chronic pain treatment.
Technology and compassion goes hand in hand.
Dr. Allan Magaziner also shares his leading-edge expertise in treating chronic pain resulting from injuries and chronic arthritis. In March of 2007, he completed his second medical mission to Honduras where he helped treat hundreds of chronic pain patients with the use of prolotherapy under the auspices of the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation. He continues to function as one of the foundation’s esteemed clinical instructors.
How can prolotherapy help you? Let’s count the ways.
Prolotherapy has a wide range of applications and can be used to relieve a broad spectrum of conditions, including
• Arthritis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Knee pain
• Back pain/ sacroiliac joint disorders
• Compression fractures
• Herniated discs
• Tennis elbow
• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
• Foot and ankle problems
• Shoulder pain/ rotator cuff tendonitis
• Headaches
Prolotherapy: Now you have one more non-surgical possibility.
Some 85-95% of patients suffering from low back pain experienced remission when treated with prolotherapy. In comparison, the Journal of Bone and Joint Therapy reports only a 52% improvement in patients treated with disc surgery. Success of prolotherapy depends on a number of variables, including the patient’s history and ability to heal.
And patients can have prolotherapy without the need for anesthesia. The pain of an injection will vary depending on the structure to be treated and the choice of solution involved. Because prolotherapy uses inflammation to heal the body, it may result in mild swelling and stiffness, which can be treated with pain relievers such as Tylenol.
Prolotherapy treatments are administered as determined on an individual basis. Usually every three to five weeks. The length of the treatments is variable and depends on several factors, including nutritional status, ability to heal, and the degree and site of the injury involved. Some patients may experience complete relief from pain along with restoration of full function after only one or two treatments. Generally speaking, however, back and neck problems require from six to twelve sessions and less extensive injuries from one to six sessions. We ask patients to avoid any heavy-duty exertion during the treatments, but they are otherwise usually able to pursue their normal life and work schedules in between sessions.