Treatment of Slipping Rib Syndrome:

The Response of Modern Medicine
Since traditional medical physicians believe that slipping rib syndrome is caused by inflammation in the costochondral junction, the treatment of choice is NSAIDs, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The problem with this approach is that it does nothing to repair the weakened and injured ligaments and cartilage and, thus, does not alleviate the chronic pain that people with this condition experience. And although anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to produce short-term pain benefit, they result in long-term loss of function and even more chronic pain by actually inhibiting the healing process of soft tissues and accelerating cartilage degeneration. Plus, long-term use of these drugs can lead to other sources of chronic pain, allergies and leaky gut syndrome.

The Natural Medicine Approach to Slipping Rib Syndrome
A better approach is to stimulate ligament and cartilage repair with Prolotherapy since in many cases a rib has slipped out of place because of weak ligaments. Without muscles to hold the ribs in place, loose ligaments allow a slipping of the rib, which causes even further stretching of the ligament. Prolotherapy will strengthen the weakened ligament junctions that can cause slipping rib syndrome – the sternocostal, the costochondral or the costovertebral junctions. It will also strengthen the costal cartilage, another source of slipping rib syndrome pain, in this case more mild and intermittent.

Chronic pain is most commonly due to tendon and ligament weakness or cartilage deterioration. The safest and most effective natural medicine treatment for repairing tendon, ligament and cartilage damage is Prolotherapy. In simple terms, Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair painful areas. It does so by inducing a mild inflammatory reaction in the weakened ligaments and cartilage. Since the body heals by inflammation, Prolotherapy stimulates healing.

Prolotherapy offers the most curative results in treating chronic pain. It effectively eliminates pain because it attacks the source: the fibro-osseous junction, an area rich in sensory nerves. What's more, the tissue strengthening and pain relief stimulated by Prolotherapy is permanent!

Prolotherapy Research:
Click here to read Prolotherapy research by Dr. Ross Hauser and his team on Prolotherapy injections for low back pain.

Click here to read Prolotherapy research by Dr. Ross Hauser and his team on Prolotherapy injections for knee pain and degeneration.

Click here to read Prolotherapy research by Dr. Ross Hauser and his team on Prolotherapy injections for hip pain and degeneration.

Click here to read a patient’s story of Prolotherapy injection treatment saving him from bilateral knee replacements. This story was published in the Journal of Prolotherapy.

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Caring Medical is a full time Prolotherapy doctor’s office. We have successfully treated all of the conditions we write about. This is why patients travel from across the country and internationally to be treated by our Prolotherapy physician Dr. Ross Hauser. The difference is in the care, technique, and experience you get with Dr. Hauser and team at Caring Medical.