Poison or Prolotherapy the Choice is Yours?
Botulism toxin is now being used to treat migraine headaches, back aches, fibromyalgia, and other aches and pains. Botulism is a potentially fatal disease because of the toxin secreted by the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum. The poison kills people by inhibiting nerve contraction so a person suffocates. Small doses of the toxin can cause muscle paralysis without killing the person. Doctors are now using it for a myriad of conditions that have muscle spasm in the physiology of the condition.
As readers of this newsletter are well aware, chronic muscle spasms are not at the root cause of chronic pain. Patients who receive Botox injections to decrease there pain, get relief for a few months but then the pain recurs. Then they fork out another $500 and need to do this for the rest of their life if they are going to use Botox injections as their treatment.
Ligament weakness leads to joint laxity. Muscles go into spasm to stabilize the joints because of the ligament weakness. Muscles were made to move joints not stabilize them, thus chronic muscle spasms develop Prolotherapy is the treatment of choice for ligament injuries. Prolotherapy injections to stimulate proliferation of the fibroblasts that make the collagen that makes the ligaments are what is needed for a long term solution. Prolotherapy is the treatment that people with chronic pain need. The choice is yours? Poison or Prolotherapy. I pick Prolotherapy
CHRONIC PAIN and DEHYDRATION
Ross Hauser, M.D.
We utilize a simple diagnostic testing procedure known as Diet Typing to determine a person's underlying physiology. The tests consistently reveal that chronic pain patients suffer from chronic dehydration. Chronic dehydration produces a reduction in shock absorbing capabilities of the intervertebral discs and articular cartilage, placing additional stress on the ligaments to stabilize the joints. The end result is ligament laxity, injury, and resultant chronic pain. It is very important for the person in chronic pain to drink six to eight glasses of purified water per day.
A significant number of chronic pain patients also have a lower than normal venous blood plasma pH. A person with low venous plasma pH has what is termed acid blood. Acid blood is typically dark in color due to low oxygen content. A low oxygen content in the blood compromises healing capabilities.
The treatment for acid blood is to consume foods and supplements which neutralize the blood pH. This is accomplished by consuming items which are alkaline and by reducing the intake of acidic items. Caffeine, sugar, wheat, citrus fruits, soda pop, and potatoes should be avoided, whereas protein and vegetables should be the majority of the meal. Supplements such as green algae or alfalfa also help neutralize acidic blood. Nuts, seeds, brown rice, or soy products are good sources of protein if a vegetarian diet is preferred. People with acid blood are typically carbohydrate addicts and consume very little protein. Protein is needed in the diet because collagen, which makes up ligaments and tendons, is the most abundant protein in the body. A healthy diet with adequate amounts of protein for soft tissue growth is essential for healthy ligament and tendon injuries.
THE ARTHRITIDES
Ross Hauser, M.D.
There are a lot of people with arthritis. There are two main types of arthritis; degenerative and inflammatory. Degenerative arthritis is also called osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis generally occurs when there is injury to the joint, specifically to the ligaments that stabilize it. Once the ligaments are injured, the muscles have to contract around the joint to protect it. When the muscles can no longer do this, the bones around the joint begin to grow, which are called bony spurs and are indicative of arthritis. This extra bone is the body’s attempt to stabilize the joint. Eventually, because of the ligament injuries, the menisci and articular cartilage deteriorate. When this happens, you can hear a crunching or grating sound in the joint. Eventually the joint wears down until there is ‘bone on bone’. Prolotherapy is a great treatment for degenerative arthritis because it helps repair the ligament injury that started the arthritic process in the first place. The other main type of arthritis is called inflammatory arthritis. The most common inflammatory arthritis is rheumatoid arthritis. Other types of inflammatory arthritis are psoriatic arthritis, Lyme Disease, lupus, gouty arthritis, and chondrocalcinosis or pseudogout. Characteristics of inflammatory arthritides are swelling and stiffness in the affected joint(s). In rheumatoid arthritis, the swelling typically occurs symmetrically and in the hands. Arthritides can affect all joints, including the knee joint.
The difference between degenerative and inflammatory arthritis is the fact that Prolotherapy gets at the root cause of the condition, which is ligament weakness or laxity. With regard to inflammatory arthritis, Prolotherapy often gets at the root cause of the pain but not the underlying condition. So when faced with a patient who has an inflammatory arthritide, Prolotherapy would be used in conjunction with comprehensive natural medicine.
The natural medicine approach to conditions such as Lyme Disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus include doing diagnostic testing for food allergies, infections, and various nutritional factors. If an infection is found, it is treated with appropriate antibiotics or antifungal medications. If food allergies or sensitivities are found, those foods are eliminated from the diet. Nutritional discrepancies are treated by changes in diet, and vitamin and herbal supplementation. Because inflammatory arthritis can damage the joints, Prolotherapy is used to help stimulate the repair of the joints. Prolotherapy is helpful to relieve the pain of inflammatory arthritis, but if not combined with a comprehensive natural medicine approach, the pain will continue to recur.
CARING MEDICAL SPORTS CENTER
SPORTS PROLOTHERAPY
AND THE SURGICALLY FAILED KNEE
During an initial consultation, I explain to patients that Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair painful areas. Since this is true, Prolotherapy can help many different conditions, including a knee that has been through surgery. It doesn’t matter if the damage to the knee came from a sports injury, NSAID, cortisone shot, or surgical procedure, the tissue will heal the same way. If a joint and/or its structures are damaged, weakened, torn, or degenerated, the treatment needed is Prolotherapy.
When a person has surgery on a knee, they are typically left with a decreased amount of meniscal tissue, which causes greater stress on the articular cartilage. In this case, physicians who perform Prolotherapy will inject Prolotherapy solution into the joint to stimulate repair. Sometimes stronger proliferants will need to be used to promote faster healing, such as Growth Hormone. Cartilage cells have Growth Hormone receptors on them. In terms of repair, cartilage is generally slower to heal than other tissues treated with Prolotherapy. Therefore, it may take more time and treatment sessions. With enough patience, the articular cartilage can and will be repaired.
Prolotherapy is also successful for the person who experiences suboptimal results from knee surgery. Because the degenerative process is always the same, Prolotherapy can be used to stimulate repair to the areas that were injured with surgery. Athletes and those with prior surgeries are finally realizing that they can get back to sports because of the healing powers of Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is effective for a multitude of knee injuries since all of them involve injuries to the same soft tissue structures, which include the menisci, articular cartilage, tendons, and ligaments. Thanks to Prolotherapy, the athlete and those desiring to be active can heal their sports injuries and other knee pains permanently, naturally, and safely!
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