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Prolotherapy is a medical procedure that many chronic and acute pain patients, as well as athletes with sports injuries, are turning to because it is used as an alternative to surgery, arthroscopy, cortisone shots, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, and/or chronic use of narcotic pain medications. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the painful injured area(s) when the body’s natural healing process is not able to do the job on its own. In most cases, commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory medications and more drastic measures like surgery, joint replacements, cortisone shots, and other therapies may not help, and often hinder or even prevent the healing process.
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Ross A. Hauser, MD, Medical Director of Caring Medical & Rehabilitation Services, Oak Park, IL |
Many people who find themselves in pain want to get back in the game as soon as possible – whether their painful condition is from a back injury due to improper lifting, a work-related injury such as carpal tunnel syndrome from computer use, or plantar fasciitis from a sports injury such as long distance running. Prolotherapy becomes a very safe, affordable option that allows the patient to keep working and/or training during the recovery process. It is one of the few treatments that encourages movement post-treatment (movement actually aids the healing process after Prolotherapy). This is why Dr. Ross Hauser at Caring Medical and Rehabilitation Services sees patients from all over the greater Oak Park-Forest Park-River Forest-Chicagoland area, as well as from all 50 states and even internationally.
Prolotherapy by a skilled doctor such as Dr. Hauser can get to the root cause of your problem and help you find an alternative to often unnecessary, costly surgeries that frequently require extensive recovery and post-operative physical therapy. Ross Hauser, MD at Caring Medical has been doing Prolotherapy since 1992 and sees everything from the simplest of cases to the most difficult cases. Dr. Hauser treats all areas of the body where this treatment can be used. He will customize the treatment to best meet the needs of your particular injury/condition.
Prolotherapy Overview
 The basic mechanism of Prolotherapy is simple. What most people are surprised to find out is that the body heals by inflammation. In other words, we need inflammation to heal our bodies. It works because it actually stimulates an inflammatory reaction in the body. We inject Prolotherapy solutions into the affected ligaments, tendons, and/or joints, which leads to local inflammation in the injected area. The localized inflammation triggers a wound healing cascade, resulting in the deposition of new collagen, the material that ligaments and tendons are made of. New collagen shrinks as it matures. The shrinking collagen tightens the ligament that was injected and makes it stronger. Prolotherapy has the potential of being 100 percent effective at eliminating pain and sports injuries that are a result of ligament and/or tendon weakness.
The effectiveness of Prolotherapy does depend upon the technique of the individual doctor . We use Hackett-Hemwall Prolotherapy here at Caring Medical. One of the most important aspects of Prolotherapy is injecting enough of the solution into the injured and weakened area. If this is done, the likelihood of success is excellent.
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