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We often get emails regarding young athletes who have a sport injury and their doctor recommended surgery. There are many reasons for a young athlete not to get surgery. The primary one, of course, is that having surgery on your resume isn’t a great idea, especially if your thinking about getting a college scholarship or if you want to go on and eventually become a professional athlete. It’s not good to have a surgery on your resume. The main reason why I’m passionate about young athletes not getting surgery is often their injuries can be healed through Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is a series of injections that can replace the need for surgery. The injections contain natural substances which accelerate healing and tissue repair. Athletics, specifically, is about getting stronger faster and Prolotherapy is inline with the montage of the athlete, which is just getting a body part or tissue stronger and healthier. The only time an athlete needs to get surgery, realistically, is if there’s a complete tear of a ligament. Most other surgeries that are recommended to athletes are completely unnecessary because almost all ligament injuries, tendon injuries, meniscus injuries, and labral injuries, can be healed with Prolotherapy. The reason to get Prolotherapy is the athlete can train while they’re receiving Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy doesn’t interfere in an athletes training. Prolotherapy can get the athlete back to there sport quicker. It’s much less invasive than surgery, and Prolotherapy doesn’t involve the removal of body parts. Almost always, surgery involves the removal of body parts, such as a meniscectomy. An athlete who has a meniscus tear will often have surgery where the surgeon has takes out part of the meniscus. This temporarily might give the athlete pain relief, but within several years, five years or seven years or so, the athlete ends up with a degenerated knee. So it’s not just about playing this season. It’s about play next season and several seasons later. To me, the treatment that makes the most amount of sense is Prolotherapy.