There are some facts one should know about healing knee pain and injuries without surgery. In most cases of knee pain, arthritis and injuries, there is a weakening of the tendons or ligaments supporting the knee. Sometimes there is even a tear. Usually this is described as a partial tear. This also means that whatever is partially torn is also partially attached. The patient's best option is always to first try to and get these areas which are damaged to repair themselves.
The best way to do this: Prolotherapy.
Prolotherapy works by stimulating the body's healing system, therefore making this a natural way to get better. The technique involves the injection of various solutions that cause a mild inflammatory response that turns on the healing process. The growth of new ligament and tendon tissue is then stimulated. Prolotherapy can be done exactly where the ligaments or tendons attach and insert, and thereby stimulate the ligament on both ends to proliferate and strengthen.
The ligaments and tendons produced after Prolotherapy appear much the same as normal tissues, except that they are thicker, stronger, and contain fibers of varying thickness.
Many patients have avoided surgery using Prolotherapy. Arthritic knees, as well as common knee injuries including ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament), strained muscle insertions (tendons) and pain from a torn meniscus have all been helped by Prolotherapy.
In addition many other joint problems and pains have been fixed using Prolotherapy.
The best advice: try a non-surgical approach to your injury by trying Prolotherapy first
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, December 21, 2008
ACL Tear
ACL TEAR– SURGICAL ALTERNATIVE
After a severe knee injury doing sports (skiing, tennis, basketball and more), many people usually get an MRI. When this confirms an anterior cruciate ligament tear, one hears the dreaded words – have surgery or if not, then give up the sport that you love.And if you decide to leave it untreated, this can lead to physical problems later. Studies have shown that left untreated, knee weakness, arthritis, and other structural damage may lead to further damage. Of course, in this situation, running and even walking will no longer be an option.
Prolotherapy is a natural non-surgical method of assisting the body to heal injured or weakened joints, ligaments and tendons. With Prolotherapy, the weakened areas are injected with a proliferant that stimulates the growth of healthy, strong tissues. As the tendons and ligaments grow stronger and more vibrant, the pain is alleviated and one can return to their normal activities be it skiing, tennis or any other sport.
Prolotherapy is a lot less invasive than surgery. It also has much less risk and there is not rehabilitation that one usually needs following surgery. It can usually fix most tears of the ACL. Only in the case of a complete ACL tear is Prolotherapy somewhat limited.
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