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Low back pain
arising from ligaments and tendons and pelvis is difficult to
distinguish from other
sources with physical examination alone. Left unrecognized or untreated,
traumatic or overuse
juries can lead
to degenerative changes and significant disability. RIT/Prolotherapy
restores
impaired
elasticity and the tensile strength of connective tissue in posttraumatic or degenerative
conditions, it
works by extending the ptoliferative stage of healing regenerative
process.
RIT/Prolotherapy
can be used to treat the following conditions of low back injuries:
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Sacroiliac sprains
or strains
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Hyperextension or
hyperflexion
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Lumbar facet
syndrome
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Failed back
syndrome
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Straight back
syndrome
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Regional myofascial
pain syndrome
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Fibromyalgia
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Spondylolysis
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Spondylolisthesis
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Compression
fractures and lumber enthesopathy (a painful degenerative
process that results in deposition of poorly organized
granulation tissue which leads to loss of function.
(Source: from the internet)
All that is typically needed for curing back pain is for the
patients to receive RIT/ Prolotherapy to the lower back at the sacroiliac joints. In a small percentage of the people, the
sacroiliac joint remains
weakened because
the
pelvic joint in the front (pubic symphysis) also needs to
be treated. The sacroiliac
ligaments, in this instance, will only maintain the strength that is
attained with Prolotherapy if
the pubic symphysis is also treated.
Source: Lloyd R. Saberski, M.D. Former Medical Director,
Yale University School of Medicine Center for Pain Management.
Back pain results when weak ligaments and tendons cause the spine to
become "unstable." Vertebrae
begin to slip, move and rotate from their proper position, causing
pressure on the nerve. Limited
results
in pain alleviation may be achieved with cortisone and other
anti-inflammatory agents but
these do not address the cause of the pain. Temporary pain suppression is not a cure for the
underlying
problem: ligament and tendon weakness. Advocates of the technique
say Prolotherapy
is
the long-term solution to chronic pain because it strengthens the
ligaments and tendons so they
can move the vertebrae back into their proper places.
Source: Lloyd R. Saberski,
M.D. Former Medical Director.
Yale University School of Medicine Center for Pain Management.
After several miserable years with intractable
low back pain, I had complete relief through
prolotherapy. This led me to practice it thereafter. With careful patient selection I had a better
success rate than 80%”.
Source: C. Everett Koop, M.D. US Surgeon
General, 1981-1989.
(Letter to
Dr Gurmit Dhillon)
In human subjects, researchers gave a series of six weekly Prolotherapy injections to the low back
ligaments
and then did biopsies three months later. The results
showed collagen fiber and ligament
diameter
improved by an
average of 60 percent."
(Researcher Robert Klein)
I have been in construction all my life, and somewhere along the
line I injured my back which led to
aches up the back of my left leg. I heard about
reconstructive therapy which is also called prolotherapy and started getting treatments for my back, hip, knee and shoulder which cured all
of
my pain and I feel great now. George
(Source: Encyclopedia of Natural Healing by Gary Null, PhD)
SPINE
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The Spine is
composed of bones, tendons, ligaments, discs, cartilage and connective tissue. Discs
and cartilage serve as shock absorbers and keep your bones from rubbing
against one another. In acute injuries, where the ligaments and tendons become
torn and are unable to stabilize joint areas, grinding and tissue damage can
occur. This causes the discs or cartilage to degenerate which ultimately leads
to joint instability, pain and malfunction.
RIT/Prolotherapy is
effective because it attacks and eliminates the root cause of chronic pain.
RIT will cause growth of cells and tissue to
stabilize and strengthen the entire spine structure, cartilage, ligaments and tendons.
Report on previous Prolotherapy treatment of the spine:
I suffered from ligamentous relaxation and have
skeletal disability in addition to arthritic changes in my spine. I have, at one time, been paralyzed from this process,
and without a surgical procedure, I am now totally able to carry
on as a surgeon because of the prolotherapy treatment. The
treatment was first described by George S. Hackett and published
in a book by Charles C. Thomas in 1956. The procedure has been
called by some, Sclerotherapy and by others, Prolotherapy. I
would like to impress upon those who make this decision, that
the treatments that I have used on patients not only has
produced alterations in their symptoms to the point of complete
freedom of symptoms in many cases but has prevented the
necessity for operations.
(Source:
C. Everett
Koop, M.D., Surgeon and Chief, Children’s Hospital,
University of Pennsylvania)
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