Ross Hauser, M.D., explains Prolotherapy and Prolotherapy treatments for chronic joint pain in a new fvideo library available to view at youtube.
For easy access to these Prolotherapy videos
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Stem cell Prolotherapy for injuries to the pitching shoulder
Stem cell Prolotherapy helps NY Yankees pitcher
NY Yankee’s Pitcher Uses Stem Cell Prolotherapy to heal sports injuries
As reported in the NY Times, New York Yankees pitcher, Bartolo Colon’s used stem cell Prolotherapy to treat his injured shoulder and elbow. In this case Colon’s stem cells came from his own body fat.
Ross Hauser, MD a leading Stem cell Prolotherapy doctor says you can obtain your own stem cells by extracting the patients’ bone marrow from either the tibia or the iliac crest.
Dr. Hauser has prepared an extensive website of Stem cell Prolotherapy as well as traditional Prolotherapy.
You can also get more Prolotherapy information and Prolotherapy links at various websites
NY Yankee’s Pitcher Uses Stem Cell Prolotherapy to heal sports injuries
As reported in the NY Times, New York Yankees pitcher, Bartolo Colon’s used stem cell Prolotherapy to treat his injured shoulder and elbow. In this case Colon’s stem cells came from his own body fat.
Ross Hauser, MD a leading Stem cell Prolotherapy doctor says you can obtain your own stem cells by extracting the patients’ bone marrow from either the tibia or the iliac crest.
Dr. Hauser has prepared an extensive website of Stem cell Prolotherapy as well as traditional Prolotherapy.
You can also get more Prolotherapy information and Prolotherapy links at various websites
Chronic pain and brain function
New research on brain function and chronic pain is discussed by Prolotherapy doctor Ross Hauser, M.D. Dr. Hauser is a leading practioneer of Prolotherapy.
Patients with chronic pain often suffer from depression, have trouble concentrating and struggle to remain positive. Current research shows why – chronic pain has an adverse effect on the brain, but it can be reversed with pain relief.
“Treating chronic pain can restore normal brain function in humans.”
In a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at McGill University in Montreal studied 18 people that had been suffering for six or more months from chronic low back pain. When compared to people with no chronic pain, they found that these people had decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive ability. Using an MRI, researchers observed thinner tissue and abnormal brain activity while subjects performed a cognitive attention-requiring task. In other words, chronic pain affected areas of the brain that deal with depression and impaired concentration, memory, mood, and social judgment.
Pain Relief and the Brain
Now here’s the interesting part: when the pain was relieved there was a reverse in the deterioration of the brain – the area of the brain (known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) was no longer thinner than the control group. Additionally, there was no abnormal activity observed by MRI when the chronic pain patients performed a cognitive task. In the three people that reported no pain relief from treatment, there was no regeneration of gray matter. This study suggests that chronic pain takes a toll on the brain, but with relief it can regenerate itself.
Effective Chronic Pain Treatment
Each subject in the study chose to have back surgery or facet joint injections for pain relief and were reexamined six months after treatment. Unfortunately we don’t believe that surgery and facet joint injections (involving cortisone) are effective treatments because they don’t always reach the root cause of the problem. For more information on surgery for chronic pain see our previous post.
As for cortisone injections, they can do more harm than good and tend to have an adverse effect on bone and soft tissue healing. They limit the amount of calcium taken in by bone, thereby weakening the fibro-osseous junction that is usually the root cause of the pain. They also inhibit the release of growth hormone that is used to heal injuries; they inhibit the synthesis of proteins and collagen and have an overall weakening effect on joints.
In my opinion, the most effective way to treat chronic pain is through Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair painful injured areas when the body’s natural healing process is not able to do the job on its own. Just as the brain is able to regenerate itself, injured joints can regenerate collagen and soft tissue through an inflammatory process. Prolotherapy is able to induce an inflammatory process to lead to healing, pain relief and ultimately better mental clarity, moods and more.
Learn more about Prolotherapy research
Contact Dr. Hauser at 708-848-7789 or www.caringmedical.com
Patients with chronic pain often suffer from depression, have trouble concentrating and struggle to remain positive. Current research shows why – chronic pain has an adverse effect on the brain, but it can be reversed with pain relief.
“Treating chronic pain can restore normal brain function in humans.”
In a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at McGill University in Montreal studied 18 people that had been suffering for six or more months from chronic low back pain. When compared to people with no chronic pain, they found that these people had decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive ability. Using an MRI, researchers observed thinner tissue and abnormal brain activity while subjects performed a cognitive attention-requiring task. In other words, chronic pain affected areas of the brain that deal with depression and impaired concentration, memory, mood, and social judgment.
Pain Relief and the Brain
Now here’s the interesting part: when the pain was relieved there was a reverse in the deterioration of the brain – the area of the brain (known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) was no longer thinner than the control group. Additionally, there was no abnormal activity observed by MRI when the chronic pain patients performed a cognitive task. In the three people that reported no pain relief from treatment, there was no regeneration of gray matter. This study suggests that chronic pain takes a toll on the brain, but with relief it can regenerate itself.
Effective Chronic Pain Treatment
Each subject in the study chose to have back surgery or facet joint injections for pain relief and were reexamined six months after treatment. Unfortunately we don’t believe that surgery and facet joint injections (involving cortisone) are effective treatments because they don’t always reach the root cause of the problem. For more information on surgery for chronic pain see our previous post.
As for cortisone injections, they can do more harm than good and tend to have an adverse effect on bone and soft tissue healing. They limit the amount of calcium taken in by bone, thereby weakening the fibro-osseous junction that is usually the root cause of the pain. They also inhibit the release of growth hormone that is used to heal injuries; they inhibit the synthesis of proteins and collagen and have an overall weakening effect on joints.
In my opinion, the most effective way to treat chronic pain is through Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair painful injured areas when the body’s natural healing process is not able to do the job on its own. Just as the brain is able to regenerate itself, injured joints can regenerate collagen and soft tissue through an inflammatory process. Prolotherapy is able to induce an inflammatory process to lead to healing, pain relief and ultimately better mental clarity, moods and more.
Learn more about Prolotherapy research
Contact Dr. Hauser at 708-848-7789 or www.caringmedical.com
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Prolotherapy
Is stem cells harvested from your own bone marrow the answer to chronic degenerative joint disease in the knees? Ross Hauser, M.D. is publishing a lot of material on line about using Bone Marrow or Stem Cells in Prolotherapy.
Here is a recent post that will take you to more links talking about Bone Marrow Prolotherapy
Here is a recent post that will take you to more links talking about Bone Marrow Prolotherapy
Monday, May 16, 2011
Whiplash and Prolotherapy
Here is a great story about Prolotherapy posted on the getprolo.com website
Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall suffered numerous and severe whiplash injuries during her deployments in Iraq, starting with a roadside bomb in 2004.
Her pain was severe and seemingly untreatable - but Dr. Patrick Lovegrove, an Air Force flight surgeon at the time, offered her hope through prolotherapy treatment -- which involves insertion of a 4-inch needle down to the bone -- that lasted for more than two years. Pearsall was able to get off of the pain killers and finally on the road to physical recovery.
Read the article at American Forces Press Services Read about Dr. Lovegrove
Her pain was severe and seemingly untreatable - but Dr. Patrick Lovegrove, an Air Force flight surgeon at the time, offered her hope through prolotherapy treatment -- which involves insertion of a 4-inch needle down to the bone -- that lasted for more than two years. Pearsall was able to get off of the pain killers and finally on the road to physical recovery.
Read the article at American Forces Press Services Read about Dr. Lovegrove
Prolotherapy for Turf Toe, Hallux Rigidus
Ross Hauser, M.D, has posted an article about Prolotherapy and turf toe. Dr. Hauser discusses Prolotherapy as a surgery alternative.
Turf toe is painful condition localized to the baser of the big toe. It is most common among athletes who compete a great deal on artifical turf.
The most common treatment options include Rest, Ice, and anti-inflammatory medications, something Dr. Hauser says may not be the best options.
Turf toe is painful condition localized to the baser of the big toe. It is most common among athletes who compete a great deal on artifical turf.
The most common treatment options include Rest, Ice, and anti-inflammatory medications, something Dr. Hauser says may not be the best options.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Treatment options for Lower back pain caused by Iliolumbar ligament injury
This is from a free access article at the Journal of Prolotherapy. Clinicians recorded a a case study on one patient's Prolotherapy treatments and the resulting outcome on their lower back pain that was isoloated to the Iliolumbar ligament injury
The clinical outcome concluded:
Patients that experience lower back pain and or pelvic shifting may benefit from the usage of Prolotherapy to strengthen the ligaments surrounding their pelvis. Our study also brings out the positive effects of using US to capture changes that occur within specific tissue.
Read about this Prolotherapy and Iliolumbar ligament injury from the Journal of Prolotherapy.
The clinical outcome concluded:
Patients that experience lower back pain and or pelvic shifting may benefit from the usage of Prolotherapy to strengthen the ligaments surrounding their pelvis. Our study also brings out the positive effects of using US to capture changes that occur within specific tissue.
Read about this Prolotherapy and Iliolumbar ligament injury from the Journal of Prolotherapy.
PRP Prolotherapy
The Journal of Prolotherapy has made more information on PRP and Prolotherapy available as free access articles.
Basic Information on Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. In this article, Ross Hauser, MD a leading PRP and Prolotherapy doctor discusses the basic preparation of the blood platelets into growth factor solution before the treatment is admistered to the patient.
Basic Information on Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. In this article, Ross Hauser, MD a leading PRP and Prolotherapy doctor discusses the basic preparation of the blood platelets into growth factor solution before the treatment is admistered to the patient.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Prolotherapy and back pain research
Dextrose Prolotherapy for Unresolved Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Case Series Study
Ross A. Hauser, MD & Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD
Free access to this Prolotherapy research on back pain can be found at the Journal of Prolotherapy
abstract
Objective: To investigate the outcomes of patients undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for chronic low back pain.
Design: One hundred forty-five patients, who had been in pain an average of four years and ten months, were treated quarterly with Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy. This included a subset of 55 patients who were told by their medical doctor(s) that there were no other treatment options for their pain and a subset of 26 patients who were told by their doctor(s) that surgery was their only option. Patients were contacted an average of 12 months following their last Prolotherapy session and asked questions regarding their levels of pain, physical and psychological symptoms and activities of daily living, before and after their last Prolotherapy treatment.
Results: In these 145 low backs, pain levels decreased from 5.6 to 2.7 after Prolotherapy; 89% experienced more than 50% pain relief with Prolotherapy; more than 80% showed improvements in walking and exercise ability, anxiety, depression and overall disability; 75% percent were able to completely stop taking pain medications. The decrease in pain reached statistical significance at the p<.000001 for the 145 low backs, including the subset of patients who were told there was no other treatment options for their pain and those who were told surgery was their only treatment option.
Conclusion: In this retrospective study on the use of Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy, patients who presented with over four years of unresolved low back pain were shown to improve their pain, stiffness, range of motion, and quality of life measures even 12 months subsequent to their last Prolotherapy session. This pilot study shows that Prolotherapy is a treatment that should be considered and further studied for people suffering with unresolved low back pain.
introduction
Low back pain is one of the leading causes of physical limitation and disability in the United States today. Each year, 65,000 patients are permanently disabled by conditions associated with back pain, and 80% of the U.S. population is estimated to suffer back pain at some point in their lives.1,2 Though acute back pain is believed to be self-limiting, it recurs at a rate of approximately 90%.3 In one study, only 25% of the patients who consulted a general practice about low back pain had fully recovered 12 months later.4 For those who do recover, relapses can be frequent and severe, with two to seven percent developing chronic pain.5
There is some consensus in the medical community on how to treat acute low back pain, but treatment of chronic pain presents many challenges and little agreement on standard of care. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antidepressants provide some short-term benefit, but no published data warrant their long-term use.6 Manipulative therapy, physiotherapy, and massage therapy studies have also shown only temporary benefit.7,8 Long-term results on more invasive therapies, such as intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) or surgery, have been poor.9,10 Some believe the poor results for the treatment of chronic low back pain stem from the fact that too much emphasis has been placed on pain arising from the intervertebral discs and not enough on chronic low back pain originating from the sacroiliac joint and ligaments.11,12 Because of the limited response to traditional therapies, many people have looked to other approaches for pain control. Prolotherapy (proliferative therapy), also known as regenerative injection therapy, is a nonsurgical injection therapy used to treat unresolved musculoskeletal pain and has shown some promise in relieving lower back pain.13 The procedure involves injecting soft connective tissue with one or more proliferants designed to provoke local inflammation, stimulating the body’s production of collagen at the injection site. The resulting growth of new ligament and tendon tissue is believed to alleviate pain.
Ross A. Hauser, MD & Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD
Free access to this Prolotherapy research on back pain can be found at the Journal of Prolotherapy
abstract
Objective: To investigate the outcomes of patients undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for chronic low back pain.
Design: One hundred forty-five patients, who had been in pain an average of four years and ten months, were treated quarterly with Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy. This included a subset of 55 patients who were told by their medical doctor(s) that there were no other treatment options for their pain and a subset of 26 patients who were told by their doctor(s) that surgery was their only option. Patients were contacted an average of 12 months following their last Prolotherapy session and asked questions regarding their levels of pain, physical and psychological symptoms and activities of daily living, before and after their last Prolotherapy treatment.
Results: In these 145 low backs, pain levels decreased from 5.6 to 2.7 after Prolotherapy; 89% experienced more than 50% pain relief with Prolotherapy; more than 80% showed improvements in walking and exercise ability, anxiety, depression and overall disability; 75% percent were able to completely stop taking pain medications. The decrease in pain reached statistical significance at the p<.000001 for the 145 low backs, including the subset of patients who were told there was no other treatment options for their pain and those who were told surgery was their only treatment option.
Conclusion: In this retrospective study on the use of Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy, patients who presented with over four years of unresolved low back pain were shown to improve their pain, stiffness, range of motion, and quality of life measures even 12 months subsequent to their last Prolotherapy session. This pilot study shows that Prolotherapy is a treatment that should be considered and further studied for people suffering with unresolved low back pain.
introduction
Low back pain is one of the leading causes of physical limitation and disability in the United States today. Each year, 65,000 patients are permanently disabled by conditions associated with back pain, and 80% of the U.S. population is estimated to suffer back pain at some point in their lives.1,2 Though acute back pain is believed to be self-limiting, it recurs at a rate of approximately 90%.3 In one study, only 25% of the patients who consulted a general practice about low back pain had fully recovered 12 months later.4 For those who do recover, relapses can be frequent and severe, with two to seven percent developing chronic pain.5
There is some consensus in the medical community on how to treat acute low back pain, but treatment of chronic pain presents many challenges and little agreement on standard of care. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antidepressants provide some short-term benefit, but no published data warrant their long-term use.6 Manipulative therapy, physiotherapy, and massage therapy studies have also shown only temporary benefit.7,8 Long-term results on more invasive therapies, such as intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) or surgery, have been poor.9,10 Some believe the poor results for the treatment of chronic low back pain stem from the fact that too much emphasis has been placed on pain arising from the intervertebral discs and not enough on chronic low back pain originating from the sacroiliac joint and ligaments.11,12 Because of the limited response to traditional therapies, many people have looked to other approaches for pain control. Prolotherapy (proliferative therapy), also known as regenerative injection therapy, is a nonsurgical injection therapy used to treat unresolved musculoskeletal pain and has shown some promise in relieving lower back pain.13 The procedure involves injecting soft connective tissue with one or more proliferants designed to provoke local inflammation, stimulating the body’s production of collagen at the injection site. The resulting growth of new ligament and tendon tissue is believed to alleviate pain.
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