Prolotherapy in Taiwan

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /pmc/articles/PMC5903214 Prolotherapy and Low Level Laser Therapy: A Synergistic Approach to Pain Management in Chronic Osteoarthritis , Anesth Pain Med . 2017 Oct; 7(5): e14470. Published online 2017 Oct 15.  doi:   10.5812/aapm.14470 PMCID:  PMC5903214 PMID:  29696113 Prolotherapy and Low Level Laser Abstract Regenerative injection therapy and low level laser therapy are alternative remedies known for their success in the treatment and symptomatic management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions. In response to the growing demand for alternative therapies in the face of the opioid epidemic, the authors conduct a literature review to investigate the potential for prolotherapy and LLLT to be used adjunctively to manage chronic osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a degenerative chronic musculoskeletal condition on the rise in North America, and is frequently treated with opioid medications. The regenerative a...

PROLOTHERAPY  for Musculoskeletal  PAIN A primer for pain management physicians on the mechanism of action and indications for use. By Donna Alderman, DO P rolotherapy is a method of injection treatment designed to stimulate healing.1 This treatment is used for musculoskeletal pain which has gone on longer than 8 weeks such as low back and neck pain, chronic sprains and/or strains, whiplash injuries, tennis and golfer’s elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder or other joint pain, chronic tendonitis/tendonosis, and musculoskeletal pain related to os-teoarthritis. Prolotherapy works by rais-ing growth factor levels or effectiveness to promote tissue repair or growth.2 It can be used years after the initial pain or prob-lem began, as long as the patient is healthy. Because prolotherapy works to repair weak and painful joint areas, it is a long term solution rather than a pallia-tive measure such as drugs, and should be considered prior to the use of long term drugs or surgery in approp...