"A must read for anyone experiencing chronic musculoskeletal pain." *

Prolotherapy is also known as nonsurgical ligament reconstruction, and is permanent treatment for chronic pain. Prolotherapy or Ligamentous Reconstructive Therapy is a simple, natural technique that harnesses the same repair mechanism that allows a broken bone to fix. When a joint, ligament, or tendon is worn, torn or damage, a chronic inflammation seems to be initiated by the body. It just does not seem to finish the process. By injecting, the process seems to complete its repair goals. The basic mechanism of Prolotherapy, then is to initiate the healing process that the body seems to need just a little help to complete. A substance (often sugar water, diluted in saline and local anesthetic) is injected a long the insertion points of the structure to the bone. The resulting localized inflammation triggers a wound healing mechanism which is quite similar to a broken bone fixing itself. If a bone is broken, there are a few days to a week of rather intense to aching pain, stiffness, and swelling and bruising. A cast is placed on for 6-12 weeks, in which the bone repairs, the bone pain may even reoccur throughout the period of time associated with some tingling or even itching. Eventually a new bone has replaced and the area is stronger than before.


* This book can be purchased at books-a-million book stores or additional information can be obtained on the internet using the search engine prolotherapy.