If you’re looking for a nonsurgical and nonpharmacologic treatment for joint and muscle pain, prolotherapy may be the solution. Prolotherapy is one of many multidisciplinary treatments offered at Health Atlast clinics in Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA, Perris, CA, Fountain Valley, CA, West Los Angeles, CA, Sherman Oaks, CA, Long Beach, CA, Pocatello, ID, and Fort Worth, TX. To learn more about prolotherapy, call or book an appointment online today.
Prolotherapy is a procedure that triggers your body’s natural inflammation response to promote healing. This technique involves injecting the painful area with a mildly irritating substance, usually a sugar solution mixed with the numbing agent lidocaine.
When your provider at Health Atlast injects the solution into an area of injury or tissue damage, it causes temporary, low-grade inflammation. This reactivates your body’s natural healing process and repairs injured soft tissues.
You can get prolotherapy in many joints, including your hips, knees, and shoulders - as well as your back.
The team at Health Atlast uses prolotherapy to treat many causes of pain, including:
Some areas may be more difficult to treat than others. If prolotherapy isn’t the best treatment for your joint pain, the team at Health Atlast may recommend another type of joint injection.
Prolotherapy stimulates your body’s healing response with a mild irritant like sugar solution. The irritant causes a low level of inflammation, which tricks your body into thinking you have an injury that needs repair.
Once the healing process begins, your body begins to strengthen and repair damaged tissues with healthy new cells. Over time, this leads to stronger and more stable joints as well as a decrease in pain.
First, your provider at Health Atlast carefully reviews your symptoms and medical history and performs a physical exam to make sure prolotherapy is right for you. Then, they create a personalized treatment plan to relieve your joint pain without drugs or invasive procedures.
Depending on your needs, the team at Health Atlast may recommend prolotherapy alone or in combination with another treatment such as:
Most people need a series of 3-6 prolotherapy injections spaced 2-4 weeks apart. Your provider lets you know how many treatments would be best for you.
As world leaders in multidisciplinary health care, the team at Health Atlast works with you to ensure optimal health and pain relief. To find out if prolotherapy should be part of your holistic health plan, call or book an appointment online today.
