Tuesday, July 10, 2012

What A Prolotherapy Treatment Involves

By Freida Lamb


Prolotherapy, also known as regenerative injection therapy, is a kind of treatment that is non-surgical. It involves injection of non-active and non-pharmacological solutions into the body in areas with ligaments and tendons to stimulate proliferation of the tendons and ligaments. For those looking for treatment through prolotherapy Los Angeles area, there is need to understand first how it operates.

Due to various daily strenuous activities of humans, tendons and ligaments which support the skeleton get weakened and injured. Since they receive limited supply of blood they have poor regeneration capacity and therefore do not fully regain strength and endurance. As a result it leads to severe pain in the affected areas.

The injured and weakened ligaments tend to be very painful sometimes which may turn to severe conditions. The regenerative therapy administers an irritant which arouses proliferation of the fibroblasts as well as the collagen which results to natural healing. Some of these conditions include fibromyalgia, back pain, chronic arthritis, neck pain, degenerative and herniated disc.

The main aim of the treatment is to stimulate proliferation of fibroblasts and activate regeneration of the ligaments and tendons. However most of the commonly used agents are in double fold and used as both anesthetic and stimulants. This helps in relieving the pain and at the same time providing treatment. The therapy is normally not a long one and it lasts only for a some few weeks.

Commonly used compounds that induce irritation are water soluble compounds. These are the likes of dextrose and glycerine. They are safe compounds and also are removed very fast from the body after they have given the desired effects. They are commonly referred to as osmotic shock agents because they act by causing specific cells to loose water which leads to inflammation that stimulates regeneration.

The procedure of Prolotherapy Los Angeles region is quick as well as cost effective. It is less painful as compared to surgical operations and it is has low risks involved. The recent use of stem cell is a boost to it. And for generations to come it will remain to be the best treatment for painful muscle and skeletal disorders.




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