What is Prolotherapy?

Prolotherapy (Proliferative Therapy), also known as Non-Surgical Ligament and Tendon Reconstruction and Regenerative Joint Injection, is a recognized orthopedic procedure that stimulates the body’s healing processes to strengthen and repair injured and painful joints and connective tissue. It is based on the fact that when ligaments or tendons are stretched or torn, the joint they are holding together destabilizes, and can become painful.

Prolotherapy has a unique ability to directly address the cause of the instability, can repair the weakened sites, and produce new collagen tissue, resulting in permanent stabilization of the joint. Once the joint is stabilized, (requiring 3 to 6 treatments) pain usually resolves shortly after. Traditional approaches with surgery have more risks and may fail to stabilize the joint and relieve pain. Also, pharmaceutical therapies such as anti-inflammatory or other pain relievers are short-acting and only act temporarily.