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Ross Hauser, M.D. Oak Park, Illinois, Chicago Area
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February 22

A Pinched Nerve in the Neck?
About once every two weeks a patient comes in worried because they believe they have a pinched nerve in the neck. Typically they have had an MRI which some some degenerative arthritis and
degenerated discs in the neck and they have tingling in the arm and hand. So is this cervical radiculopathy or is this just a referral pain from the upper thoracic area.


The First Visit for Radiculopathy
A patient came to the office discouraged. He had already had one back surgery and now because of lumbar radiculopathy the doctor wanted to another one. He heard about Prolotherapy and came in to Caring Medical in Oak Park for a visit. The patient agreed that his EMG did show radiculopathy but he had a lot of tenderness around his right sacroiliac joint. It was explained to the patient that we would like to just do Prolotherapy to his degenerated discs and previous surgery sites, but believed his primary symptoms are stemming from injury to his right sacroiliac joint. If his leg pain didn't improve then other treatments such as nerve blocks or Neural Therapy would be done at the next visit. He received eighty Prolotherapy injections on the first visit.

Prolotherapy After Arthroscopy
I cannot tell you how often I ask my patients why they received an Arthroscopy and what the post surgery report showed, and the answer is so often “I don’t know.” Unfortunately, people agree to procedures, surgeries, or medications without really knowing the reasons for them.

This is the first of a series of articles I will write that shows patients’ actual arthroscopy reports with my opinion regarding what they need to look for and questions they need to find out.

Let’s look at this very short arthroscopy report from a prominent Chicago Hospital (consistently voted among the best hospitals in the country) on our patient Barb.


 

ast week's articles
Can we stimulate articular cartilage growth in arthritis?
While researchers look for the “magic factor” to stimulate articular cartilage repair, it is surely clear from anyone familiar with osteoarthritis research that the condition is multi factorial. Some of the factors related to development of osteoarthritis involve joint instability, ligament laxity, growth factors, and of course stem cells.

Bilateral Knee Pain
CW is a 72 year-old woman who presented in July 2004, complaining of a five-year history of severe right knee pain. She rated her knee pain on the visual analogue scale (VAS) at a level of 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. She experienced daily pain throughout the whole knee and noted that the severity of the pain was also increasing. Her other symptoms were increased pain upon sitting for long periods of time, difficulty with stairs, and increased pain with walking. She was not exercising. She had no previous history of trauma or knee surgery. Three previous hyaluronic acid treatments provided diminishing relief.
 

Severely Degenerated Hip
and a
Fluoroscopically Guided Steroid Injection

Mark came into the clinic with a two year history of bilateral hip pain, right hip worse than the left. The pain started two years ago during a run.

Mark typically ran 28-30 miles per week, but had not run for about two years, since the hip pain started.

As a 51-year-old, he was getting pretty discouraged because he had tried physiotherapy, chiropractic care, electrical stimulation, laser treatments, and all the recommendations given to him pointed him toward bilateral hip replacement. The last treatment he tried was a fluoroscopically guided steroid injection into his severely degenerated hip. The net result was almost no pain relief and an expense of $2700.

Hope for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Alternative treatment to autologous chondrocyte implantation
Prolotherapy: A great alternative for post-stroke pain
Indications for stem cell injections and bone marrow Prolotherapy


Prolotherapy and Spinal Surgery/Fusion
The Role of Back Surgery
Except in a life-threatening situation or impending neurologic injury, back surgery should always be considered a last resort and done only after all conservative treatments have been exhausted.

Prolotherapy After Back Surgery
Many people only become aware of Prolotherapy after they have undergone a surgical procedure for back pain. Although the pain may not be as severe as it was before the surgery, most people continue to experience significant back pain after surgery. Why? Because the back surgery involved removing supporting structures, such as a lamina, facet, or disc, thus weakening surrounding segments.

Prolotherapy & Spinal Fusion
When Patient R was 50 years old, he was a pretty active guy. One summer, he was doing his regular Saturday yard work when he lifted a bale of pine straw from the bed of his new pick-up truck. As he straightened up, he felt a pop in his lower back and immediate pain.

Failed Back Surgery Prolotherapy
Patients often have chronic low back pain persisting after surgery and are put into the category of people with "failed back surgery syndrome." It is easy to find reasons why a back surgery patient would still have pain after the surgery. During surgery, for example, a discectomy (removal of the disc), the surgeon must spread some muscles and cut some of the
ligaments in order to perform the surgery. The surgery itself can cause ligamentous laxity and instability of the spine.

SPINAL FUSION & FOOT DROP
A patient came to Caring Medical with a long history of back pain complaints. He had a discectomy and subsequent spinal fusion. He has had to wear an AFO (ankle foot orthosis) because of foot drop in the year following spinal fusion.

 



We have a new video - bone marrow Prolotherapy
What are growth factors? Why are growth factors important?

Thank you for your interest in Bone Marrow Prolotherapy and how Prolotherapy is used at Caring Medical to help in the repair of ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. In this video, Ross Hauser, MD reviews what growth factors are and their role in treating pain and soft tissue injuries.

Prolotherapy while undergoing chemotherapy
Recently a potential new patient contacted Caring Medical about the possibility of getting Prolotherapy for some knee arthritis, while she underwent chemotherapy. She had been on Taxol (chemotherapy drug) for breast cancer.

Prolotherapy after back surgery
Patients often have chronic low back pain persisting after surgery and are put into the category of people with "failed back surgery syndrome." It is easy to find reasons why a back surgery patient would still have pain after the surgery. During surgery, for example, a discectomy (removal of the disc), the surgeon must spread some muscles and cut some of the ligaments in order to perform the surgery. The surgery itself can cause ligamentous laxity and instability of the spine.

When should the Prolotherapy start working?
The anesthetic in the solution used during Prolotherapy sessions often provides immediate pain relief. The pain relief may continue after the effect of the anesthetic subsides due to the stabilizing of the treated joints because of the inflammation caused by the Prolotherapy injections,

Last week's articles
Prolotherapy & the Surgical Repaired Knee
Most doctors who are doing PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Prolotherapy are not Prolotherapy doctors.
Bone Marrow Prolotherapy - Knee Arthritis

Two Week's Ago
Cortisone shots and arthroscopy
Long after Prolotherapy treatments ended, how was her knee pain?
Back and Hip Pain

December 22, 2010
Cortisone shots and arthroscopy,
knee patient looks for alternative in Prolotherapy

Here is the story of a 51 year old woman from Montana who gave the following history: "I am a 51 year old active woman. I am 5'6' and weigh 134 lbs and I feel like I'll have to give up the activities that have been keeping me fit and that I love doing. I do Latin ballroom dancing and cardio dance. I don't consider either to be 'pounding' exercise.

Long after Prolotherapy treatments ended, how was her knee pain?
CW is a 72 year-old woman who presented in July 2004, complaining of a five-year history of severe right knee pain. She rated her knee pain on the visual analogue scale (VAS) at a level of 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. She experienced daily pain throughout the whole knee and noted that the severity of the pain was also increasing. Her other symptoms were increased pain upon sitting for long periods of time, difficulty with stairs, and increased pain with walking.

Back and Hip Pain
We had a patient come in for
Prolotherapy injections for upper back pain, low back pain, and hip pain. She had had a nightmare experience with surgery and was left with so much pain that she had to quit her job and spent most days in bed. Obviously her life was falling apart. After a few prolotherapy treatments she began to feel some relief, unfortunately she would need quite a few more, and since she lived on the other side of the country, traveling to see us so often was getting difficult.

December 15, 2010
New Prolotherapy Research
Prolotherapy Yes, Cortisone No

Significant improvement in sacroiliac pain revealed in Korean study.

Joint instability as a cause of chronic pain and arthritis
The common denominator in chronic pain and degenerative arthritis
Why does Prolotherapy involve so many injections? I am commonly asked by our patients, “Why so many shots?” I am glad you asked! The main reason that I administer so many injections is due to the fact that most chronic pain and degenerative arthritis is caused by joint or spinal instability.

Pain in both shoulders
I have been having a gradual increase in shoulder pain the last 2 years. It's now affecting all parts of my shoulder and arm.  I have pain moving it slightly, rotating in both directions, sleeping on it, putting my body weight on it, and it's in both shoulders. 

December 1, 2010
Prolotherapy Articles
Failed Back Surgery - New Video


Trigger Finger and Arthritis in the 81 year old patient
David came to Caring Medical a few months ago from one of the local Chicago suburbs about 20 miles away to have Dr. Hauser evaluate the pain he experienced in both of his hands. He had been battling pain for over ten years with no relief. He had tried various rounds of cortisone shots and was told he needed surgery to his hands. At 81 years of age he was having trouble gripping objects and had pain when golfing, cutting the grass, and any activity that required grasping and gripping.


Diet Helps Healing
When Jean was having trouble healing her back with Prolotherapy, we recommended Diet Typing to ensure that her body is able to support the immune response that Prolotherapy was stimulating. She was about 70% better than when she had started Prolotherapy treatments, but she was ready to get to 100% pain free living.

Jean had Diet Typing and met with the nutritionist on the same day. She told the nutritionist that she had gained 8-10 pounds since her back injury because it prevented her from exercising. She also had low energy and had trouble getting through the day at work


November 25, 2010
Prolotherapy Articles
Prolotherapy Saved Me From Bilateral Knee Replacements!
This case study discusses the case of 56 year-old body builder, who suffered from chronic, severe, debilitating bilateral knee pain who was told he needed bilateral
knee replacements in order to have any chance at a semi-normal life again, but was told he would likely never lift weights again post surgery.

· Watch the video
Ischial Tuberosity Pain / Hip & Buttocks Pain
When you have pain on the bottom of the buttock, especially when sitting and running, this could be indicative of ischial tuberosity pain. Sometimes a doctor will examine this area, find it to be tender to palpation, and give you a diagnosis of ischial bursitis.

More hip pain articles

Left Hip Pain case history
Snapping Hip Syndrome
Iliotibial Band Injury
Hip Replacement and Prolotherapy
Pain After Dislocation
Hip Pain and Prolotherapy
Hip, Groin Pain and Prolotherapy
Pubic Symphysis Pain
Hip Labral Tear
PRP Prolotherapy labral tear of right hip


November 11, 2010
Prolotherapy Articles

November 4, 2010
Back Pain Links
Low back pain
Low Back Pain and Prolotherapy
Low and mid back pain
Low back and sitz bone
Arachnoiditis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
BACK PAIN-WHAT’S THE DIAGNOSIS?
Loose Ligaments and Back Pain
Prolotherapy-Back Surgery-Spinal Fusion
Compression Fracture
Facet Syndrome
Sacroiliac Pain
Tarlov Cysts
The problem with getting properly diagnosed: SI strain
Prolotherapy Spondylolisthesis
SPINAL DISC PROBLEMS
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Scoliosis and Prolotherapy
Spinal Stenosis and Prolotherapy
Spinal Cord Stimulators
Spinal Stenosis and Prolotherapy
MRIs, Herniated Discs, Prolotherapy
Radiofrequency denervation
Women, Back Pain and Hormones
Sacroiliac Blog
BACK PAIN BLOG


October 27, 2010
Prolotherapy Articles
Hip Osteoarthritis
Prolotherapy is a great option for the athlete who wishes to quickly heal an injury and return to the sport that they love. Larry was one such athlete who we treated last summer from a far north suburb of Chicago. He had been practicing martial arts and bodybuilding for years until he hit age 54. It was then that he experienced a hip injury that took him out of martial arts. Now, two years later he was desperate to get back to his active lifestyle. Not only did chronic pain keep him from martial arts, it also interfered with his daily activities and his sleep. Despite a few years of PUSH therapy his pain remained. When he visited an orthopedist he was diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis of the hip.


Prolotherapy Articles
Can I see a Chiropractor? Watch the video

 

For the Athlete
69 Year-old Still Running 100-mile Races Thanks to Prolotherapy
Sam Rizk is a 69 year-old man who came to Caring Medical in June of 2008 with complaints of left low back and ischial tuberosity (sitz bone) pain for the past six years. The pain was aggravated by running, so he had ceased running for three months prior to seeing us. Sam is an endurance runner who picked up running at the age of 53. He had tried chiropractic and physical therapy, but achieved only temporary relief of his pain. He had also tried Prolotherapy with another doctor which also gave him temporary relief. When his pain returned with continued running, he decided to give Prolotherapy another try, and this time at Caring Medical.

Prolotherapy, a curative treatment for golfer's and tennis elbow
Running Injuries
Iliotibial Band Injuries treated with Prolotherapy
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Prolotherapy for Athletes

Oct 16
Prolotherapy and Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Common sense would tell anyone that when you fuse two or three spinal segments together, that spinal movement has to come from somewhere. Where? The spinal segments above it and below it will have to move “excessively” because of the spinal fusion. Ultimately, this extra movement and strain will cause accelerated degeneration of the disc, ligaments, and joints of these segments, thus making the person more prone to pain in these areas. This is most likely the explanation for the increased pain a few years down the road and the “need” for more operations later. Is there a better way?

Oct 9
Exercise induced low back pain
Hilary, a 51-year old woman who had a long history of yoga practice. She was fit, lean and believed that yoga had helped her get that way. Unfortunately, her low back had been in pain for over a year after she injured it in a yoga position. As a result she had decreased her strength and cardio workouts and lost muscle mass. She went from working out everyday to working out twice a week with back pain after both workouts. Her low back pain included sciatica and episodes of her back going out. She continued yoga and even used a special headstand to self-adjust her spine. She had also tried massage therapy and trigger point therapy. She had short term relief after acupuncture and she had it done every week. As the weeks started to add up she was ready for a permanent solution to her back pain. When she heard of Prolotherapy she decided to give it a try.

Oct 2
Articles and information about Prolotherapy
End Stage Hip Degeneration
In my experience, one of the main determinants in whether Prolotherapy
will help a potential patient with a degenerated joint is how much range of motion he/she has compared to normal. What I find in my experience is if a patient has little hip range of motion, especially internal or external rotation, then they may need a hip replacement. 

However and surprisingly, I typically see 50% or greater normal motion in the hip in the average person
who has been told that a
hip replacement is the only option.

Yes,
I may see some limited range of motion because of their arthritis, but much of the motion is there. In these instances, Prolotherapy works very well. By this I mean that the patient will achieve improved strength in the leg, as well as more motion. Along with this, of course, comes a diminished level of pain and use of
pain medications. The vast majority are very happy and don't end up needing hip replacements.

If someone has had six Prolotherapy treatments and still has a problem
, they either need to continue to get the 'booster' Prolotherapy treatments, get a
second opinion by another Prolotherapy doctor, or get a hip replacement.

Sept 18
What About Calcium Deposits?
If you have soft tissue like collagen, which has a consistency similar to a rubber band, and calcium with the consistency of concrete, which would be stronger? Calcium of course.

That is why our bones are made out of calcium! So if there is calcium in tissue what does that tell you? It tells you that the collagen is damaged and the body is trying to strengthen the area or stabilize it.

What is Prolotherapy? A treatment to strengthen collagen and stabilize the joint.
So if you have a bone spur or calcific tendonitis, in my opinion, the best treatment out there to resolve your pain and disability is not surgery but
Prolotherapy. Surgery can remove the calcium deposit but it doesn’t resolve the reason the calcium is in there in the first place. Prolotherapy by removing the reason the calcium is in there, resolves the pain. Over time the body can resorb the calcium if it is no longer needed. Typically for bone spurs and calcific tendonitis a person needs between four and eight Prolotherapy treatments.

 

ept 4
Will your radiculopathy respond to Prolotherapy:
Five key factors to know
My own story, Ross Hauser, M.D.
Lumbar and cervical radiculopathy are some of the most painful conditions every experienced.  What most folks don’t know is that most pains down the arm and legs (referral pain) stemming from the back and neck respectively can be easily and effectively treated with Prolotherapy.  I personally had suffered from severe cervical radiculopathy and had my condition resolved with Prolotherapy. 

Prolotherapy Dangerous for C1?
I am experiencing my C1 slip out on the right side of my neck. I have seen many chiropractors over the past couple of years and I get little benefit from them. I was told Prolotherapy performed on c1/c2 is "EXTREMELY DANGEROUS" as there is a huge risk of hitting an artery? Can Prolotherapy be performed on c1? Would I benefit from this procedure? Thanks for your time.

A.
Yes we have done C1 many times and it can be done safely and carefully, generally it is very successful.   Typically, you will need between 3 to 6 visits.


August 20
Signs and Symptoms Indicating You Are A Prolotherapy Candidate
#1 – Numbiness
#2 – Pain at rest
#3 – Your Head Feels Heavy
#4 – Your Arm or leg or hip or any body part feels weak.
#5 – Physical Therapy increased my pain


August 13
Cervical Radiculopathy
Q. I have done 3 sessions of prolo to my cervical spine, for herniated disc at C5-6 Level causing pain, stiffness and headaches. One week after my last treatment I developed worsening pain and stiffness for 2 days on both sides of my neck. The third day I woke up with severe dizziness every time I turned my head to the side and light-headedness for three days in a row. Can this be a side effect from the prolo a week later? Do you think the compression from disc could be affecting the spinal artery to cause such dizziness?

A. There can be many different and possible scenario’s. Prolotherapy stabilized the spine in one segment, your muscles relaxed but another segment remains hypermobile. This usually occurs when just a part of the neck is treated and not the whole neck. In such a case you may need these additional areas treated. It is generally the instability that is leading to the dizziness. 

Prolotherapy is great at curing ‘cervical radiculopathy’. I put in the quotes because most people who have been told they cervical radiculopathy have no pinched nerves in their neck. Not every pain radiating down the arm means a pinched nerve in the neck. It can be a ligament referral pain from the elbow, shoulder, neck, or thoracic area. If it is from a ligament problem, then Prolotherapy works great. A sign that it is a ligament problem is when the person has a ‘numb’ feeling in the arm, hand, or fingers but sensation sense is fine. This is called numbiness and characteristic of a ligament problem.
 

CaringMedical.com Prolotherapy Blog
Hypermobility in swimmers treated with Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy: an alternative to knee surgery for meniscus tear, arthritis, tendonitis, and joint instability

Diet Helps Healing
When Jean was having trouble healing her back with Prolotherapy, we recommended Diet Typing to ensure that her body is able to support the immune response that Prolotherapy was stimulating. She was about 70% better than when she had started Prolotherapy treatments, but she was ready to get to 100% pain free living.

Jean had Diet Typing and met with the nutritionist on the same day. She told the nutritionist that she had gained 8-10 pounds since her back injury because it prevented her from exercising. She also had low energy and had trouble getting through the day at work



August 6

Caring Medical Blog List
Prolotherapy for back pain, SI pain, and post fusion pain
Migraine Headaches and Prolotherapy by doctor Ross Hauser
July 29
Prolotherapy, Diet, and Hormones
Living with chronic pain day in and day out can cause discouragement and hopelessness in many people. Fortunately for the people who come to see us at Caring Medical, we can put some hope back into their life. While many people benefit from
Prolotherapy alone, there are some that need to correct some physiological imbalances in order to reach a pain-free life. Below is the story of Brittany, a young mother who had been battling chronic pain since the birth of her child. With the help of Prolotherapy, the Hauser Diet, natural hormone replacement therapy, and supplements, she was able to reach significant improvement in just a few short months.

Brittany came to see us after two and a half years of pain and therapies that provided no relief. It was two and a half years ago that she gave birth to her first child and pain in her low back, groin, and hips started immediately after childbirth.

She had an intense labor, delivering a 9 pound baby after 14 hours of labor ending in a C-section, but Brittany had always been very athletic and healthy and expected to recover and get back to her active lifestyle. Six months later, however, she was still in pain and experiencing chronic fatigue that made it hard to get through each day.


July 22

Is it Really Lumbar Radiculopathy?
If I suspect someone has lumbar radiculopathy, I generally have the patient get an EMG/NCV test to verify it. No, you can’t verify a nerve is getting pinched by an
MRI or CT scan. It can suggest it. The actual physiological test to verify it is an electromyography/nerve conduction velocity test (EMG/NCV) on the nerves. Someone with a true lumbar radiculopathy typically has all of the below:

-More leg pain than low back pain
-90% of the pain or greater is leg pain
-Pain gets to a 10 out of 10
-The pain is unbearable
-Even narcotic medications barely touch the pain
-True numbness or weakness in muscles
-MRI documentation of severe disc herniation or
facet arthritis

Very seldom do I see people like that. Generally, they have bad pain, but they are talking fine. When I walk into the exam room to meet a new patient and they are laying down in the fetal position and in obvious pain, then I suspect lumbar radiculopathy. Otherwise, it is a “bogus” diagnosis.

Since ligaments, like the posterior hip ligaments, sacrotuberous, and sacroiliac and lumbosacral ligaments refer pain down the leg, when someone has some referral pain down the leg and doesn’t have the above signs/symptoms, then most likely I tell them they have a ligament injury and the most logical treatment choice for them would be Prolotherapy.

 

July 8

Prolotherapy Problems
Prolotherapy in its ability to cure chronic pain is completely dependent on the Prolotherapy doctor treating completely the injured structures. This means that all the injured structures are treated with a strong enough solution to heal the area in a reasonable period of time.

We find that most people are cured of their pain with three to six
Prolotherapy sessions. If by the sixth Prolotherapy session a person has not had significant improvement, we search for another cause of their pain like infection or allergy.

In general with the Hackett/Hemwall/Hauser technique of Prolotherapy, a good rule of thumb in regard to the number of injections per area is 10 to 20 for an extremity (knee, ankle,
shoulder) and anywhere from 30 to 60 for the neck, back, or thoracic spine.

Another reason a person gets inadequate Prolotherapy is that there was inadequate inflammation with the Prolotherapy treatment. Remember the body only heals by inflammation. In some people stronger Prolotherapy solutions are needed to get an adequate
inflammatory reaction after the treatment.

Until a person gets the injured structures completely treated with Prolotherapy with a strong enough solution, the person has not failed Prolotherapy. It is important that after a Prolotherapy session, that a person feels stiff for at least one to two days. If the stiffness after the treatment only lasts a few hours, then the immune reaction to the treatment most likely will not be enough to regenerate the connective tissue needed for healing.

In such a situation there are two options. Figure out why the person has a poor immune response by doing metabolic, nutritional, and hormonal testing, or use a stronger Prolotherapy solution. Physicians who have a lot of experience doing Prolotherapy may have ten different solutions they use depending on the individual case.



July 1, 2010
New Research
The Case for Utilizing Prolotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Meniscal Pathology: A Retrospective Study Shows Prolotherapy is Effective in the Treatment of MRI-Documented Meniscal Tears and Degeneration

Ross A. Hauser, MD, Hilary J. Phillips, and Havil S. Maddela
The Hackett-Hemwall technique of dextrose Prolotherapy used on patients with MRI documented meniscal pathology including tears and degeneration, interviewed an average of 18 months after their last Prolotherapy treatment, was shown in this retrospective pilot study to improve patients’ quality of life. Most patients reported statistically significantly less pain and stiffness and major improvements in range of motion, crepitation of the knee, medication usage, walking ability, and exercise ability. The improvements with Prolotherapy met the expectations of the patients in over 96% of the knees to the point where surgery was not needed. Prolotherapy improved knee pain and function regardless of the type or location of the meniscal tear or degeneration. The improvements were so overwhelmingly positive that Hackett-Hemwall Prolotherapy should be considered as a first-line treatment for pain and disability caused by meniscal tears and degeneration. If these results are confirmed by further studies under more controlled circumstances, with larger patient populations, and with MRI confirmation, surely Hackett-Hemwall Prolotherapy will become a first-line treatment for meniscal tears and degeneration.

June 23, 2010

June 2, 2010
PROLOTHERAPY CAN PUT CURVE BACK INTO NECKS

A patient came in with severe muscle spasms in the neck. Her neck x-rays, which were taken by a chiropractor showed a straightening of the normal lordotic curve of the neck. She had received 120 manipulations to her neck and countless sessions of physical therapy. She probably spent $10,000 of her own money on previous care for her neck pain.

 

May 25
Compression Fractures
Karen is only 35 years old, but compression fractures can happen at any age. Remember that when you have any fracture you probably injured a lot of other structures in the vicinity of the fracture.

These structures could be ligaments, tendons, cartilage or menisci. So if you have continued pain after a compression fracture or another fracture even though the fracture is healed consider that the pain is coming from a different spot. It is helpful to realize that one of the worst treatments for ligaments is rest or immobility. Guess what happens when you have a fracture? Yes, you typically immobilize the arm or spine (wear a brace). This lack of movement makes it even more likely that your ligament or other soft tissues are not going to heal.


April 12
Rusty’s Case:
Rusty is a 56 year old medical professional and Navy Reserve officer who came to Caring Medical for complaints of bilateral knee pain and low back pain. His knee pain began 15 years ago, along with swelling of those joints. An MRI revealed chondromalacia patella. He had previously tried physical therapy for one year with only minimal relief of pain, but a lot of money and time spent. He had difficulty going up stairs due to pain. His low back pain started 30 years ago while working in a factory and doing repetitive movements and heavy lifting. He states this affected his ability to do physical fitness requirements for the Navy Reserve.

 

April 8
Diet and Chronic Pain

Mark, came to see us for shoulder pain, having been diagnosed with a labral tear, he was told that shoulder surgery was his only option, instead he chose Prolotherapy for his shoulder.

His pain was such that he could no longer workout and common daily activities like opening a door or a jar caused pain. He also complained of fatigue and told us he was working with a natural medicine doctor in his home town because he had low testosterone levels. Mark was constantly traveling for work, so the pain would often slow him down.

 

At Mark’s next visit he went to our lab to have Diet Typing done before his Prolotherapy treatment.

March 17
Hannah’s search for arthritis pain relief after military deployment,
leads her to Prolotherapy and the Hauser Diet 

Hannah came to Caring Medical with multiple areas of pain. At the young age of 30 she was experiencing low back pain, a stiff neck, and numbness in her arms, fingers and toes. Her low back pain was initially very mild and her doctor told her she had mild arthritis. She did some physical therapy and saw minor improvements. Four months after the mild pain began, she was deployed for military service overseas. The heavy gear that she wore each day made the pain gradually worsen. One day as she was bending down she felt a shocking pain come over her low back and right arm. From that point on she had pain whenever she would bend over and she struggled through each day in her heavy gear as she walked miles. When she returned home, she knew she needed help. In addition to her low back pain, neck stiffness, and numbness she was also having pain in her right ankle, an area that had given her trouble for 12 years. After deployment, she returned to a stressful job working 12 hour shifts, seated behind a computer. She was able to workout a few times a week, but with nagging pain. Her main goal was to get out of pain. Read more

March 3
The Opera Singer's Story
PP, a 35-year old male opera singer, came from out of the country to Caring Medical seeking help for bilateral
jaw pain which extended from the styloid processes of the skull near the ears down his jaw and into the neck. PP had done some research on the internet and found information on jaw pain on our websites, emailed us, and became a patient soon afterwards. The styloid process is thin piece of bone that extends down from the skull to which ligaments and muscles attach. PP is a professional opera singer and this condition was preventing him from performing. Yawning or eating very sweet or sour foods would trigger his pain.

Feb 24
Traveling Low Back Pain

I have so many weird and traveling places of pain in my low back, buttocks and sitdown bones that I wonder how I could be diagnosed accurately. Sometimes when standing the pain is awful in the sacroiliac joint, but every time I sit, it feels tight across my buttocks and a searing burning sensation in the outer hips and goes to tingling in the whole buttock area. I find myself standing many, many hours because sitting is horribly uncomfortable. It feels like the whole right side of my body is being pulled or torqued Even the two bones at either side of my throat are not lined up evenly. The right bone is more protruding. What could possibly be the root cause?


A
. Obviously I can't comment on precisely what is the problem but do believe a good Prolotherapy doctor may provide you with a lot of help. It sounds like you have issues going on with your ischial tuberosities (sit down bones). Most likely you have sacrotuberous ligament injury. This can give burning pains in the perineum and make sitting horrible. From a Prolotherapy standpoint, it sounds like Prolotherapy to both sacroiliac joints and ischial tuberosities. If on examination your greater trochanters (outsides of hips) were tender then these would be treated also. Realize often an injury to one area eventually affects the surrounding areas.

 

Feb 17
Left Hip Pain
Susan, a 38 year old marathoner from Iowa came in for an initial consultation and possible treatment to left hip. The patient was referred to Caring Medical and Dr. Hauser by a local physical therapist in Iowa, and also from another "runner patient" from University of Iowa track team.
 

Discogenic and Annular Tears
My doctor, who does Prolotherapy, has said that my chronic pain is likely due to discogenic pain (pain coming down from the torn disc itself). He said that he does not believe Prolotherapy can help. Everything I have read about discogenic pain is horrible. Some say it cures itself in 2 years or so, others say that it is chronic and will never go away. Have you had success treating patients with this condition

A. The answer is a resounding yes! When other Prolotherapy doctors say “not a Prolotherapy candidate,” often we believe the opposite is true.

MRIs, CT scans and Discograms are all types of imagining techniques that show problems in the discs. The real problem however is that you can not definitely correlate that the finding on imaging correlates with a person’s symptoms. In other words, people have degeneration in discs, annular tears and other abnormalities and have no symptoms. Your disc bulges every time you bend over. So disc bulging by itself doesn't mean that is causing a person’s symptoms. In other words, the history is the most important determining factor in the majority of pain cases including low back and neck pain. Imaging just confirms what the clinician already knows.

Meniscus
The patient is a male, age 37. While snowboarding, he put his foot down and twisted his left knee. He had episodes of locking and painful popping associated with swelling and pain. His worst episode happened the day prior to his first visit to me. He could barely walk. I withdrew over one quarter cup of fluid from his knee and injected Prolotherapy solution into the joint. After drawing the fluid out two more times, I treated his lateral meniscus six times with Prolotherapy. After this he returned to both winter and summer sports and unrestricted work duties.

Swelling in a joint typically means that a structure inside the joint is injured, usually in the knee this is a cruciate ligament or meniscus. Either way, the best treatment in my opinion is Prolotherapy.

Prolotherapy can effectively treat many meniscus injuries, especially those in the outer rim. The blood supply to the meniscus nourishes this outer rim and allows for easier healing. Unfortunately, only 15 to 20 percent of meniscus injuries occur in this outer third.

Studies have shown that the central two-thirds of the meniscus is capable of repair using the blood vessels from the joint lining (synovium) and the meniscus itself. It has been demonstrated that the cells of the meniscus can and do heal when exposed to certain growth stimulating factors.

Prolotherapy provides this stimulation to heal. This is why many athletes suffering from the pain and disability of a torn meniscus are successfully treated by Prolotherapy instead of the much riskier surgeries.

February 4, 2010

Prolotherapy and Massage, Chiropractic, and Physical Therapy

Let me start by saying that Prolotherapy is often used in conjunction with physical therapy, chiropractic care (excluding high velocity manipulation) and massage therapy. When physical therapy, chiropractic care and massage therapy is no longer resolving the problem, it is then that Prolotherapy is a great alternative treatment. There are certain conditions that physical therapy, chiropractic care and massage therapy often have partial success in but dont cure the problem. Here are a few that I can think of off hand: 

Ligament sprains
Tendon strains
Tendonitis
Joint Instability
Degenerated Joint
Degenerated Discs
Tendon Tears
Joint Subluxations

No one doubts that physical therapy can help a person get on a great exercise program to correct muscle imbalance problem. Likewise physical therapists and massage therapists can do wonders to get rid of muscle spasms, as can chiropractic care. But what is one to do if the joint continues to hurt, be swollen, or muscles continue to go into spasms. Well, if it were me I would seek out the care of a Prolotherapy doctor.

The diagnoses above are very commonly seen in our office. When a ligament is injured, joints move too much. That is why so many of us have a crunching sound in our joints. It means the ligaments are loose or weakened (there are other causes of course). When the ligaments can no longer stabilize the joint or vertebrae, the muscles go into spasms. Recurrent muscle spasms almost always point to an underlying ligament problem. When the muscles can no longer stabilize the unstable segments, you get an overgrowth of bone. That overgrowth of bone is called osteo- or degenerative arthritis. Degenerative arthritis is just the body's response to stabilize an unstable area. So you see that ligament injury is typically the cause of degenerative arthritis. Since Prolotherapy injections help with ligament repair it typically helps relieve the pain of degenerative joints or spines. Generally people need three to six visits. The injections are typically given every four to six weeks.

The best treatment I know of to help a joint or ligament to become healthier is Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is very effective in my opinion to help resolve the pain of the conditions mentioned above. When physical therapy, chiropractic care or massage therapy does work then the person should consider Prolotherapy as a great alternative.

January 27, 2010

Acidic blood and chronic pain
We utilize a simple diagnostic testing procedure known as Diet Typing to determine a person's under lying physiology. A significant portion of the testing involves testing the blood pH level. The pH level, together with a glucose tolerance test and some other testing will help us determine which diet you need to follow for your individual body type. Ensuring that our patients follow the appropriate diet helps in their overall healing, especially in conjunction with Prolotherapy.

A significant number of chronic pain patients show a lower than normal blood plasma pH
. A person with low blood pH has what is termed acid blood. Acid blood is typically dark in color due to low oxygen content. Oxygen is the food that allows the body to extract and store energy from the blood. A low oxygen content in the blood compromises healing capabilities.

The treatment for acid blood is to consume foods and supplements which neutralize the blood pH. This is accomplished by consuming items which are alkaline and by reducing the intake of acidic items. Caffeine, sugar, wheat, citrus fruits, soda pop, and potatoes should be avoided, whereas protein and vegetables should be the majority of the meal.

Nuts, seeds, brown rice, or soy products are good sources of protein if a vegetarian diet is preferred. People with acid blood are typically carbohydrate addicts and consume very little protein. Protein is needed in the diet because
collagen, which makes up ligaments and tendons, is the most abundant protein in the body. Collagen is the building block for ligament and tendon tissue. A healthy diet with adequate amounts of protein for soft tissue growth is essential for healthy ligament and tendon injuries.

Another interesting finding is that our testing consistently reveals that
chronic pain patients suffer from chronic dehydration. Chronic dehydration produces a reduction in shock absorbing capabilities of the intervertebral discs and articular cartilage, placing additional stress on the ligaments to stabilize the joints. The end result is ligament laxity, injury, and resultant chronic pain.

It is very important for the person in chronic pain to drink six to eight glasses of purified water per day.

 


A Retrospective Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Chronic Hip Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic in Rural Illinois

 
Dec 2, 2009
Back Surgery

I was recently sent a link from the NPR (national public radio) website about a person in Maine who started looking at what was going on in their health care system. In the 1970s, it was shown that the hysterectomy rate in Maine was incredibly high. Eventually it was basically shown that more high-tech medical procedures like instrumentation back fusion for degenerative disk disease did not elicit better results. If this is so "why were so many of these procedures being done?" The researchers ended up feeling that the main answer was money. The more complicated a surgery, the more everyone was getting paid, including the surgeons.

Anyone who takes a neutral view and looks at our health care system, especially as it relates to how we deal with pain patients in the United States, can easily see that more is not necessarily better. If people don’t take an active role in their pain care and rely on expensive drugs, arthroscopies, and complicated surgeries, without themselves getting healthy, there is good chance that besides a big bill with potential debt, they will also be left with pain. The questions to ask yourself before undergoing a complicated surgery is, “Is this going to get my body stronger and healthier?” and "Is there an alternative that is less expensive and less invasive?” To both of these questions, I say the answer is “yes.”

People may be surprised, but I do, in fact, on rare, and let me say it, rare occasions, recommend surgery. There are clear indications for surgery. If a person doesn’t meet these strict criteria, then surgery doesn’t work. I, of course, see many, many and let me say it again, “many” surgical failures. This is why I reiterate that if you or someone you love has chronic pain and someone has recommended surgery, run, no make that sprint, to the Prolotherapy doctor! If Prolotherapy isn’t going to work and you need surgery, wouldn’t you feel more comfortable knowing that you went to a conservative doctor and received reassurance that surgery is the answer? Most often, however, the doctor would say, “You are a great Prolotherapy candidate. Most likely with good nutrition, exercise, and Prolotherapy you will not need surgery!” These words need to be spoken more often because "less is often better!"
Nov 18, 2009
Degenerative Disc Disease

Sciatica
Lumbar Radiculopathy


Most people who come to me for low back or neck pain truly believe that it is their degenerative disc disease that is causing the problem. Since everyone has degenerative disc disease by the age of 40, this can’t be the cause of the pain, since almost everyone at the age of the 40 has no neck or back pain. Honestly, degenerative disc disease even shows up in teenagers. Did you know that the most common reason that discs show up as degenerated on MRI’s and CT Scans is dehydration? The discs are very sensitive to dehydration. Since most of us don’t drink enough water, is it any wonder that so many people show up as having degenerative disc disease?

Why do you think so many people get disc surgery and have continued pain? Why do so many people get IDET (frying of the disc) and still have pain? The reason is the disc is not causing the pain problem the person is having. Sure, some people have degenerative discs that cause them pain, but the majority of people who have these diagnoses, have pain that is coming from another structure. What other structure?

Besides the nerve, the most painful part of the musculoskeletal system is probably where the muscles, ligaments, and tendons attach to the bone. The periosteum (outside of the bone) is very sensitive. This is where all these structures attach to the bone. So if a person has a ligament or tendon injury, it is almost always where it attaches to the bone. This can be amazingly painful. When a ligament is stretched, injured, or torn, the joint becomes unstable, since the ligaments provide stability for structures.

Why do people with low back pain have muscle spasms? Not because the discs are degenerated, because the discs do not provide stability to the lower back, the ligaments do. The muscles spasm in order to stabilize the back after a ligament injury. If you have neck or low back pain that is accompanied by muscle spasms, then think ligament injury. Since you are thinking ligament injury, then what treatment should you get to stimulate ligament repair? Prolotherapy! See this isn’t so hard is it?

Everyone who has a pain radiating down the leg is diagnosed with
sciatica. Okay, not everyone, just about everyone. Do you know that if a nerve is really pinched that you could barely have a conversation with me? You be wracked with pain. As it is now, your pain comes and goes. You may even have a tingling down your leg. No, it isn’t your sciatic nerve getting pinched. You simply have a ligament in your lower back, such as the sacroiliac ligament that is not stabilizing your pelvis. The pain or numb feeling down your leg is a referral pain. It isn’t a nerve getting pinched. If you can sit in a chair and raise your leg straight out in front of you without reproducing your pain, then most likely you have a ligament injury and not an injury to your sciatic nerve. (In other words, you don’t have lumbar radiculopathy).

If you have more low back pain than leg pain, then most likely you have a ligament injury in your back and not a pinched nerve. If you are in pain but it isn’t to the point of causing you to sweat, you most likely have a ligament injury, not a sciatic nerve getting pinched. If you can feel equally in both legs, in other words the numbness you feel isn’t true numbness, because when someone touches your skin you feel it fine. It is thus numbiness. Numbiness is the sensation of numbness, but on physical examination your sensation (sense of touch) is fine. This is a referral sensation, generally from a ligament injury, not a nerve injury.
 
Nov 11, 2009
Frequently asked questions about Prolotherapy and the following conditions:

KNEE DEGENERATION
If you have reasonable range of motion (at least 50% of normal), then you have a great chance of responding to Prolotherapy. Typically three to ten sessions are needed. The amount of sessions depends a lot on the extent of the
arthritis. In many cases Prolotherapy is a great alternative, however in knee degeneration sometimes surgery is your only option.

MENISCAL TEAR
Menisci are tissues that help cushion the knee. When damaged, they do not repair well so surgeons will often tell patients that surgery is the only option. For the vast majority of Meniscal tears, Prolotherapy works great. Also the person can train while getting Prolotherapy. This is another advantage especially for the athlete.

MORTON’S NEUROMA
I have treated a lot of ‘morton neuroma’ patients and had great success eliminating the pain with Prolotherapy. Typically these patients have a ‘dropped metatarsal head’ from a
ligament injury. Prolotherapy to the ligament helps strengthen the area and the pain diminishes. While the person is getting Prolotherapy I have them wear Yogi Toes This is a device that spreads their toes, so the nerve has more room. Eventually the nerve feels fine and so does their foot!

ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
If a person has a
Rotator Cuff tear as the primary pathology in their shoulder, Prolotherapy generally works great. If the tear occurred because of a big bone spur in the acromioclavicular joint then shaving the bone spur with arthroscopy may be needed. Rotator cuff problems are one of the most common conditions treated successfully with Prolotherapy.

LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
Lumbago or low back pain is still the most common pain experienced by people. Modern orthopedics is still trying to find an operation that works. Prolotherapy to the lower back is the most common procedure I do. Most low back pain is from the
sacroiliac joint and not the lumbar degenerative discs. Most people have degenerated discs and have no back pain. That is why it is a second opinion should be sought.

‘CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME’
There are many cases of people diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome who responded great with Prolotherapy to the elbow. The ligaments around the elbows refer pain into the fingers. The person can also have a numb sensation in the fingers also with ligament problems. So if the surgeon wants to ‘unpinch’ the nerve in your wrist, consider getting a second opinion from a Prolotherapy doctor.

OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE ANKLE
Getting better with Prolotherapy and exercise for extensive arthritis in the ankle is a long process but the patients I have seen prefer that to having Ankle Fusion

DEGENERATIVE HIP ARTHRITIS
People often wait too long to see a Prolotherapy doctor with this condition. It is important if the doctor says you have the beginnings of hip arthritis, seek out the attention of a Prolotherapy doctor. If you wait too long to see one you will end up getting a
hip replacement. What would you rather have? Some Prolotherapy now with some exercises and supplements to help your hip get stronger or slow degeneration of your hip until you are disabled and need a hip replacement? Are you really so sure you will recover 100% with surgery?

Yes Prolotherapy does give the surgical candidate options. Prolotherapy is not always the best option but then again neither is surgery. Each has its role. For most folks getting an evaluation by a Prolotherapy doctor before undergoing the knife treatment makes a lot of sense. It could save them the operation all together!
OCTOBER 20
Case History:
Chest and Rib Pain
in the Martial Artist

James Heugh, a 19 year-old mixed martial arts fighter from Ontario, Canada, first came to Caring Medical in late December 2008, complaining of severe pain around the right side of his sternum. As you can imagine, the very nature of his chosen sport resulted in numerous strikes to the chest, not only in competitive matches, but also during many sparring sessions. This combat sport combines the hand blows of boxing, the kicks of karate, and the throws of wrestling and judo. James remembers sometime in mid 2008 receiving a “knee” to the chest. A few months later as he was throwing a heavier opponent from atop of him, he felt some movement around his sternum. From that point, most of the ribs in his right chest began to “pop” out of place with certain motions. His pain increased as the injuries mounted, and only inactivity relieved his pain, which was not an option for a mixed martial artist. After allowing three and a half months to rest and take joint repairing supplements, along with anti-inflammatory medications, James was still in pain and not competing. An internet search led him to Prolotherapy and Caring Medical. Read the article
 

08/04/2009 Prolotherapy and Rolfing
07/24/2009 P2G
06/03/2009 "Painless" Whole Body Prolotherapy
04/15/2009 Snapping scapula syndrome
04/01/2009 Diet, Prolotherapy and Arthritis
04/01/2009
Five Medical Conditions and Prolotherapy
03/25/2009 tinnitus

03/03/2009 JJ, a 46 year old female competitive league golfer
03/03/2009 Maximizing Prolotherapy Response
02/25/2009
Tendon Damage from FLUOROQUINOLONES ANTIBIOTICS
02/25/2009 Burning Mouth Syndrome
02/25/2009
Quick Treatment Gets Hospital Medical Biller Back to Work - Tessie
02/18/2009
Medical Biller Back to Work
02/05/09
The Hauser Diet® Natural Medicine Program
01/21/09
Cervical Radiculopthy
12/17/2008 Diet, Hormones and Prolotherapy (TMJ)
12/17/2008 Food, Inflammation, Healing
12/10/2008 Headaches, Neck Stiffness, Ringing In The Ears
12/03/08 Alkaline and Acidic Blood pH How Does It Effect Prolotherapy?
11/19/08 Knee Pain I am 83 years old and have had knee pain for many years
11/14/08 LIGAMENT INJURY
11/12/08
PRP Case Study
11/05/08 Does It Affect Hormone Levels and Other Laboratory tests?
10/22/08 Anti-Inflammatory In The Prolotherapy Solution?
10/22/08 C1 vertebrae
10/22/08 Prolotherapy and Muscle Wasting?
10/15/08 Tailbone pain
10/15/08 Cervical Radiculopthy
09/24/08 Long Term Study Confirmation! Do Not Rely on MRI Findings for Knee Pain Etiology!
09/19/08 Three Cervical Radiculopthy Prolotherapy Treatments
09/17/08 Special Announcements
09/03/08 Estradiol Inhibits Healing and is Carcinogenic: Both Reasons Women Should Not Be on Birth Control Pills  
09/03/08 Why it is Crucial for the Chronic Pain Patient to Stop Using Narcotics – ASAP! Prolotherapy  
08/20/08 THE DOCTOR SAID THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO TO GET RID OF YOUR PAIN
08/13/08 How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?
08/06/08 Headaches, Neck Stiffness, Ringing In The Ears
07/30/08 Golfers Knee
07/30/08 Does It Affect Hormone Levels and Other Laboratory tests? Prolotherapy
06/04/08 Cervical Radiculopthy
04/30/08THE DOCTOR SAID THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO TO GET RID OF YOUR PAIN
04/23/08 Prolotherapy Not Working? 
04/23/08 Does It Affect Hormone Levels and Other Laboratory tests?
April 16
Overmanipulation Syndrome
Tendinopathy in Sports

February 5, 2008
How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?

Flat Foot Pain and Posterior Tibial Tendon Injuries

January 16, 2008
Cervical Radiculopthy

November 14, 2007
The Cost of Prolotherapy
Pyriformis Syndrome

November 7, 2007
Neck Pain Observational Study
Nerve Block Questions

October 31, 2007

Tolerating The Injections!

October 10, 2007
Soreness after Prolotherapy
How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?

September 5, 2007
Tendinopathy
Calcium Deposits


August 29, 2007
Headaches

August 15, 2007
Neck Disc Herniation
Pain in the Right Posterior Thoracic Region Case History

August 1, 2007
Why Prolotherapy Results May Not Be Seen Immediately

July 26, 2007
10 Tips to Determine if You Are A Good Prolotherapy Candidate

July 19, 2007
MORE PROOF THAT DEXTROSE PROTHERAPY WORKS:

July 12, 2007
Is Your Prolotherapy Not Working: You Could Be the Cause!
Prolotherapy for Acute Injury

July 5, 2007
Top Five Medical Conditions You Believe You Have…But DON’T!
How To Optimize Response To Prolotherapy

June 27, 2007
Prolotherapy with Platelet Rich Plasma Solution
Prolotherapy: The Best Alternative to Open Bankart Surgery

June 20, 2007
Prolotherapy as an Alternative To Surgery in These Ten Conditions
My Top Ten Reasons For Not Getting A Cortisone Shot
How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?

June 6, 2007
SNAPPING SCAPULA SYNDROME
Prolotherapy Risks

May 30, 2007
Headaches
Groin Pain, Hip Pain,and Prolotherapy

May 23, 2007
Questions about Spinal Fusion
Articles related to the C-5

May 16, 2007
Can Stress Stop Prolotherapy From Working?

May 9, 2007
10 Reasons Why Prolotherapy May Not Be Working For You
Prolotherapy for Bursitis

April 11, 2007
Celebrex
Never Have Knee Surgery Based on an MRI Diagnosis
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT ORDERING AN MRI?
How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?

April 4, 2007
Pain Medications and Hypertension
Neck Pain Blogs

March 14, 2007
The Problem with Getting Properly Diagnosed: SI strain

March 7, 2007
Prolotherapy Risks
Undoing The Twist: Treatment of Ankle Sprains


February 21, 2007
Should You Just Keep Taking Pain Medications?
Flat Feet

February 7, 2007

Inevitable Hip Replacement or Prolotherapy?
Posterior Tibial Tendinitis


January 31, 2007

Failed Back Surgery Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy, Idet, Epiduroscopy, Surgery


January 17, 2007
Prolotherapy and Trigger Points

January 10, 2007
Articles related to the C-5
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Not all chiropractors are created equal!

January 3, 2007

Can People With Diabetes Get Prolotherapy?
My Top Ten Reasons For Not Getting A Cortisone Shot
How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?


2006
December 13, 2006
Neck Pain Blog


December 6, 2006
The Problem with Getting Properly Diagnosed SI strain
How To Optimize Response To Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy and Trigger Points

November 29, 2006
MENISCUS BLOG/Knee Pain/Surgery Blog
Your SCANS Says Abnormality, But Is That The Cause of Pain?

November 22, 2006
Should You Just Keep Taking Pain Medications?
Prolotherapy for Bursitis
November 15, 2006
Knee Cap Patella Disorders & Prolotherapy
Foot Pain Blog

November 8, 2006
Posterior Tibial Tendinitis
Flat Feet


November 1, 2006
Failed Back Surgery Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy, Idet, Epiduroscopy, Surgery
Soreness After Prolotherapy


October 18, 2006
Articles related to the C-5
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Not all chiropractors are created equal!

October 11, 2006
Questions from Readers
Visit the back pain blog

October 4, 2006
My Top Ten Reasons For Not Getting A Cortisone Shot
 

September 27, 2006
Questions

Q. A not so well known cause of injury and chronic pain is the positioning of the body during surgery.  Read more
Q. I have had pubic/groin pain on my left side for 9 months now. Read more
Groin Pain Intensified During Monthly Period
  Read more
Q. I have so many weird and traveling places of pain in my low back, buttocks and sitdown bones that I wonder how I could be diagnosed accurately. Read more
Q. I have a lot of scar tissue in my knee, (adhesions), I am concerned that Prolotherapy, along with building good tissue will also build scar tissue.
Q.  Prolotherapy will not interfere with adhesion or scar tissue. The Prolotherapy solution is injected at the fibro-osseous junction to stimulate production of the collagen matrix which does not create or promote adhesion formation in the body.


September 20, 2006
Neck Pain Blog
Neck Disk Herniation
Cervical Stenosis
Never Have Knee Surgery Based on an MRI Diagnosis
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT ORDERING AN MRI?
Prolotherapy and Shoulder Separation
Pain in both shoulders

September 13, 2006
The Problem with Getting Properly Diagnosed: SI strain
How To Optimize Response To Prolotherapy
Groin Pain Intensified During Monthly Period

September 6, 2006
Tailbone Pain Blogs
Back Pain Questions

August 30, 2006

MENISCUS BLOG/Knee Pain/Surgery Blog
Your SCANS Says Abnormality, But Is That The Cause of Pain?

August 23, 2006
Headaches

August 16, 2006
New Foot Pain Blog
Can Stress Stop Prolotherapy From Working?

August 9, 2006

Prolotherapy for Bursitis

Prolotherapy and Trigger Points
SACROILIAC BLOG updated

August 2, 2006
Shoulder Blogs
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT ORDERING AN MRI?
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery

July 26, 2006
Inflammation: The Key to Healing

Loose Ligaments: The Key to Solving Back Pain

July 19, 2006
Articles related to the C-5
Prolotherapy and Baker's Cyst
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Not all chiropractors are created equal!

July 12, 2006

More Q & A at the Back Pain blog
A Story of Prolotherapy and Spinal Fusion Therapy
The Importance of Sleep in Prolotherapy

July 5, 2006
Depo-Medrol: Another Good Reason to Choose Prolotherapy
Why Do I Have Chronic Pain?

June 29, 2006

My Top Ten Reasons For Not Getting A Cortisone Shot
 

How Soon Should Prolotherapy Work? How Many Times Do I Need To Come Back?
Soreness After Prolotherapy

June 21, 2006

Connective Tissue Damage
Q. Can Positioning During Surgery Cause Chronic Groin Pain? A. Read blog
June 14, 2006
acetabular labral tears

shoulder separation
Tailbone Pain Blogs

June 7, 2006
Knee Injury and Cortisone
Facet Syndrome
The Achilles Tendon & Heel Spurs

May 31, 2006
Back Pain Questions
Q. My doctor doesn’t know about Prolotherapy. He wants me to have surgery. What should I do? Read More
Q. I’m considering disc surgery. What is your opinion? Read more
Q.
I am in a lot of pain and needed to escalate my pain medication to narcotic strength. Read more
Q.
My doctor suggested an “epidural” shot for my pain. Is this a good idea? Read more
Q.
Can I see a Chiropractor? Read more
Q.
Prolotherapy Helped! Now, Which Exercises Can I Do? Read more


May 24, 2006
How Much Inflammation Should Prolotherapy Create?

Nutrition, Prolotherapy, Chronic Pain
Prolotherapy and Pseudogout

May 17, 2006
RADICULOPATHY BLOG

Never Have Knee Surgery Based on an MRI Diagnosis
Headaches

May 10, 2006
PROLOTHERAPY FOR POST-FRACTURE REHAB AND PAIN
Your SCANS Says Abnormality, But Is That The Cause of Pain?

May 3, 2006
Prolotherapy for Bursitis

Prolotherapy and Trigger Points
The Cruciate Ligaments of the Knee: ACL, MCL and PCL

April 26, 2006
ACUTE MENISCAL TEAR
Loose Ligaments: The Key to Solving Back Pain

April 12, 2006
Shoulder Blogs

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT ORDERING AN MRI?
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery

April 5, 2006
Prolotherapy and Baker's Cyst
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Not all chiropractors are created equal!

March 29, 2006
MENISCUS BLOG/Knee Pain/Surgery Blog Updated
Prolotherapy A Great Alternative Treatment For People With Rib Pain

March 22, 2006
A Story of Prolotherapy and Spinal Fusion Therapy
Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Pain

Healing Knee Injuries Without Surgery

March 15, 2006
Depo-Medrol: Another Good Reason to Choose Prolotherapy
Why Do I Have Chronic Pain?
Think Twice About Surgery for Back Pain

March 8, 2006
Prolotherapy and Shoulder Injuries
Ischial Tuberosity / Hip and Buttocks Pain
Meniscal Injury and Prolotherapy

March 1, 2006
Soreness After Prolotherapy

February 22, 2006
Connective Tissue Damage
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

February 15
, 2006
Obesity and Prolotherapy
Hip Replacement and Prolotherapy
Hip, Groin Pain and Prolotherapy


February 8, 2006
The Top Ten Conditions That Receive Prolotherapy and Why
Facet Syndrome

February 1
, 2006
Prolotherapy for Bursitis

Prolotherapy and Trigger Points

January 25, 2006
Connective Tissue Damage

Knee Injury and Cortisone
Ankle Sprains

January 18, 2006
The Achilles Tendon & Heel Spurs
Alkaline and Acidic Blood pH How Does It Effect Prolotherapy?

January 11, 2006
Read our new back pain blog!
Q. My doctor doesn’t know about Prolotherapy.
Q. I’m considering disc surgery. What is your opinion?
Q. My doctor suggested an “epidural” shot for my pain. Is this a good idea?
Q. What are the signs of spinal stenosis?
Q. Can I see a Chiropractor?
Q. Is it necessary to have an X-ray or imaging study to do Prolotherapy?
Wrist Injuries and Prolotherapy

January 4, 2006
Loose Ligaments: The Key to Solving Back Pain
Failed Back Surgery and Prolotherapy
Rest is an Ineffective Treatment for Acute Lumbar Disc Herniation

2005
Prolotherapy: An Alternative To Neck Surgery

December 21, 2005
Common Acute Shoulder Injuries
What is the Effect of Age on Healing?

December 14, 2005
POSTING AT OUR HIP PAIN BLOG
hip_pain_blog.htm
How Nutrition Can Heal Your Chronic Pain
Never Have Knee Surgery Based on an MRI Diagnosis
How Much Do Prolotherapy Injections Hurt?

November 30, 2005
Prolotherapy and Baker's Cyst
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Not all chiropractors are created equal!
Ankle Sprains

December 7, 2005
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery

November 23, 2005
Think Twice About Surgery for Back Pain
Prolotherapy a Great Alternative Treatment for Pseudogout
Prolotherapy for Post-Fracture and Rehab Pain

November 16, 2005
Prolotherapy A Great Alternative Treatment For People With Rib Pain

November 9, 2005
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Why Did this Happen to Me? How Chronic Pain Occurs

November 1, 2005
Prolotherapy Is a Great Alternative to Surgery For Radiculopathy

A Prolotherapy Nightmare
Facet Syndrome

October 26, 2005
Hip Replacement and Prolotherapy

October 19, 2005
Ankle Sprains

Hip Pain and Hip Replacement

October 12, 2005
Artificial Spinal Disk May Open New Era in Making Back Pain Worse!
The Importance of Sleep in Prolotherapy
Failed Back Surgery and Prolotherapy


October 5, 2005
Alkaline and Acidic Blood pH How Does It Effect Prolotherapy?
What Do Some Patients Do When Prolotherapy Doesn't Work?
A Difficult Case For Prolotherapy

September 21, 2005
What is the Effect of Age on Healing?
The Importance of Sleep in Prolotherapy
Failed Back Surgery and Prolotherapy


September 14, 2005
How Nutrition Can Heal Your Chronic Pain
Never Have Knee Surgery Based on an MRI Diagnosis
How Much Do Prolotherapy Injections Hurt?

September 7, 2005
Frequently Asked Questions
What's The Proof That The Prolotherapy Is Working?
What Do You Mean the Prolotherapy Worked? I Still Have Pain!
How To Optimize Response To Prolotherapy
Medical Research and Prolotherapy
Why has your doctor never heard of Prolotherapy!

August 31, 2005
Doctors Who Won't "Treat" Pain
Why has your doctor never heard of Prolotherapy!
Myofascial Pain Syndrome

August 24, 2005
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT ORDERING AN MRI?
Facet Syndrome
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery


August 17, 2005
Xyrem Helps Chronic Pain Sufferers Sleep
Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Low Back Pain and Prolotherapy

August 10, 2005
Not all chiropractors are created equal!

August 3, 2005
New Help for Ringing in the Ears!” Says Recent Women’s Magazine Article
Facet Syndrome
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery

July 27, 2005
PROLOTHERAPY: A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO NEURONTIN AND ELAVIL FOR SLEEP 
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME? HOW CHRONIC PAIN OCCURS
Rest is an Ineffective Treatment for Acute Lumbar DisC Herniation

July 20, 2005
Ankle Sprains
Hip Pain and Hip Replacement

July 13, 2005
Supraspinatous Tendinosis
Ligament Injury

July 6, 2005
What Do You Mean The Prolotherapy Worked? I Still Have Pain!
Rest is an Ineffective Treatment for Acute Lumbar Disk Herniation
The Top Conditions That Receive Prolotherapy and Why

June 29, 2005
Artificial Spinal Disk May Open New Era in Making Back Pain Worse!
The Importance of Sleep in Prolotherapy
Failed Back Surgery and Prolotherapy


June 22, 2005
The Mayo Clinic Performs Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy and Baker's Cyst
Ehlers-Danlos Syndorme (EDS) / Fibromyalgia

June 15, 2005
What Do Some Patients Do When Prolotherapy Doesn't Work?

A Difficult Case For Prolotherapy
A History of Prolotherapy


June 8, 2005
Ankle Sprains
Hip Pain and Hip Replacement

June 1, 2005
Prolotherapy and Fibromyalgia


May 25, 2005

Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Why has your doctor never heard of Prolotherapy!
Dysautonomic Polyneuropathy Helped by Prolotherapy

May 11, 2005
Xyrem Helps Chronic Pain Sufferers Sleep

Back Pain-What Is The Diagnosis?
Low Back Pain and Prolotherapy

May 4, 2005
Prolotherapy After Back Surgery
The History of Prolotherapy


April 27, 2005
The Top Conditions That Receive Prolotherapy and Why

Prolotherapy for Post-Fracture and Rehab Pain

April 20, 2005
Ligament Injury

April 13, 2005
Radiofrequency Denervation

April 6, 2005

Hip Pain and Hip Replacement
A Difficult Case - Chronic Pain / Fibromyalgia

March 30, 2005

Prolotherapy: a Great Alternative to Neurontin and Elavil for Sleep

March 23, 2005

Mayo Clinic  Promotes Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy and Baker's Cyst
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) / Fibromyalgia

March 16, 2005
Prolotherapy: A Difficult Case
Why I Do Prolotherapy
What Do Some Patients Do When Prolotherapy Doesn't Work? They Come To Caring Medical!

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Ask Dr. Hauser About Prolotherapy Or Call 708-848-7789


Dr. Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Hauser is one of the leading experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with Prolotherapy. He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters for the general public.
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