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Q. Prolotherapy and
Shoulder Separation
I have a grade three
shoulder separation now in its
ninth
week. I have received weekly physical therapy, assisted release therapy
and acupuncture. I have a very good diet and have supplemented it with
mega doses of vitamins and nutrients. I have very good range of motion according to both my
PT and ART treatment providers. I agree with them.
The first follow up
session with my orthopedic surgeon, who is very conservative agrees with
them. My next and I believe my final exam will be next week. I
discussed
Prolo with him and even though he believes in the concept, he
feels I do not need it because of my level of recovery/repair. I "feel"
the injury periodically depending on the movement.
Three
questions, 1) Where should I be in the recovery/repair process after 9
weeks 2) How do I know other than through an
MRI that the
ligament is
healed. 3) Can PROLO help me at this point considering I'm 9 weeks into
recovery.
A. Anyone
with grade 3 separation in my opinion isn't going to heal all the way in
regards to strength in the tissues without Prolotherapy. You injured,
stretched, and/or torn a ton of ligament tissue and I don't care how
healthy you are...if it was me I would have received about 3
Prolotherapy treatments by now...if you had you probably would know the
difference, your shoulder would be a lot stronger...so the answer is a
resounding yes get at least three sessions of Prolotherapy. In regard
to the MRI, please refer to this article
MRI
"MRI's why we don't rely on them."
Answer by
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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