What You Need to Know about Prolotherapy
04/05/2010 2:02
on: Health + More, Life Of Lifestyle
If you are suffering from chronic pain, you might as well try a treatment called prolotherapy or, in other terms, nonsurgical ligament reconstruction. This kind of treatment has been making quite an impression among sufferers of chronic pain.
Among individuals who can use prolotherapy as a treatment method include those that are suffering from TMJ, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyaglia, partially torn tendons, ligaments and cartilages, those who are experiencing back and neck pains, those who have acquired injuries, among others.
So, you still do not understand what prolotherapy is, right? For one, the word “prolo” actually means to proliferate, grow or form and this meaning is very much appropriate for what the treatment does and that is to help mew ligament tissues form as a replacement of the weaker old ones.
Ligaments are the structural “rubber bands” that hold bones to bones in joints. Ligaments can become weak or injured and may not heal back to their original strength or endurance. This is largely because the blood supply to ligaments is limited, and therefore healing is slow and not always complete. To further complicate this, ligaments also have many nerve endings and therefore the person will feel pain at the areas where the ligaments are damaged or loose.
Tendons are the name given to tissue which connects muscles to bones, and in the same manner tendons may also become injured, and cause pain.
Historical review shows that a version of this technique was first used by Hippocrates on soldiers with dislocated, torn shoulder joints. He would stick a hot poker into the joint, and it would then miraculously heal normally. Of course, we don’t use hot pokers today, but the principle is similarget the body to repair itself, an innate ability that the body has.
The goal of GEMt is to offer world class educational courses to manual therapists from around the globe. Initially we will achieve this by our clinical knowledge and experiences, of which we have nearly 30 years to call upon. Our courses aim to offer both clinically specific information and marketing materials to ensure satisfaction and success in the fields of dry needling therapy,trigger point dry needling,and dry needling courses. For more information, visit www.gemtinfo.com.au.
