Sorry about the headline, but I have to get you to read these posts somehow!
Todays gem comes in an article by Nigel Summerly on the Daily Mail website. Prolotherapy has been around since the late 1950's. It had a bit of a rocky start when two of the early patients died after things went wrong.
Since then the procedure has been refined and made safer, in fact it is now one of the safest invasive treatments for not only back pain but chronic sacroiliac dysfunction, where the pelvic ligaments have been strained, whiplash injuries and sports injuries also, with not one serious problem for 40 years.
One of the main practitioners of this technique is Dr John Tanner, a musculoskeletal physician and sports injury specialist based in Chichester, West Sussex, one of a handful of specialists who use prolotherapy in the UK.
Prolotherapy involves injecting a fluid mixture (details in the full article) into each of the two ends of a damaged ligament near to where it joins the bone. This apparently triggers a proliferation of healthy new connective tissue in damaged areas.
This treatment, especially effective for chronic lower back pain, is described as "secret" by Dr. Tanner due to the fact so few doctors or patients know about it.
This article is worth a read. I'm not sure if I would go for it, but interesting nonetheless, and a couple of case studies show it in a positive light.
Have a look here and make up your own mind.
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