In many patients, after a successful fracture union or treatment of major sprains in sports injuries, patients still complaints of pain. They are usually told that this pain is going to remain. This is the pain that is generated due to incomplete healing of soft tissues, tissues those have remained lax & those are not able to counteract the forces generated by the body in different activities [Ligaments of knee & shoulder, Bone tendon unit – Tennis or Golfers elbow or connective tissue problem- heel pain, ankle ligament injury]
Most of the time in such situations, steroid injections are used. But medical science has proved that steroids reduces inflammation temporarily and most of the time doesn’t not help in tissue healing. Actually it makes tissues weak if repeatedly injected. So in most of the patients, the pain reappears after few weeks to few months depending on the activity level of a patient. Prolotherapy works at the root of the problem. It makes the tissue stronger naturally & so relapse after healing is unusual. This therapy is also quite effective in early arthritis of knee or shoulder joint also because many patients have developed arthritis due to lax tissues as a result of undiagnosed previous injuries & improper treatment.
We at Aash Arthroscopy centre are using PROLOTHERAPY technique for more than 10 years now and have treated thousands of patients of chronic pain successfully. A patient might require from 2 to 4 or more injections depending on intensity of pain as well as due to damage to the tissue. For most of the patients 2 injections are sufficient. Many patients of backache are also benefitted by this simple therapy that has shown same results as PRP- another very expensive option for chronic pain. One thing is certain that there is the no side effect of this therapy. One has to have patience to get result
So next time when you are suffering from chronic pain and is tired of physiotherapy, ice application, medicines and other treatments, think about non steroidal treatment- Prolotherapy and come to us.