Prolotherapy:
Non-Surgical Pain Relief Therapy
DARROW
WELLNESS INSTITUTE
My
name is Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D. and I can
imagine that if you are visiting this site
you or someone you know, is suffering from
chronic joint pain, and, that you are
interested in learning more about your
options, including
Prolotherapy.
As a
board-certified physician, I have used
Prolotherapy with thousands of my patients
that struggle with back pain, neck pain,
ankle pain, shoulder pain,
knee pain,
headaches and more to help them
avoid surgery and go on to
live pain-free.
About Dr.
Darrow
If you have questions, simply
contact me
or call my office in Los Angeles, California
(310) 231-7000
At
Darrow Wellness Institute
our
philosophy
on healthcare is to assist our patients in their healing process
on many levels beyond just the physical.
Although our training
teaches us to focus on the physical body as the cause of pain
and disease, we have found that many of our physical problems
stem from and
are
modulated by emotional, mental, psychological, and spiritual
issues. Our patients are taught to create the concept and
feeling of health. We often have to remove a person's diagnosis
that he or she has been branded with by other doctors.
Not all people
heal on the same
schedule or in
the same way.
We
provide a
healing model
with a loving
environment. We
don't deal in
disease; we deal
in healing,
which is an
active process.
If you have
questions,
simply
contact us
or call
our office in Los Angeles, California
(310) 231-7000
Prolotherapy
for
Knee Pain Learn more about Prolotherapy and knee pain including
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Meniscal injury
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knee
replacement
option
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ACL
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Cartilage damage
When the doctor says:
"I am recommending surgery, ultimately you will probably need a knee
replacement due to the damage in there." There are two choices to
make...one, accept your destiny and continue to live with an
unstable and painful knee until the surgeon calls, or find a
solution to your pain now.
Prolotherapy injections have
been instrumental in
avoidance of needless knee
surgeries in my Los Angeles
clinic. Many of my patients
have already had one or two
or three knee surgeries by
the time they see me in
hopes of avoiding a knee
replacement.
Accuracy of MRIs?
Diagnosis of knee injuries is, in my
opinion, too dependant on many large
machines and invasive techniques. Your knee
hurts so you visit the orthopedist, here he
uses his tools to figure out why your knee
hurts. While some of these tools are very
impressive indeed, are they accurate?
Cartilage
Damage
Removing
tissue from your knee through surgical
intervention can only make your knee weaker
in the long run and prone to arthritis
because removal of tissue decreases the
shock absorption capabilities built in to
protect the knee.
Before Prolotherapy
Bone-On-Bone
After Prolotherapy
space between bone
Prolotherapy
Peer-Reviewed and Scientific Articles
and Abstracts
The Medical Rationale for
Prolotherapy
Millions of
Prolotherapyinjections
are given each year. But does it work? Numerous articles have
been published, (some of the more important ones are listed
below) to determine just that. Is Prolotherapy a placebo?
According to the published research, Prolotherapy is not a
placebo, Prolotherapy stimulates healing. Articles from medical publications
If you can put your finger on the exact spot that is causing the
pain, then there is a high probability that you are a candidate for
shoulder Prolotherapy
since most shoulder problems involve
the soft tissues—muscles, ligaments,
and
tendons—rather
than the bones.
Prolotherapy to the Hip One of the most interesting parts of the body to treat with
Prolotherapy is the hip. The reason is that most people
mistakenly call different parts of the body, the hip.
The hip can be:
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iliolumbar
ligamentinjury
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greater trochanteric bursa
The "hip" may actually be the hip joint or the ligaments that hold
the hip in place in the pelvis (in the acetabulum).
I can't remember one instance that I have
recommended neck surgery. Prolotherapy
injection treatment has been successful in
ending the neck pain and the arm pain, no matter
what the diagnosis is.
TMJ,
Headache
There are
so many different types of headaches, and it
is very difficult for anybody to figure out
what category a headache will fit into. When
we get patients in our clinic, we hear
everybody say that they have migraine
headaches, but they are not really migraine
headaches. There are tension type headaches,
inflammatory headaches, people get headaches
from sinus infections, they get headaches
from neck problems, from
TMJ.
Wrist pain was no stranger to me
after years of gymnastics, tennis,
skiing, golfing,
surfing, weight lifting, and a
myriad of other sports. But this
time was different. The pain mounted
as the night went on. I avoided a
"deadly cortisone shot" offered by
my orthopedic surgeon friends, and
surgery was out of the question.
Prolotherapy to the Elbow
Tennis Elbow for the most part is an overuse syndrome. As a
tennis injury it
occurs for the most part because of the backhand is not
performed correctly. That is to keep the elbow more in an
extended position, those beginners or players who do not
have proper technique down, will bend the elbow when they
are ready to hit the ball and then they will straighten it
out. This causes quite a bit of overuse strain.
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Tennis elbow
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Overuse Syndrome
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Ligament damage
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Radio Show
on Elbow Pain
Prolotherapy Workshop Part 1 Prolotherapy
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Introduction to
Prolotherapy
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Acute vs. Chronic Pain
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Narcotic medications,
painkillers
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Muscle spasms
medications
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MRI's are they
accurate?
Part 2
Prolotherapy
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Taking away the
diagnosis
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More side effects of
painkillers
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Dr. Darrow's wrist injury
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Prolotherapy injections
ingredients
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Where are the
injections given
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Trigger points
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History of
Prolotherapy
Part 3
Prolotherapy
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The 100 day cycle
of healing with Prolotherapy
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Bone-on-bone arthritis in the knee
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Number of treatments and number of injections
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Success rate with Prolotherapy
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Dr. Darrow's own failed shoulder surgery
Prolotherapy Workshop Part 4
Prolotherapy
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Prolotherapy
Research
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Rheumatoid Arthritis example
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Dr. Darrow's headaches
Part 5 Prolotherapy
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Prolotherapy research
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What is Prolotherapy
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What are in the injections?
Fibromyalgia
Video Workshop Workshop Part 1
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Non-restorative sleep
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cognitive issues,
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irritable bladder,
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chronic headache
Workshop Part 2
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Lab testing
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
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Symptom Syndrome Overlap
Workshop Part 3
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Why is Fibromyalgia hard to treat?
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Fibromyalgia and chronic pain
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Adrenal fatigue and Fibromyalgia
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Looking at hormones
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Inflammatory foods
Workshop Part 4
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Hormones and Fibromyalgia
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Sleep
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Fibromyalgia treatment
Workshop Part 5
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Fibromyalgia and
Prolotherapy
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Healing muscle and joint pain
Age Management Medicine
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Darrow Wellness Institute
11645 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA (310) 231-7000
Patient's stories herein, and the language
used, is intended to inform and educate. HOWEVER, it does not imply
that you or anyone else will receive the same outcome.
*
Prolotherapy and other modalities mentioned are
medical techniques that may not be considered mainstream. As with
any medical procedure, results will vary among individuals, and
there could be pain or substantial risks involved. These concerns
should be discussed with your health care provider prior to any
treatment so that you have proper informed consent and understand
that there are no guarantees to healing.
Neither
Dr. Darrow,
nor any associate of the Darrow Wellness Institute offer medical advice on this
website. This information is offered for educational purposes only.
Do not act or rely upon our information without seeking independent
professional medical advice. The transmission of this information
does not create a physician-patient relationship between you and
Dr. Darrow
or any associate of the Darrow Wellness Institute. Neither Dr. Darrow, nor any
associate of the Darrow Wellness Institute guarantees the accuracy, completeness,
usefulness, or adequacy of any resources, information, apparatus,
product, or process available at or from this transmission. The
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do not depict real patients.
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