DARROW WELLNESS INSTITUTE
 Prolotherapy:
Non-Surgical Pain Relief Therapy
 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. If you have questions, simply contact me or call my office in Los Angeles, California (310) 231-7000
 

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Golf Injuries
Golf Today Magazine
An article on Golf injuries and Prolotherapy.

What Causes Golf Injuries?

Researchers writing in the American Journal of Sports Medicine examined what causes golf injuries.

New Radio show highlights

Cortisone injections in the shoulder of a 60 year-old-male golfer
 
Caller: My husband has had cortisone injections in his shoulder, he has a problem in his neck and now it is in his shoulder, he plays golf. The doctors told him he now has a bone spur in his shoulder.
 
After his second cortisone injection the doctors told him that this is the last one. The next time he comes in he needs an operation.
 
Dr. Darrow: Did the cortisone shot help your husband?
 
Caller: Yes
 
Dr. Darrow: Then he is a good candidate for Prolotherapy because the solution that went into his shoulder made him feel better, that means it got to the place where the pain is being generated from, while the steroid shots are a temporary answer, Prolotherapy can be a permanent answer.  

Prolotherapy can heal the area so that the pain does not come back. What we do is inject dextrose into the area as a proliferate so that it stimulates tissue growth.
 
Caller: What about the bone spur?

Dr. Darrow: You cannot look at an MRI or CT Scan and decide where the pain is coming from. Things can show up and not be causing the pain. Don’t treat the MRI.


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Chronic Shoulder Pain
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Last words
Studies have shown that the advanced technologies commonly used to diagnosis injuries are grievously insufficient to show where the pain is coming from.

This is when a Prolotherapist and his ability to reproduce pain by touching is invaluable. 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. As outlined earlier in this book, these soft tissue injuries are precisely the kinds of injury that respond so effectively to Prolotherapy.

Many of the structures inside of joints that are injured do not hurt when you press on the outer surfaces. These inner structures can also, often be healed with Prolotherapy.

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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.

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