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Also known as Sclerotherapy, Non-Surgical Joint Reconstruction, Stimulated Ligament Repair, and Regenerative Joint Therapy or just Regenerative Therapy .
Its purpose is to stimulate the body to repair and strengthen ligaments and tendons, thereby restoring stability, improving function, and reducing pain. It has proven to be remarkably effective and remarkably safe over the years.  
It has been practised in its modern form for about 100 years, although Hippocrates performed a cruder version in ancient Greece.
It involves deep injections, and in Canada only physicians are licensed to practise it.  Significant extra training beyond medical school is required to learn to perform this valuable treatment safely and effectively.  
Think prolotherapy when manipulation or acupuncture relieves pain, but the relief is short-lived, maybe only hours or a couple of days.  
Think prolotherapy when you can walk around OK, but can't stand still for 20 minutes without pain.  
Think prolotherapy for osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis, degenerative arthritis).  
Think prolotherapy for "mechanical" back pain.  

Think prolotherapy for conditions such as
  1. Low back pain, even including those with sciatica and those resulting from pregnancy
  2. Neck pain, including whiplash injuries
  3. Cervicogenic headache (Most tension headache and migraine)
  4. Plantar fasciitis and other foot and ankle problems
  5. Shoulder problems including rotator cuff problems
  6. Hip or knee problems
  7. TMJ syndrome
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To learn more about prolotherapy you may visit these websites:

  Sites with information on prolotherapy


    Dr. Ross Hauser (Chicago)

    Dr. William Faber (Milwaukee)

    Dr. Richard Bachrach  - sadly, deceased 2010, but the site remains up and is a good source of information for prolotherapy

    K. Dean Reeves, M.D.

    American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Integrative Pain Management
                                            - formerly the American College of Osteopathic Sclerotherapeutic Pain Management

    Marc Darrow, M. D. - site contains several videos of Dr. Darrow performing prolotherapy

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More in-depth information available at these sites:

  Articles and research studies available on-line

    http://www.kalindra.com/prolotherapy.htm

    http://www.prolotherapy.com/documents.htm

    http://drreevesonline.com

    http://www.drpomeroy.com/pages/history.html - click on his "Five Year Prolotherapy Study"

* Regenerative Injection Therapy and Neural Therapy and their Roles in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
            By Robert Banner, MD
            November/December 2006 pp. 24-27 - Orthopaedic Division Review

 *  The use of regenerative injection therapy and manual therapy in a client with lumbar hypermobility
     that was non-responsive to conservative and surgical intervention
           
            By Beverley Padfield, PT
            November/December 2006 pp. 28-32 - Orthopaedic Division Review

 * articles provided with kind permission of  Orthopaedic Division Review  (www.orthodiv.org)



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Workshops for physicians
                        

    AOAPIPM - American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Integrative Pain Management  
Fall 2011 Program
October 31-November 2, 2011
Orlando, FL

Spring 2012 Training Seminar ~ Prolotherapy: Past, Present & Future
April 11-15, 2012

Naples, FL


    AAOM - American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine 
2011 AAOM Mexico Prolotherapy Workshop
Nov 5 - Nov 12, 2011
Jalisco, Mexico


    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The Anatomy, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Myofascial Pain with Prolotherapy
October 12-15, 2011
Lowell Inn and Conference Center
University of  Wisconsin -
Madison
Madison, WI


    American Academy of Musculo-Skeletal Medicine                   
                    Prolotherapy Introductory Course
February 23-25, 2012
Loews Denver Hotel
Denver, CO







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Books - for the lay public as well as professionals


    Dr. Ross Hauser (Chicago)

    Dr. William Faber (Milwaukee)


Other learning resources

     The Prolotherapy Video Library Series
            ~ put out by Kent L. Pomeroy, M.D., recipient of the 2003 AAOM Lifetime Achievement Award


     Primal Pictures - Superb interactive human anatomy

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Referrals

    in Canada:  us, of course!! - caom@rogers.com - www.caom.ca

    in USA:   AAOM - American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine

                    American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Integrative Pain Management
                                            - formerly the American College of Osteopathic Sclerotherapeutic Pain Management


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