Prolotherapy
Peter & Dr. Darrow
Dr. Marc Darrow, MD, JD
The term “Prolotherapy” is short for “proliferation therapy.”
Proliferation, of course, means “rapid production.” What Prolotherapy rapidly and naturally stimulates is the production of collagen and cartilage. Collagen is a naturally occurring structural protein in the body that is a necessary element for the formation of connective tissue—the tissues that hold our skeletal infrastructure together. These tissues include cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscle, and muscle fascia, and joint capsular tissue.
Prolotherapy stimulates collagen growth through a series of injections, not of collagen, but of mild chemical or natural irritants such as dextrose. Yes sugar water. This stimulates the immune system’s healing mechanism to produce collagen naturally. This process rejuvenates the soft tissue and can heal headaches, neck and back pain, tears in the rotator cuff of the shoulder, meniscal tears in the knee, elbow, wrist, and hand pain, arthritis, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, and foot and toe pain.
Marc Darrow, MD, JD
Assistant Clinical Professor UCLA School of Medicine
(310) 231-7000
www.DrDarrow.com
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SIDE NOTE: I had a total of four injections of the “sugar shot” with Dr. Darrow and I can’t tell you what a difference this has made for my life. For the first time in 20 years I had no pain in my knee throughout the Winter and my arthritis has disappeared. – Peter Bedard, MA, C.Ht.
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Wow! that was very interesting, I’m going to check it out to see how it affects people with Scleroderma.
Wow! I’m going to check it out to see how it affects people with Scleroderma
Does it work with spinal stenosis, bludging discs, degenerative discs, siatica, osteoarthritis?
How long do the shots take the pain away for? Months, years, forever?
Do you take Blue Shield?
Do you inject into the disc area, where the bones are touching because of bone degeneration? Does this build up the disc?
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