Non-Surgical Restorative Medicine
Prolotherapy
A targeted injection treatment designed to stimulate your body’s natural repair mechanisms, strengthening weakened ligaments and tendons to address chronic joint pain at its root.
Understanding Regenerative Care
What is Prolotherapy?
Restoring Tissue from Within
Prolotherapy—short for proliferation therapy—is a targeted, non-surgical injection treatment designed to stimulate your body’s natural healing mechanisms to repair weakened, torn, or damaged connective tissue.
Unlike cortisone injections or pain medications that simply mask symptoms or temporarily reduce inflammation, prolotherapy addresses the structural root of chronic joint, ligament, and tendon discomfort.
Who Is It For?
Prolotherapy is ideal for individuals suffering from chronic joint pain, ligament laxity, or soft tissue injuries that haven’t responded to rest or physical therapy. It is especially effective for patients looking to avoid invasive surgery or long-term prescription medications.
Beyond Temporary Masking
Traditional treatments like cortisone or daily anti-inflammatories work by shutting down pain signals and suppressing inflammation. While this offers quick temporary relief, it does not repair the underlying structural damage causing the pain.
True Tissue Strengthening
Prolotherapy does the exact opposite: it intentionally utilizes a mild, controlled inflammatory response to rebuild collagen. Instead of weakening tendons over time (a risk with repeated cortisone), prolotherapy actually thickens and strengthens connective tissue.
Biological Mechanism
How Prolotherapy Works
A step-by-step look at how localized biological signals activate your body’s natural tissue repair process.
1. Targeted Solution
A natural dextrose solution combined with a local anesthetic for patient comfort is precisely injected into the affected joint, ligament, or tendon attachment site.
2. Triggering the Healing Cascade
The solution creates a mild, temporary inflammatory response. This signals your immune system to send focused repair factors directly to the area.
3. Collagen & Tissue Growth
In response, specialized cells (fibroblasts) produce fresh, durable collagen fibers to rebuild weakened connective tissues.
4. Restoring Joint Stability
As new collagen matures over following weeks, targeted ligaments thicken and tighten, restoring long-term joint stability and mobility from within.
Conditions We Treat
Prolotherapy provides effective, non-surgical resolution for chronic musculoskeletal issues throughout the body.
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Back & Neck Pain
Sacroiliac (SI) joint instability, chronic lumbar sprains, cervical/lumbar spondylosis, and spinal facet joint ligament laxity.
02
Knee Conditions
Osteoarthritis, tendonitis, ligament strains, meniscus tears or degeneration, and chronic joint wear.
03
Shoulder & Elbow Pain
Rotator cuff tendinopathy, shoulder osteoarthritis, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), and golfer’s elbow.
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Ankle & Foot Issues
Recurrent ankle sprains, chronic ankle instability, Achilles tendinopathy, and persistent plantar fasciitis
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Hip & Pelvic Pain
Gluteal tendinopathy, hip joint osteoarthritis, strain injuries, and localized pelvic/hip joint laxity.
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Spinal Facet Stabilization
Focused injections along spinal segment attachments to stabilize hypermobile spinal joints and reduce localized nerve compression.