Thank you for replying which makes me feel better! no cartilage pain but damage is all over the place. Will see prolotherapist soon

Thank you Dr. Ettedgui!

This video was very helpful in explaining this method of treatment. Thank you.

You are welcome Ms. Breland!

Very interesting, good to know there are other options for tendon tears other than surgery

Thank you! I will be explaining other regenerative techniques we use at TotalCare Health & Wellness Medical Center

Thank you - excellent explanation.

Really good video. Thank you

hi very gud explanation, i am suffering from wrist pain for 4 months was diagnosed TFCC injury, even kept immobilized for 3-4 weeks, now looking forward to prolotherapy!!!

You should visit a prolotherapist for an evaluation. If you have cartilage damage and pain, then prolotherapy can definitely help.

Excelente video!!!

Gracias!!!

Would this be useful for MPFL tear in the knee? Success rate?

Best video 📹 👌..Thankyou for this upload

Yes it can.

Can prolotherapy help with bursitis or possible mortons neuroma in ball of foot?

Often times joint swelling is due to joint instability associated with ligament weakness. In these cases, prolotherapy is effective because it strengthens the ligaments, stabilizes the joint and reduces swelling.

With that type of injury you must likely suffered a strain/sprain to the wrist area. Your pain may be secondary to wrist instability, in that case prolotherapy will help.

How can I find Doctor in my area (Colorado) that can do this Therapy?

I had 1st treatment yesterday how long until ligaments strengthen

Is it good for headaches and migraines ???

excellent video! thankyou de PMR in FL

Since 3 years ago, I start have a aching pain in the butt when sitting down and it spreads to lower back and hamstring some of the time, I seen chiropractor, acupuncture, deep tissue massage, they all didn't help. My peers do not have this problem, what could be the problem and can prolotheraphy helps ?

2 yrs ago, my phrenic nerve near left diaphragm was damaged, now i hv cartilage damages around my neck, I want to c prolotherapist BUT i dunno if it will help cuz the cartilage damages are induced by nerve damage... Should I trry??

Can prolotherapy help snapping hip syndrome?

Thank you for this! Can I use this for fibromyalgia? I tried to go to a doctor for (stem cell research) regenerative medicine and he told me there was nothing he could do for me! Greatly appreciated!

Does anyone know if prolotherapy is safe to do if someone had a Nissen fundoplication or a TIF procedure for GERD? I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome and eventually I'd like to treat my whole body with PRP injections and I was wondering if the inflammations that are created by prolotherapy could in any way disrupt the sutures or if they are anatomically very far from each other.

my chiropractor told me i tore my rotators cuff 6-8months ago and rehab therapy will get my shoulder back to ok shape. But im an athlete and i need my shoulder to be recover, he said surgery is not that need and this would be a great thing to do instead. Will this help my shoulder and get it back to normal?

I dislocated my right knee about 2years ago,kneecap popped out of place found out I have no cartilage so it keeps popping and a painful pop also it locks up when I straighten my knee,3 weeks ago it popped out again.

I've had chronic chest pain for over one year that I believe was caused by over excersizing my chest. I think its either costochondritis or slipping rib syndrome, would proloptherapy heal this pain?

Can this therapy be used on someone who has had a total joint collapse?

I know this is an old video but what do you think about using turmeric for anti inflammatory is this just as bad as nsaids when the body is trying to heal itself due to injuries

Doctor Jose, thank you for your video. I'm considering options for "runners knee" that so far hasn't responded to lots of rest, PT exercises and the like. I'm going on 9 months with little sign of improvement. Prolotherapy seems fairly new, and I read online that there's often little consistency among doctor's approaches...and that it can be hard to tell an expert from someone who decided to start offering prolotherapy because it would be profitable (and doesn't know what he/she is actually doing). How can someone tell the difference? I live far from your practice. There are 3 doctors in my area (within an hour's drive) who are listed as offering prolotherapy. But what do I even need to ask? What "warning signs" should I look for, to tell an experienced practitioner from someone who just wants to hop on the prolotherapy bandwagon?

did PRP yesterday and the pain is killing me now . I cant even walk ... what the hell

hello i start thinking about prolotherapy but if it induce inflamation that gonna cause pain and how you will manage that extra pain ?

I have been diagnosed with Rio vertebrobasilar insufficiency on the right vertebral artery. The doctor added that 'the right vertebral artery is very small' compared to the left. Would prolotherapy help a case like mine? Thanks.

Hi, I receive Prolo every 4 weeks or so for the past 2 months on my infraspinatus/rear deltoid. I last received therapy 2 days ago. Today I went to the gym and did some weight training using about 40% my normal lifting weight. My shoulder feels very sore and I feel heat and inflammation. Is this normal? And if I did go too hard/too fast is this going to negate the further healing effect and properties of the prolo treatment? Thanks very much,

Is prolotherapy a recommended treatment if patient has a co-morbid of Rheumatoid Arthritis or Gout or any other inflammatory condition of the joints?

Hello Jose, I fractured the radial head of my right arm (non displaced) 7 months ago. I'm a keen drummer and this has prevented me from drumming. I rested my arm for 4 weeks and then did my range of motion exercises for 4 months and before I felt like I could get back onto the drums. I played a couple of times and the second time I played I overdid it, and I've had an irritated arm ever since. I can hear a clicking in my arm during pronation and supination, and there is a constant dull ache in the centre of the joint capsule. It feels like the annular ligament has been disturbed but I'm not sure. I had an MRI scan and everything looks fine but I still experience a lot of pain which is frustrating. The elbow doesn't feel as structurally sound when I move it around as I can feel some very slight movement in the joint with aggravates it even more. I'm considering prolotherapy, do you think this might help? Sorry for the essay!

Is it possible to treat osteopenia by prolotherapy?

Would this or can this work in place of lisfranc surgery? I'd be willing to try this instead of plates and screws, because I don't believe in them.

Hi.I am 23 and i have arthritis on the hip.Will it help me or a total hip replacement is my only solution;;

I have very large trigger point "knots" on the inside of both my scapula causing extreme tightness in my spinal muscles which compresses my spine. My pain therapist hasn't addressed the trigger points verbally or with the injections. Wouldn't the trigger points have to be "released" before the prolo injections could do their job?

I have radiculopathy cervical region. How long does this last for that?

Doctor I have extensor tendons of my hand slack, limp and subluxations, so I can not extend my fingers, I have a lot of pain in my hand, wrist and forearm. This is a problem of laxity. I am a candidate for prolotherapy to strengthen my extensor tendons and remove pain? Thank you. The surgery could not help me.

Hi Dr. Barretto-My son suffers from facial, neck and head pain; his tongue, eyes and facial muscles twitch randomly. No one has been able to come up with a definitive diagnosis; hemi- facial spasm, torticollis, tmj syndrome have all been suggested although none seem to explain all of the symptoms.. Could prolotherapy help something like this? We live in Northern California. Could you suggest a place to go? Thank you.

i have a golfers elbow but its just above the ulnar nerve. can this help me?

sir I am college student from India and i had accident almost in June which was not so serious only my right ankle got twisted I got inflamiation and I went to doctor x Ray confirmed that I don't have a bone injury and it's just a sprain but doctor told me to have plaster and I had and after 15 days he opend that and the pain was their and then pain was their actually then I showed to another doctor he said it's ligament injury sir it's almost November 5 months and their is always a mild pain when I get up from my bed in morning and remain almost whole day the pain is not intense but above all sir I am not able concentrate on any of thing plzz help me out sir.

Hey I Have chondromalacia in both knees ..can prolotherepy help me ?

Can prolotherapy reduce extension in my hitchhiker thumb ? (i'm born with hitchhiker thumb and i don't have pain..i want to reduce extension becouse i have loose grip)

How long does it take to work for loose ligaments

So you're telling me that I shouldn't apply ice nor should I take NSAIDs for sprains or muscoskeletal injuries? Is this covered by most insurance?

Why the disturbing music?

Sooo the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

I watched the video - so what is prolotherapy?

Hi Dr. Barreto, I'm Dr. Daniel Wang from Taiwan, vice president of Taiwan Association of Prolotherapy and Regenerative Medicine (TAPRM). We've been to HHF and AAOM, and really want to publicize this great technique and treatment. We've also invented Dr. Stanley Lam, Dr. Lenny Horwitz, Dr. John Lyftogt to Taiwan for many wonderful workshops. In order to make people here understand prolo, may I ask for your authorization to translate this video into Madarin? Here is our FB page: facebook.com/ProloTW Thank you.

WHY the whistling ??? It is very annoying.

Just be advised that the success rate for prolotherapy is only 80-90% I have had extensive treatments, (15), and my knee didn't get completely better. I was lied to about a lot of things by the receptionist during my treatments.

A 15 year old wouldn't have gone to all the other videos about Prolotherapy, so why didn't you? It wasn't the delivery that you should be focused on but the message. I think that what you needed more was a cup of coffee so you can complain about who made it.

Prolotherapy is given to candidates who suffer from arthritis and people who are in constant pain and in an inflammatory state, this video does not talk about that all, very disappointed..

Theres no proof though

Prolotherapy as effective joint treatment has nothing to do with dextrose. It has NOTHING to do with inflammation. Also tendons and ligaments are not treated to regenerate due to pain. WRONG information. These are all OLD and wrong theories. Although this video is 9 years old, it’s still up!!! STOP promoting wrong theories. It’s the stimulation by microinjury to the tendons and ligaments that inform them to regenerate, as occurs with actual injury. Platelets stop the bleeding at the injection sites (shallow and deep) and call on growth factors to regenerate all microinjured tissue. Inflammation is an unrelated concomitant due to the microinjury but it is not AT ALL the reason the platelets begin the regenerative process. In fact inflammation gets in the way of healing and only lasts a couple of days with microinjury vs actual injury. Adding whole platelets (PRP) is beneficial for the work to be done to heal and regenerate as more regeneration occurs with additional whole platelets. With a sufficient number of treatments, the tissues are both strong and flexible again vs weak and stiff. Pain is not the cause of weak joints, thinned down and injured ligaments and tendons is the reason AND THE ONLY reason. Ligaments and tendons do not regenerate on their own after degeneration starts. This is the SOLE reason for prolotherapy. In terms of what is in the syringe, it could be saline, sugar, or it could be nothing. Dextrose helps a tiny bit in that the body recognizes that when there is injury, sugars are released. This is simply a small stimulant to the body to do what it is going to do anyway after injury. Let’s get the right information to the public! Good art though, maybe you should go into art?

I wish they would have had a more straightforward way of presenting this.. I don't like the drawing and the cartoonish stuff ..it always gives me the impression they're trying to reach an audience of 15 year olds because lot of people are dumb down nowadays.