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Fantastic
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A Retrospective Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose
Prolotherapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain at an Outpatient Charity
Clinic in Rural Illinois
Ross A. Hauser, MD
& Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD
The optimal long-term, symptomatic therapy for chronic shoulder pain
has not been established. Accordingly, we investigated the outcomes of patients
undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for unresolved shoulder
pain at a charity clinic in rural Illinois. We studied a sample of 94 patients
with an average of 53 months of unresolved shoulder pain that were treated quarterly
with Prolotherapy. An average of 20 months following their last Prolotherapy
session, patients were contacted and asked numerous questions in regard to their
levels of pain and a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, as well
as activities of daily living, before and after their last Prolotherapy treatment.
The results of this study showed that patients had a statistically significant
decline in their level of pain, stiffness, and crunching sensations (crepitation),
to the p<.0000001 level with Prolotherapy, including the 39% of patients who
were told by their medical doctors that there were no other treatment options
for their pain and the twenty-one percent who were told that surgery was their
only option. Over 82% of all patients experienced improvements in sleep, exercise
ability, anxiety, depression, and overall disability with Prolotherapy. Ninety-seven
percent of patients received pain relief with Prolotherapy. Conclusion: In this
study, patients with chronic shoulder pain reported significant improvements
in many clinically relevant parameters and overall quality of life after receiving
Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy.
Journal of Prolotherapy. 2009;4:205-216.
KEYWORDS: alternative to shoulder surgery, shoulder pain, ligament injury, Prolotherapy,
rotator cuff tear, rotator cuff tendinopathy, tendinosis. |
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