Emails from Ken Allen

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First email: I just wanted to say thanks for your article online about the detrimental effects of RICE treatment and NSAIDs on ligament and tendon healing. I came across your article after suffering terrible extensor tendonitis in my right foot, while ramping up mileage too quickly in marathon training. I followed your advice, skipped the ice more »

Letter from Scott Greenberg, MD

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Scott Greenberg MD practices Prolotherapy in Cheery Hill, New Jersey Why can’t conventional medicine find your pain? Pain is often misunderstood and mismanaged in traditional medical settings. While many of us hurt or have hurt to various degrees during our lifetime, there is no traditional test to ‘quantify’ our pain, nor does the series of happy and more »

Chris Ferrigno, MS, PT

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Chris Ferrigno is a physical therapist in Chicago, Illinois where he works in outpatient orthopedics. He received his Masters of Physical Therapy in 1999 from the Medical College of Georgia and his Bachelors of Science in Education in 1995 from the University of Georgia. Chris is an avid athlete. His athletic accomplishments include finishing the Ironman more »

Kimberly A. Gruen, BA

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Kimberly A. Gruen attended University of Wisconsin at La Crosse and received her BA in elementary education. Kim has worked in pre-K education as well as the retail industry and currently works on the administrative team at Caring Medical and Rehabilitation Services in Oak Park, IL where she contributes to many areas, including bibliography research, more »

Practical Application of Prolotherapy in Canines: Case Studies

Posted on Posted in Babette Gladstein, VMD, Four-Legged Prolotherapy, Volume 1 : Issue 3 : August 2009

By Babette Gladstein, VMD ABSTRACT Prolotherapy is easily incorporated into the modern veterinary practice and can often obviate the need for orthopedic surgery. This article provides six case reviews of animals successfully treated with Prolotherapy. Journal of Prolotherapy. 2009;1(3):179-180. The current surge of interest in Prolotherapy—for humans and animals—is gratifying. As a holistic veterinarian and Prolotherapy practitioner more »

Building a Rationale for Evidence-Based Prolotherapy in an Orthopedic Medicine Practice: Part IV: Diagnosing Linked Prolotherapy Targets by Applying a Data-based Biotensegrity Model

Posted on Posted in Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA, Teaching Techniques, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011

By Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA Patients with sacral dysfunction routinely present sequentially-linked targets for Prolotherapy of varying severity from the plantar arch to the nuchal line. Part I of this series presented the logical development of Prolotherapy, highlighting Empirical, Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive analytical reasoning (IDEA).1 Part II discussed the application of the IDEA-based Scientific Method more »

Interview with Sherman O. Canapp Jr., DVM, MS, CCRT

Posted on Posted in Four-Legged Prolotherapy, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Sherman O. Canapp Jr., DVM, MS, CCRT, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011

By Ross A. Hauser, MD & Sherman O. Canapp Jr., DVM, MS, CCRT Dr. Canapp and assistant assessing a patient. Hauser: Dr. Canapp, as many of our readers know, another name for Prolotherapy is regenerative injection therapy. Could you tell us how you ended up getting interested in regenerative stem cell therapy? Canapp: I came across it in two different more »

Nutritional Support for Soft Tissue Healing

Posted on Posted in Margaret E. Taylor, MBBS, BSC, FACNEM, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011, Wonder Why?

By Margaret E. Taylor, MBBS, BSC, FACNEM ABSTRACT People who heal well obviously differ in some important way from those who we see with chronic non-healing lesions. The distinguishing feature is primarily the effectiveness of the healing cascade. Unless the factors contributing to this are considered, the outcome of Prolotherapy will also be affected. Research shows more »

Stem Cell Prolotherapy in Regenerative Medicine: Background, Theory and Protocols

Posted on Posted in Donna Alderman, DO, Gerald R. Harris, DO, Patrick C. Astourian, MS, PA-C, Robert W. Alexander, MD, DMD, FICS, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011, Wonder Why?

By Donna D. Alderman, DO, Robert W. Alexander, MD, DMD, FICS, Gerald R. Harris, DO, & Patrick C. Astourian, MS, PA-C ABSTRACT Prolotherapy is a proven technique for resolving musculoskeletal pain, but can have limitations if tissue damage is too severe. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Prolotherapy offers a physiologic tool in some of those cases, but this too may more »

Autologous Fat Grafts as Mesenchymal Stromal Stem Cell Source for use in Prolotherapy: A Simple Technique to Acquire Lipoaspirants

Posted on Posted in Robert W. Alexander, MD, DMD, FICS, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011, Wonder Why?

ABSTRACT Objectives: Background for use of autologous adipose tissue as a source of adult progenitor (stem) cells for use in Prolotherapy. Present a means of lipoaspiration to harvest adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (AD-MSC) and the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) for use in Prolotherapy and regenerative medical applications by non-plastic surgeons. Design: Explain the patented super luer-lok and more »

Prolotherapy and the Dilemma of Finding the Right Diagnosis

Posted on Posted in In the Spotlight, Jörn Funck, MD, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011

By Jörn Funck, MD If Prolotherapy is really as successful as always reported why is there only such a small group of experts existing all over the world? Dr. Hemwall, one of the pioneers of Prolotherapy once replied, “because it is too simple.” I agree with him on this point. Giving the precise injections is not more »

Stem Cell Prolotherapy is off to a Good Start

Posted on Posted in Great News Corner, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Volume 3 : Issue 3 : August 2011

By Ross A. Hauser, MD At the American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Integrative Pain Management (AOAPIPM) meeting, April 7th-10th, in Naples, Florida, Donna Alderman, DO introduced the topic of Stem Cell Prolotherapy. The technique she utilizes was developed with the help of Robert W. Alexander, MD and involves the use of autologous adipose tissue as a source of more »

Building a Rationale for Evidence-Based Prolotherapy in an Orthopedic Medicine Practice: Part III: A Case Series Report of Chronic Back Pain Associated with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Treated by Prolotherapy – A Six Year Prospective Analysis

Posted on Posted in Degenerative Disc Disease, Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011

By Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA As we delve into what we initially perceive as the truth, It usually becomes “curiouser and curiouser.” Part I of this series discussed the evolution of medical scientific thinking. It visited the historical progression of Empirical, Deductive, Inductive, and Abductive reasoning (a suitable acronym being “IDEA”), using a low back pain patient more »

Prolotherapy of the Arcuate Ligament of the Knee

Posted on Posted in Ross A. Hauser, MD, Teaching Techniques, Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011

By Ross A. Hauser, MD While most physicians and lay people know terms such as the anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate signify ligaments of the knee, most are not as familiar with the term arcuate ligament. The arcuate ligament is a Y-shaped condensation of collagen fibers that courses from the fibular head, over the popliteus to more »

Veterinary Case Studies

Posted on Posted in Babette Gladstein, VMD, Four-Legged Prolotherapy, Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011

By Babette Gladstein, VMD Multi joint Prolotherapy cases are common occurrences in the Canine. Many injuries and pathologies respond extremely well to treatments when several joints are treated verses just the site of primary injury. OSIRUS – 11 YEAR-OLD MALE NEUTER PIT BULL POLYARTHRITIS, PROLOTHERAPY, AND PIT BULLS This is not a tongue twister, but a more »

Office-Based Harvest of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Tibial Intraosseous Cannulation: Part I

Posted on Posted in Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011, Wonder Why?

By Harry Adelson, ND ABSTRACT A recent development in regenerative medicine is the use of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of degenerative musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis. While the use of autologous stem cells is of immediate interest to all practitioners of regenerative medicine, the complexity and expense of the traditional technique more »

Sacroiliac 201: Dysfunction and Management A Biomechanical Solution

Posted on Posted in Richard L. Dontigny, PT, Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011, Wonder Why?

By Richard L. Dontigny, PT ABSTRACT A commonly overlooked, reversible biomechanical vulnerability of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) makes them subject to injury even through minor trauma. When the sacrum is loaded with the superincumbent weight, the pelvis is symmetrical and the line of gravity is posterior to the transverse acetabular axis, the pelvis has limited motion more »

Neural Prolotherapy

Posted on Posted in Adam D. Weglein, DO, DABMA, Volume 3 : Issue 2 : May 2011

By Adam D. Weglein, DO, DABMA ABSTRACT There are many new developments in the world of regenerative Orthopedic Medicine. One innovative treatment option is called Neural Prolotherapy. Traditional Prolotherapy has focused on ligament-tendon healing, and has shown to be a powerful treatment modality. With Neural Prolotherapy, however we shift our focus to the subcutaneous nerves as more »