Cervical Spine Injuries Literature Reviews

Posted on Posted in Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA, It's A Wide Wide World, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA Cervical Spine Whiplash Injuries and Prolotherapy Case Study: On 9 December 1945, General George S. Patton and his chief of staff were being driven in a sedan near Mannheim, Germany, with Patton sitting on the right side of the back seat. A US Army 2½-ton truck, traveling in the opposite more »

Why I Switched from Orthopedic Surgery to Prolotherapy

Posted on Posted in It's A Wide Wide World, Jörn Funck, MD, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Jörn Funck, MD The journey In 1975, after I finished my clinical education as an orthopedic surgeon, I opened my private office as an orthopedist in Luebeck, Germany. In those days the possibilities to operate were not so good for young orthopedic surgeons. Big operations, like hip replacements, were done only in the large public more »

It Happens Every March in Honduras: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Hemwall Honduran Program

Posted on Posted in Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA, It's A Wide Wide World, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA ABSTRACT The Hackett-Hemwall Foundation organizes a medical mission training course every March. JOP columnist and Prolotherapist, Gary B. Clark, MD, MPA, reviews the fortieth anniversary of the Hemwall Honduran program, which occurred in March 2009. The HHF course is the largest Prolotherapy training program of its kind. This physician group more »

Shoulder Prolotherapy Injection Technique

Posted on Posted in Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD, Teaching Techniques, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Rodney S. Van Pelt, MD As with other joints in the body, Prolotherapy is routinely the preferred treatment option for chronic shoulder pain/injury. Prolotherapy can be used successfully for treating most chronic injuries of the shoulder including rotator cuff injuries and tears, arthritis, sprains, and AC separation. Prolotherapy is 85-90% successful in stimulating healing of more »

Prolotherapy Under C-Arm Fluoroscopy

Posted on Posted in Christopher J. Centeno, MD, Teaching Techniques, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Christopher J. Centeno, MD pain management traditionally has focused on the use of C-arm fluoroscopy to inject the spine. Fluoroscopy is a real time X-ray designed to allow the physician to guide a needle into a specific location. (See Figure 1.) While Prolotherapy has been performed without the use of imaging guidance, our training in more »

Non-Operative Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Three Part Article from the Approach of a Physiatrist, Chiropractor, and Physical Therapists

Posted on Posted in Glen M. Batson, DC, Remarkable Recoveries, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Ross A. Hauser, MD, Glen M. Batson, DC, & Chris Ferrigno, MS, PT ABSTRACT The painful condition resulting from soft tissue damage and degenerative disc changes causing pressure on a cervical nerve root is called cervical radiculopathy. It often produces agonizing neck pain, a burning sensation, along with numbness radiating down the arms, shoulder blades, and back, more »

A Retrospective Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic in Rural Illinois

Posted on Posted in Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Ross A. Hauser, MD & Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD ABSTRACT 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 more »

A History of the American College of Osteopathic Sclerotherapeutic Pain Management, the Oldest Prolotherapy Organization

Posted on Posted in Donna Alderman, DO, In the Spotlight, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Donna Alderman, DO ABSTRACT Modern Prolotherapy evolved from the insights and courage of a few doctors in the early part of the 1900s. These pioneers would then form groups to teach others, share knowledge, and improve techniques. The earliest record of such a group started as the American Society of Herniologists in 1926, now known more »

It Isn’t About Pain Management, It Is About Pain Resolution

Posted on Posted in Great News Corner, Ross A. Hauser, MD, Volume 1 : Issue 4 : November 2009

By Ross A. Hauser, MD Welcome to our fourth Journal of Prolotherapy issue! Wow, it is packed! We have received a wonderful array of great comments from our readers. I wanted to share a few of these emails/ correspondences. Scott Greenberg, MD, was nice enough to send us this: “Why can’t conventional medicine find your pain? Pain is often more »