Prolotherapy and PRP

PROLOTHERAPY and PRP

Prolotherapy is the general name for local injection methods applied to the areas where the ligaments attach to the bone. Using special needle tips, solutions specific to the disease are applied to tissue that is damaged or whose function is impaired. Stem cell and growth factors are stimulated at the injection site and tissue repair is aimed. The prepared solutions may be a nutrient-like mixture that creates a special stimulus, as well as PRP or CGF sera prepared by centrifugation from the person’s own blood. In the treatment of common musculoskeletal pain, such as herniated disc, neck hernia, knee calcification, meniscus tears and shoulder injuries; It is a treatment method that can be successful by providing permanent healing of the main damage causing pain. Rest, drug therapy, is an important healing option that must be evaluated before surgery in acute and chronic pain that does not pass with physical therapy.

Platelets, that is, platelet cells, are cells containing growth factors that repair the damaged vessels and other tissues in our body that cause blood to clot. High density and effective growth factors in PRP, which are obtained in a concentrated manner, provide collagen production and the formation of new capillaries.

Thus, tissue repair and renewal is provided.

Diseases Cured by Prolotherapy and PRP

• Joint calcification
• Neck, back, low back pain,
• Neck hernia
• Herniated disc
• Recurrent headaches and migraines,
• Joint injuries caused by sports injuries
• Knee pain: Gonarthrosis, meniscus tear
• Tennis player-golfer elbow
• Shoulder pain and dull shoulder,
• Carpal tunnel syndrome (nerve compression)
• Avascular necrosis: Disruption of the bone due to insufficient blood flow
• Pain that does not go away after foot and ankle sprains
• Heel spur,
• Scoliosis (Spinal curvatures)
• Coccyx pain
• Fibromyalgia (Soft tissue rheumatism)
• Jaw joint problems
  
  

What Should Be Considered After Prolotherapy Application?

Prolotherapy is a treatment method that uses the body’s healing mechanisms. Physician patient cooperation is very important for the improvement and quality. In this process, enough water should be drunk, attention should be paid to nutrition, and sugar, simple carbohydrates and processed foods with additives should be avoided.

Increased pain for 3 days in the application area after prolotherapy injection and mild joint swelling, temperature increase and limited movement of the joints are normal, and even desired findings, since they show the healing process. It is important that the patient regularly applies hot to the application area and does not use any paracetamol medication to control the pain. Other pain relievers other than paracetamol and cortisone disrupt the effectiveness of treatment. Taking food supplements prescribed during prolotherapy will also contribute positively to your treatment.

Prolotherapy is a healing process. Patient-physician relationship and compliance of the patient to the treatment sessions and process is very important. But at the end of this process, a very serious treatment success such as 80% is seen in chronic pain. Prolotherapy is an alternative to surgery that provides permanent recovery by providing treatment for the cause of pain.