Prolotherapy's regeneration of hip cartilage
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Hip Pain
Highlights From the Marc Darrow, M.D.,J.D. Radio Show

Caller:  I have been having pain in my right hip joint, and it gets worse when I walk a long distance or when I exercise, what can I do for that?

Dr. Darrow: First of all let’s try to localize what you call your right hip joint, is it next to your groin in the front or is it on the side of your side or in your back.

Caller: It is on the side.

Dr. Darrow: Typically it is not the hip joint that causes that type of problem, it is more of what we call a bursitis of the Greater Trochanter which is a piece of the thigh bone or the femur which juts out a little bit.

A bursa, which is a little, fluid filled sac, sits on top of that and protects the muscles from rubbing on the bone, and people who walk a lot, get a little inflammation there.

There are several things that can be done, there are studies that show that B-12 injections daily, a very small amount can help.

It is a fairly conservative way to go because B-12 is excreted through the urine if there is too much.

Some people take anti-inflammatory medications, I am not a believer in them because I like to see the body restructure and heal itself rather than just “put the flame out.”

What I like to do with that area is use Prolotherapy which is the stimulation, naturally to produce more collagen and bring the tissue back to its pre-injury state and rejuvenate it.

Another Caller
Caller: I have this bone-on-bone arthritic hip and I was wondering how you would treat that.

Dr. Darrow: What we do with people who have bone-on-bone arthritis in the hips is work on the supporting ligaments of the hip, there are some very large ligaments that support that big joint. Many times by stabilizing those ligaments the pain will go away.

We can do a diagnostic injection around the ligaments to see if that reduces your pain, if it does, then we know the Prolotherapy will help you.

Gluteus, Hip, and Neck Pain
Caller: I have been having this pain in my hip right where my gluteus and my hip are, and it is really sharp, hot, piercing pain, and I have been told that it is related to a pain I get in the nape of my neck, can you explain to me why I am having this type of pain?

Hip and Groin Pain
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Chronic Groin Pain
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Hip and Knee Joints of Former Elite Marathon Runners
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