Prolotherapy Injections
March 17, 2011 by Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D.
Filed under Prolotherapy Treatment Information
Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D., J.D.
The Injections
Unlike the cosmetic use of collagen that requires injecting bovine collagen into the skin to rejuvenate and restore a more youthful appearance, Prolotherapy stimulates your body to produce its own collagen—rejuvenating and rebuilding your body’s infrastructure and giving you a more youthful and pain-free vigor.
The ingredients used in Prolotherapy consist of a variety of tested, refined and researched compounds that have been successful in helping alleviate chronic pain.
At our practice at Darrow Sports & Wellness Institute we use a mild dextrose solution in most of our cases.
Our practice emphasizes patient comfort. Injections are injections and there are people who dislike them, fear them, even get queasy from them.
We make every effort to minimize pain and reduce the stress associated with injections.
Where most Prolotherapists use a long, thick needle, we use a short, very thin needle. This has a significant impact on reducing discomfort. Additionally, we use anesthesia spray. In a future article we will delve into this aspect of Prolotherapy Injections in more detail.
Nearly all pain associated with an injection occurs at the point where the needle enters the skin.
A quick spray from a “derma jet,” or cold spray, numbs the skin before injections so the patient may not even feel it.
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