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GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT PROLOTHERAPY
Who Can Prolotherapy Help?

Dr. Darrow: Prolotherapy has worked for me on many parts of my body-my wrist...from a golf injury which was healed by about 50% the next day by the (Prolotherapy) injections, after that I started practicing on my patients and our clinic...has done thousands of patients, there are three of us now in the clinic doing this therapy and we have people waiting in line to have it done. 

After my wrist I did my elbows and my shoulder. I have had lots of sports injuries in my life starting out with gymnastics and high-speed water skiing and snow skiing. All the fun stuff has seemed to taken a toll on my body, tennis, you name it, so we get people in from all walks of life, not just pro athletes, being in LA we get movie stars and directors and producers too. It is really for everyone, weekend warriors, a lot of older people that have arthritis, it works great for that to regrow some of the cartilage tissue, it works for just about anything on the body that is musculo-skeletal oriented.

Are The Injections Painful, Are There Interactions?
Dr. Darrow: No, it really isn't painful at all, we use an anesthetic... before we inject and most people don't even know they got the injection. 

Dr. Gene: Is there any type of interactions with the chemicals that you use?

Dr. Darrow: No because it is really not chemical, we use dextrose, sugar. Very dilute just a small amount, less than we eat in a cracker so it has no effect on diabetes. I know that when I had it myself, and I am lucky that I can inject myself, the front part of my body at least, even though I have had my neck and my back done by other people, I sometimes fell a little stiffness afterwards but that is just about it. 

Dr. Gene: How does sugar water have a chance of solving the painful condition?

Dr. Darrow: It is a very beautiful process, it inflames the area and gives it a second chance to heal. Sort of creating a mini injury and many of these areas are sore because they don't heal up because they don't have a good blood supply to them. So we initiate a little inflammation that brings a new blood supply to the area and these inflammatory cells that grow more tissue actually rejuvenates the tissue and studies show on biopsy that the tissue, the ligaments, become 50% thicker and 200-400% stronger.
 

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11645 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA (310) 231-7000

Patient's stories herein, and the language used, is intended to inform and educate. HOWEVER, it does not imply that you or anyone else will receive the same outcome.

Prolotherapy and other modalities mentioned are medical techniques that may not be considered mainstream. As with any medical procedure, results will vary among individuals, and there could be pain or substantial risks involved. These concerns should be discussed with your health care provider prior to any treatment so that you have proper informed consent and understand that there are no guarantees to healing.

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