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Q. Is physical therapy or massage going to help?
Physical therapy is the major component of the orthopedist’s “conservative” approach to low back patients. The Caring Medical experience is that the results are often disappointing in chronic back pain patients.

Many acute back injuries get better by themselves. Many of these patients do take some PT, whether formally at a Physical therapy facility, or more haphazardly at a chiropractor's office, but it’s difficult to tell whether the results are any better or faster than they would be without the PT. Cases in which there is muscle weakness should have a prescribed regular program of strengthening exercises.

Prolotherapy accelerates the alleviation of pain far beyond anything that the best physical therapy could ever achieve. It does so because it is working to correct the source of the problem. Massage can make people feel better, and it does not interfere with Prolotherapy results as adjustments may do. But it works on muscles that are tightening in response to the ligament pathology underneath, so you should expect the results to be only temporary.

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Ross Hauser, M.D.
Dr. Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Hauser is the Medical Director and co-founder of the physician-run, comprehensive natural medicine clinic, Caring Medical & Rehabilitation Services in Oak Park, Illinois. Dr. Hauser is one of the leading experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with Prolotherapy. He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters for the general public. Read more
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