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Prolotherapy for the
Achilles Tendon
Mark was an avid
runner and softball player who was struggling with painful Achilles
tendonitis. The pain was present for over a year and after no relief
from
cortisone shots or electrical stimulation.
At Mark’s first visit
Dr. Hauser examined his Achilles tendon and assured him that
Prolotherapy would be a good treatment for his pain. Mark had one
treatment and returned three weeks later feeling 25% better. He was able
to cycle up to eight miles and noticed that he recovered much better
after biking than he had before his first treatment. After his second
treatment, Mark continued to cycle and was able to take a hiking trip
that was pain free. While Mark was very happy with being able to cycle
and hike, he was still unable to run.
Mark’s case is a
perfect example of why Prolotherapy is a great option for athletic
injuries. While an injury may take an athlete out of a particular sport,
Prolotherapy can provide the gradual recovery that allows an athlete to
remain active and even continue in their sport until a full recovery is
achieved. The average number of treatments needed is 3-6, and only once
per month, which is convenient compared to surgical recovery time. Is an
injury keeping you from the activity or sport you love most? It’s time
to rid yourself of pain and get back at it!
Give us a call today to get on the fast track to healing. In addition to the Prolotherapy,
proper
stretching of the muscles of the lower leg is also helpful. Correction
of this problem will also involve evaluation of the gait in order to determine
if there are other factors that may be perpetuating this problem, such as
other
ligament weakness, skeletal malalignments, or muscular imbalances.
However, the most important factor in curing
sports injuries is to stimulate
the regeneration of the injured tissue by Prolotherapy. The Achilles Tendon: The Weak Link for Many Athletes The Achilles tendon is the
largest
tendon of the human body and is one of the most commonly injured
tendons in sports. It is the tendon responsible for plantar flexing of the
foot, which is how athletes are able to spring off of each step. Athletes in running sports have a
high incidence of Achilles tendon overuse injuries. About 75 percent of total
and the majority of partial tendon ruptures are related to sports activities
involving abrupt repetitive jumping and sprinting movements. Surgery is supposedly required in
about 25 percent of athletes with Achilles tendon overuse injuries, and the
frequency of surgery increases with patient age and duration of symptoms, as
well as occurrence of tendinopathic changes.
Of those who receive surgery, 20
percent require reoperation. These
are sad statistics if one knows the pathology in chronic Achilles problems.
The condition begins as a
tendonitis because the Achilles tendon is trying to
strengthen. But often, because of
NSAIDS and
cortisone shots, the
inflammatory
process is halted. The tendon then begins to show signs of cellular damage and
collagen
degeneration. This is called
tendinosis. Tendon pathology such as
this can only be encouraged to repair itself with Prolotherapy. Only
Prolotherapy will be able to stimulate the growth of the Achilles tendon
tissue to make it stronger.
Steroid injections not only do
not help the problem, they likely cause the problem. Steroid shots with
cortisone have been implicated as a significant cause of Achilles tendon
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