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Prolotherapy and
Back Pain
Rusty's Story:
Rusty is a 56 year old medical
professional and Navy Reserve officer who came to Caring Medical for
complaints of bilateral knee pain
and low back pain. His knee pain began 15 years ago, along with swelling of
those joints. An
MRI
revealed chondromalacia patella. He had previously tried
physical therapy for one year
with only minimal relief of pain, but a lot of money and time spent. He had
difficulty going up stairs due to pain. His low back pain started 30 years
ago while working in a factory and doing repetitive movements and heavy
lifting. He states this affected his ability to do physical fitness
requirements for the Navy Reserve.
Arachnoiditis
Arachnoiditis is
typically diagnosed in someone who has undergone back surgery and still suffers
severe back pain that radiates down the legs and often to the feet. The pain has
a persistent burning, stinging, or aching quality. The diagnosis is occasionally
made when similar symptoms are felt in the neck, arms, or the mid back with
radiation into the chest. This pain is typically unresponsive to
pain medications and muscle relaxants. |
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
It is an accepted fact in the
medical literature that an individual who presents with four out of the
following five symptoms, without having any trauma to the lower back, has an
80 percent chance of having the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis |
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Prolotherapy-Back
Surgery-Spinal Fusion
The
Role of Back Surgery
Prolotherapy
After Back Surgery
Prolotherapy
&
Spinal Fusion
Failed Back Surgery Prolotherapy
Spinal
Fusion and Foot Drop |
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Prolotherapy for Compression Fracture
Recently we received the following email:
Dear Dr. Hauser,
My name is Karen. I have heard so many wonderful things about you and I
am wondering if you could let me know if you could possible help me with
my medical problem. I suffered a compression fracture of my T12
Vertebrae in February of this year from a snow tubing accident. |
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Facet Syndrome
Chronic
low back pain
is the most common complaint seen at pain clinics. Typically
people with chronic low back pain show degenerative changes
in their vertebrae on x-rays. When the pain is primarily
located at a specific attachment of two vertebrae, which is
the facet joint, the person is said to have facet syndrome.
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Low Back
Pain and Prolotherapy
The first step in
determining
ligament laxity or instability in the lower back is by physical
examination. The examination involves maneuvering the patient into various
stretched positions. If weak ligaments exist, the stressor maneuver will cause
pain. Do this simple test at home: |
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Scoliosis and
Prolotherapy
Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine of 11
degrees or more. An estimated 500,000 adults in the United States have
scoliosis. Scoliosis is usually discovered during adolescence and is called
idiopathic scoliosis, a fancy term meaning the doctor has no idea what caused
the scolios. |
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Degenerative Disc Disease
Articles
Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative Disc Disease
&
the Athlete
SPINAL
DISC PROBLEMS
Acute Lumbar Disc Herniation
ARTIFICIAL SPINAL DISK |
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Spinal Stenosis and Prolotherapy
People generally question us when
we tell them that
Prolotherapy can help relieve the pain of spinal stenosis,
yet, the answer to their questions can be found in the following five facts. |
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Spinal
Cord Stimulators
“Can I get
Prolotherapy
if I have a spinal cord stimulator?” This is a question I
get asked once or twice a year. |
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MRIs,
Herniated Discs, Prolotherapy
It is prudent for a patient to consider why he or she is
getting an MRI. If a patient wants to get surgery then go ahead and get an
MRI. There is almost no other reason to get one. MRI’s cannot tell a person
what is causing their pain, it only confirms what is known
by the history and physical examination. |
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Radiofrequency
denervation
Radiofrequency denervation of nerves for
low back pain is becoming
more and more of an accepted treatment. In my experience very few people
receive long term relief with this therapy. In addition, this therapy makes
absolutely no sense to me. Let's see if it makes sense to you. |
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BACK PAIN-WHAT'S THE DIAGNOSIS?
People are confused because doctors, most commonly orthopedic surgeons, give them diagnoses that they do not understand. In one study, 51 surgeons were asked to give the four most common diagnoses used for patients with
low back pain
and a total of 50 different terms were used.
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Loose Ligaments
and Back Pain
When back pain is due to loose
ligaments, a very characteristic behavior of pain is
observed. A patient with
loose ligaments of the
lumbar spine or
pelvis will experience recurring dysfunctions at the intervertebral
joint (degenerative
disc and possible nerve compression), at the facet joints
(locking in flexion or extension), and at the
sacroiliac joints. In
other words, the low back pain can be due to an unstable disc
problem, facet joint locking, or sacroiliac dysfunction. |
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Women, Back Pain and
Hormones
During pregnancy, a woman's body secretes a hormone called relaxin which causes
ligaments to loosen in preperation for birth.
Ligament laxity is normal during
pregnancy. |
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Sacroiliac Pain
I never
get tired of hearing from patients who have experienced
alleviation of their
chronic pain
by receiving
Prolotherapy.
On a follow up with a particular patient, the patient told our staff he felt
so much better that he wouldn't need to be coming back into the office
anytime soon. |
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Tarlov Cysts
The key to deciding about treatment of these cysts is to be
certain the cyst is the cause of the symptoms. Before
deciding on intervention the symptoms should be serious
enough that their treatment is indicated. |
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The problem with getting properly diagnosed:
SI strain
I just saw a
35 year old man who had low back pain for the past 6 years. Physical therapy
had failed to help him at all. When he saw an orthopedist he specifically
showed the doctor the location of his pain (over the right sacroiliac
joint), and described the clicking and popping sensation that he frequently
experienced in the same area. The doctor told him "there is nothing
there"!!! |
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Prolotherapy Spondylolisthesis
I am writing this letter to you a little late since you treated me in September
2006 for 'spondyloisthesis of
L4/L5. Since treating me I have gone on to walk 2 - 4 miles nearly every day,
swim, bike, spin bike and complete the 'Danskin' triathlon in August 2007. You
have given me my life back since I did all these things
before my back issues showed up. |
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SPINAL
DISC PROBLEMS
Why I believe disc
degeneration has very little
to do with chronic low back pain |
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