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Sacroiliac
pain after two Prolotherapy sessions
Q. How do I know if this pain and soreness, even to the touch, is actually loose
ligaments in the sacroiliac? Every time I sit down there is a tingling that goes
down my tailbone to the sit down bones.
I have had 2
Prolotherapy
treatments
in that area with at least 80
Prolotherapy injections,
(Watch where do
Prolotherapy injections go and do they hurt?)
each. Afterwards I had much muscle spasm in the
buttocks and not very much pain
relief. Is Prolotherapy the answer?
A.
Sacroiliac pain is pretty easy to recognize. It occurs not in the center of
the back but just on the side, typically over the location of the sacroiliac
joint. It is increased by bending forward and then twisting. Typically sitting
increases the pain. To make a definitive diagnosis you could have the doctor add
extra anesthetic to the solution and inject it into the sacroiliac joint and see
if you get immediate pain relief. If you do then the sacroiliac joint is the
problem. In our experiences Prolotherapy generally gets rid of the pain in 3 to
6 visits.
Answered By
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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Sacroiliac
pain after six Prolotherapy sessions
Q. At what point-after, say, 6+ Prolotherapy treatments by an experienced
Prolotherapist does one begin to consider SI (sacroiliac)
joint fixation/fusion? I am seeing some progress in terms of frequency of
recurrent sublixation of the joint, but am still in a considerable amount of
pain. I know that experiences are different, but at what point do we say that
this is as good as it can get with prolo?
A. Prolotherapy is extremely successful at curing
sacroiliac pain and subluxations. Generally when I see a patient that has gone
somewhere
else and had a lot of Prolotherapy and the condition has not responded it is
because of one of these factors:
1. The solution used was not strong enough.
2. The treatments were not thorough enough.
3. The person is doing something in between visits to loosen the sacroiliac
joint again (the most obvious one would be
manipulations)
Having said all that in the past 15 years I believe I have sent 2-3 people (out
of say 1,000) with sacroiliac problems for fusion.
Answered By
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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Sacroiliac
pain after Prolotherapy
Q. I fell off a ladder onto my back in
December 1999. I had Prolotherapy for severe joint glide and the treatment did
help alot, to the point where I could return to work.
Unfortunately it did not last and my pain and glide became worse and I'm now off
work again. I returned to Prolotherapy injections with marginal improvement but
nothing close to the original success. Can you tell me what percentage you would
use for the injections? How many injections per compromised ligament would you
suggest so I can discuss this with my prolotherapist?
A. It is
common at Caring Medical for us to see
new patients that have had some partial success with Prolotherapy in the
past at other clinics. What we do in these cases is use very strong proliferants. To
give exact percentages of solutions and solutions used would not be
appropriate since I don't know your exact case. I can tell you that most
likely you didn't get a complete response because of one of these reasons:
-
Not enough
proliferant injected per injection.
-
Not a strong
enough proliferant injected.
-
Not enough
areas injected.
What you most
likely need is a complete
lower
back treatment. The
sacroiliac ligaments basically
connect to the
lumbosacral and iliolumbar ligaments, so these need to be
injected also. You probably need your
pubic symphysis Prolo'd also. Think
about it. If your sacroiliac joint keeps subluxing perhaps it is because
the front of the pelvis, the pubic symphysis joint, is not stable. So you
probably need Prolotherapy of all these areas with strong proliferants. That along with good lifting/bending technique should give you the pain
relief you seek.
Answered By
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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Sacroiliac Pain for 20
years and Prolotherapy Treatments
Q. I have had
Prolotherapy
in so many area's I don't even know where to begin. Many have worked but when it
comes to the sacroiliac and lower back I'm about ready to give up! I fell of a
building site and landed on my feet, no where to break the fall safely. Ongoing
for over 20 years also on SSDI for close to 15 years. I would love to return to
work of some kind but it does not seem likely. Have I been using the wrong MD, I
have seen two and one comes very highly recommended, what to do? D in NY State.
A. D, thanks for trying Prolotherapy but as you know a person should not need
so much Prolotherapy. When someone needs a lot of Prolotherapy in their body
or to a certain part of the body and the doctor has to use stronger and stronger
solutions it means there is something wrong with the healing mechanisms in that
particular person.
Obviously I don't know your case but you probably need a comprehensive natural
medicine workup. Go to a great natural medicine physician and get a good workup
and do what they tell you. Get your body so healthy that when a
Prolotherapy doctor gives you some Prolotherapy you heal completely.
Obviously we would love to see you at Caring Medical in Oak Park Illinois. If we
don't we still wish you the best of health!!!
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Ross Hauser, M.D.
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