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What is the effect of age on healing?
 Ross Hauser, M.D.

It is amazing how few people seek out Prolotherapy treatments after learning that relief from their pain is possible. It appears that the feeling among the aged is that pain is just a normal part of the aging process. There is no honor in suffering needlessly from pain.

Losing the ability to be mobile and active is possibly the worst thing that can happen to people as they age. Activity truly keeps the blood flowing. Joints like the hips and knees depend on walking and weight-bearing activities to provide nourishment to the joint cartilage. No walking, no nourishment. No nourishment, no cartilage. No cartilage, no movement. Walking keeps people alive and keeps the body functioning It stiffness sets in, the grave may follow.

Because most bodily functions decline with age, the ability to heal an injury and the immune system response are slower. With age, the ligament and tendon tissue contain less water, noncollagenous protein, and Proteoglycans. Proteoglycans are a proteinaceous material containing a large quantity of water The proteoglycans and subcomponents, such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, allow structures like ligaments intervertebral discs, and articular cartilage to withstand intense pressure. The collagen matrix becomes disorganized and prone to injury.

Chronic ligament and tendon laxity is a reason for chronic pain in the aging population. For these reasons, older people may respond slower and because of this slower healing more Prolotherapy sessions may be needed. Teenagers, because they are in the growing phase of life, rarely need more than one Prolotherapy treatment to eliminate chronic pain. Someone in their 90's will heal slower because of their age and often report more than the typical four Prolotherapy sessions to cure their chronic pain.

Pain is not a normal part of the aging process. Chronic pain always has a cause and that cause is not old age syndrome. Chronic pain is almost always due to ligament weakness. Prolotherapy can help strengthen ligaments at any age and is the treatment of choice for chronic pain, regardless of age.

 

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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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As with any medical technique, Prolotherapy may not be effective for every individual and there are risks involved, these risks should be discussed with your physician. Results achieved with some may not be typical of all. Please consult a physician. Please read Prolotherapy Risks

There is no known cure for arthritis. Prolotherapy and nutritional supplements can help alleviate, reverse, or end arthritic pain by treating an underlying cause that contributes to degenerative disease, ligament laxity. Strengthening ligaments and other connective tissue can help prevent bone on bone arthritis from developing.

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