Prolotherapy is an injection treatment of tendons and ligaments. Tendons are the connective soft tissue between muscles and bones, and ligaments are the tissues that connect bones to one another at joints. Once they are injured, healing is often slow and may not be complete because of a limited blood supply. Prolotherapy is designed to stimulate healing of chronic ligament and tendon weakness. The painful, weakened areas are injected with a proliferant (such as dextrose or sugar water), to directly stimulate the growth of healthy, strong tissues. This process causes a local inflammatory response in the weakened area that increases blood flow and nutrients to stimulate the tissue for self-repair. The total number of injections can vary depending on the injury or condition’s severity and the patient’s response.

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