Author Archive | Jason Lovoy
How safe is prolotherapy? (PDF)
NON-SURGICAL TENDON, LIGAMENT AND JOINT RECONSTRUCTION (PDF)
In acute injuries, the ligaments and tendons become torn. Ligaments function to limit the range of motion that bones can move between each other, and function to stabilize joints and hold the joint together.
Prolotherapy: A Literature Review and Retrospective Study (PDF)
Proliferative therapy (prolotherapy) is the process whereby dextrose, P25G or sodium morrhuate is injected into ligaments in order to produce a proliferating response of that ligament. The purpose of these injections is to strengthen ligamentous structures and relieve pain. A review of the literature is provided and a retrospective study presented which demonstrates a 66% […]
Prolotherapy: Creating inflammation in an area that is already inflamed (PDF)
We already have inflammation that is causing pai, why do we want to inflame it some more with prolotherapy?
Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT): Effectiveness and Appropriate Usage (PDF)
TREATMENT OF CONSECUTIVE SEVERE FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS WITH PROLOTHERAPY (PDF)
The potential of tendon and ligament triggers as primary nociceptors in fibromyalgia led to treatment of primary fibromyalgia patients with tendon and ligament strengthening injection. Trigger injection of ligament and tendon with proliferant (TILT therapy or prolotherapy) offers the advantage of creating increased strength of the connective tissue in the region of injection as well […]