Got Pain?
By Dr. Brett Phillips
Prolo your pain away!
Prolotherapy (also known as Regenerative Injection Therapy) is an extremely
effective chronic pain treatment that has been in practice since the 1940’s. If you have been experiencing
pain for weeks, months or decades, and if you feel like you have tried everything, Prolotherapy may be the
answer for your pain. Prolotherapy is extremely effective because it treats the root cause of most people’s
chronic pain—injured ligaments and/or tendons.
Prolotherapy stimulates the body’s natural healing ability to repair and regenerate injured ligaments and
tendons and to prevent the degeneration of joints. Injury to ligaments (which act like duct tape that crosses
over joints and holds bones together) causes ligaments to relax, leading to joint instability and pain. The
body’s pain sensory nerves are greatest in the ‘fibro-osseous’ junctions where the ligaments and tendons insert
into the bone. Damage to these structures causes the pain signal that most people who have chronic pain experience.
Furthermore, the surrounding muscle contracts to try to support the unstable joint, which eventually leads to
additional pain and tightness in the over-worked muscles. If the injured structures (ligaments or tendons) are
repaired, the joint becomes stable, the degeneration stops, the muscles relax and the chronic pain goes away.
Prolotherapy repairs these injured structures!
What conditions can be helped by Prolotherapy?
Arthritis pain
Low back pain (even after failed surgery
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Leg pain
Herniated discs
Sciatica
Hip, knee, ankle and foot pain
Neck pain
Wrist, elbow and shoulder pain
Headaches
TMJ (jaw) pain
Post injury/trauma pain
Fibromyalgia
Sports injuries
Loose joints (chronic “cracking”)
Tendonitis
Post fracture treatment
And more
Dr. Phillips practices in Kelowna, B.C. and is a member of the Naturopathic Academy of Therapeutic Injection.
In his family practice he sees patients of all ages, from all across Canada as well as internationally.
He has a special interest in Prolotherapy and pain management. For more information you can contact his
office at (250) 860-8855 and explore his website at
www.drbrettphillips.com.
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