Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma & Trigger-Point Injections

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and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)-

- Prolotherapy -

          Prolotherapy is a natural, minimally invasive approach to treating sports injuries, acute trauma, degenerative joint conditions and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Non-steroidal injections are done in the areas of pain that kick start the patient’s own body’s ability to heal. Local anesthetics are used to minimize discomfort and most conditions will respond immediately. The goal with prolotherapy is to rapidly initiate the patient’s body’s ability to heal itself. A substance (classically dextrose- made from corn sugar) is injected into the area of pain. This substance acts as “red flag” in your body and tells your immune system to send helpers into the area to clean things up. As it does this, your body will also lay new collagen (the protein responsible for tissue strength and integrity) in the areas treated. Focuses of treatment usually revolve around the ligaments (connect bones to bones and form joints) and tendons (connect muscles to bones) of the affected area. By strengthening the areas previously specified, we can create a stable, healthier, happier and pain-free body.

-Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)-

       Platelet Rich Plasma or PRP is performed in the exact same fashion as described above. Instead of a chemical/ osmotic proliferant (such as dextrose), your own blood is used. Blood is drawn much the same way it would be done when you get it drawn for lab tests. The blood is then spun down in a special centrifuge that isolates and concentrates the platelets.  The platelets inside your blood are what are responsible for healing when you get a cut. The platelets contain tons of healing products such as adherence factors, growth factors and even stem cell attractants that all play a vital role in healing. This treatment is becoming increasingly more popular and results can be achieved even faster than prolotherapy alone in many cases.

-Trigger Points-

            Trigger points are myofacial “knots” within the muscle belly that refer pain to other areas of the body. Trigger points can result from ligamentous laxity, chronic stress, poor posture and nutritional deficiencies. Trigger points can cause everything from headaches to low back pain. Trigger points are treated by injections of local anesthetics and/ or homeopathics, specific massage techniques and other physical modalities such as stretching. Trigger points are often a symptom of an underlying structural problem such as ligamentous laxity, or postural syndromes. Once these problems are corrected through Prolotherapy and/or Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) along with other physical modalities, the trigger points will usually resolve; however as they are a major source of pain for people, treatment can provide great relief while more long term corrections are made.

-Click here to go to our "Services" page to see a list of common conditions that get great results with Prolotherapy
and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)-

Discover What Star Athletes and Celebrities Know...

Now you too can benefit from this amazing therapy! Some links below report on how Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) have helped superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu and Cliff Lee get back into the game without surgery, or recover much faster after surgery!

NY Daily News- Plasma helps Hines be Super

The Center For Integrative Medicine accepts many major insurance plans for both Naturopathic Medicine and Chiropractic Care.

Not all procedures provided at our office are covered by insurance, as these services may be deemed "experimental" or "not medically necessary" by insurance companies. Please call for pricing.

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The Center For Integrative Medicine
4835 Van Nuys Blvd. Suite 100
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(818) 784-2060
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