Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is a treatment
for chronic pain. The treatment is useful for many different types of
musculoskeletal pain:
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Sports injuries
- Unresolved whiplash injuries
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic tendonitis
- Partially torn tendons, ligaments and cartilage
- Degenerated or herniated discs
- TMJ
- Sciatica
How does prolotherapy work?
The treatment causes the
growth of new ligament tissue in areas where it has become weak. Ligaments
can become weak or injured and may not heal back to their original strength
or endurance. Ligaments also have many nerve endings and therefore the person will feel
pain at the areas where the ligaments are damaged or loose.
Tendons are
tissue which connects muscles to bones, and in the same manner tendons may
also become injured, and cause pain.
Prolotherapy uses a sugar water solution, which is injected
into the ligament or tendon where it attaches to the bone. This causes a
localized inflammation which then increases the blood
supply and flow of nutrients and stimulates the tissue to repair itself.
 Offered
by Dr. Jay Harms
“My philosophy of medicine is simple – do what works, and do it in
partnership with the patient.”
Dr. Harms is board certified in Family Medicine through the American
Board of Family Practice.
He has been to Honduras with the Hackett-Hemwall foundation in 2003, and
again in 2005, when he served as a prolotherapy instructor. He has
volunteered his prolotherapy services multiple times at the Beulah Land
Natural Medicine clinic.
110 Butler St. [
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Random Lake, WI 50375
To request an appointment, call 920-994-9094.
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