Suffering from chronic back pain is one of the most common human experiences. In fact, back pain is one of the most common reasons people visit a doctor's office. It amounts to countless days of missed work, suffering, steroid injections, nerve blocks and...
How Common is Tennis Elbow? Chronic pain at the common extensor tendon of the lateral elbow is the most common form of chronic elbow pain and effects between one and three percent of the population.(1) So called “tennis elbow” is essentially an overuse injury,...
Prolotherapy is an appropriate and excellent treatment for osteoarthritis. However, as a Prolotherapist, I’ve had patients question how a treatment capable of “causing inflammation” could be appropriate and more importantly therapeutic for osteoarthritis. After...
How Prolotherapy Heals Injuries, Old & New By Dr. Ayo Bankole Prolotherapy is a non-surgical and medication free solution to pain. In Prolotherapy, stretched or torn tendons and ligaments are treated with pro-inflammatory agents like dextrose or biological cells...
Stimulate Healing with Platelet-Rich Plasma Prolotherapy By Dr. Ayo K. Bankole In Prolotherapy/Regenerative Medicine, Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) has been revolutionizing musculoskeletal health by dramatically shortening recovery time from injury and even often...
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 2 of 2) By Dr. Ayo Bankole Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful degenerative and inflammatory condition of mostly, but not exclusive to large, weight bearing joints, namely the hips and knees. OA...
Regenerative Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoarthritis (Part 1 of 2) By Dr. Ayo Bankole Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful degenerative and inflammatory condition of mostly, but not exclusive to large, weight bearing joints, namely the hips and knees. OA...
My typical prolotherapy client is someone who’s suffered from years of hip, knee, shoulder, or low back pain. Chronic joint pain is most often the result of work-related injuries, old sport injuries, or simply, “wear and tear.” But factors like genetics, nutrition,...
Prolotherapy is becoming recognized as an effective treatment for athletic related injuries and has several advantages over conventional approaches. New or old nagging injuries respond equally well to Prolotherapy. Injured ligaments of untreated joints are weaker and...
If you’ve been procrastinating, making excuses or otherwise putting off total knee replacement surgery, chances are the longer you put it off the better. New findings suggest knee pain alone is insufficient evidence of the need for knee replacement surgery, especially...