Prolotherapy Cures Chronic Pain- Part 2 of 5
- Understanding inflammation is important in understanding how prolotherapy works. Prolotherapy actually intentionally causes inflammation around tendons and ligaments.
Many have the idea that inflammation is a bad thing in every sense of the term. In fact, there is “good” inflammation, and there is “bad” inflammation.
Good Inflammation
Say you sprain something (like your ankle). You have probably had the experience of a joint becoming big and puffy and sore and red and stiff. This is due to the body’s inflammation process. When you sprain a joint, tendons and ligaments can get injured. Tendons are what connect muscle to bone, and ligaments are what connect bone to bone. Inflammation is the body’s way of getting lots of blood flow to the injured area. This allows plenty of nutrition to get to the damage, and repair it well. Without this inflammation process, we cannot heal. This is an example of “good” inflammation. The reason it is good is because the inflammation is productive. It will result in healing an injury, and then go away.
Bad Inflammation
Systemic Inflammation is the “bad” type of inflammation. “Systemic” means it is affecting the entire body. An ongoing process of inflammation throughout the body can be a sign of a serious health problem. No, a person won’t look like their entire body is swollen. Bad inflammation does not have to be visible. When there is systemic inflammation, the body is constantly trying to heal itself of some systemic problem. The experience of Natural Medicine is that systemic inflammation is often caused by food allergies or chronic infections.
We want to allow “good” or “productive” inflammation to do its thing. Stopping or reducing it would impede needed healing. On the other hand, it is the systemic inflammation that we want to eliminate.
Pain Killers
Let’s talk about our favorite pain medications, better known as: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s). These include things like aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen sodium. These drugs relieve pain temporarily by reducing inflammation. Unfortunately, they do not discriminate between productive and systemic inflammation. If a person takes these drugs while recovering from an injury, he or she can actually prevent complete healing from occurring, by shutting down the body’s healing process (inflammation) before it finishes the job.
The R.I.C.E. Myth
Many people have heard of the time honored recipe for healing injuries, knows as R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate). This is a complete myth with no good evidence to support it. Unfortunately, doing any of those four things will help an injury heal poorly. These all have the effect of reducing inflammation, and lowering blood supply (reducing circulation). An injury is better served by keeping the joint moving, and letting the inflammation do its job right.
Anti-inflammatory Diets
What about eating things that are supposed to reduce inflammation? Foods like fish oil that reduce systemic inflammation are popular. If you come across a supplement or medicine that claims to reduce inflammation, search for it on the internet and make sure it reduces the bad kind of inflammation. Also be aware, that there is theoretically a way to reduce “good” inflammation, while not interfering with healing. This can in theory be done, not by stopping the inflammation process, but by speeding it up, at getting it over with quicker. Some supplements like bromelain claim to help with this.
Disclaimer: This article is not medical advice. This is opinion and is for informational purposes only. If seeking medical advice, consult a licensed physician.
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[...] The most relevant cause is injury to tendons and ligaments. As discussed in my previous post on inflammation, tendons and ligaments can often not heal properly due to poor blood circulation in those areas. [...]
To control the pain we must attend to the specialist because we can give him what is appropriate and what we need, for example I take hydrocodone, vicodin which is medicine used to counter the chronic pain that I have for years, but I rioja prescribing doctor, I take it in moderation because I read in findrxonline which is a medicine that causes anxiety, and we must control it as it can affect your nervous system, so do not take medicines without consultation because it really can be dangerous.
Thanks for reading Painstrong. But it seems you’ve missed the main point of this post. Pain medications will never cure the pain. They will only help reduce pain, and have side effects and long term dangers. Prolotherapy can potentially remove chronic pain PERMANENTLY.
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