Prolotherapy is an alternative treatment for joint and muscle pain. It usually costs around $150 per injection and isn’t typically covered by insurance. Prolotherapy is an old practice that’s been ...

Prolotherapy is a procedure that involves injecting a natural irritant into the soft tissue of an injured joint. Supporters believe that it may provide significant relief for joint or back pain. The ...

Most of us think of chronic joint pain as an “old person’s problem.” However, chronic joint pain plagues at least 25% of our population at any given time. Although many children are spared from ...

Prolotherapy involves injecting a dextrose or saline solution into an injury site to promote a healing response. It is a form of regenerative therapy or proliferation therapy. There are different ...

Photographer: Serghei Platonov Imagine this: At your next doctor's appointment, instead of advising you to avoid sugar, your physician proposes treating you with sugar. That scenario may not be too ...

Dear Doctor: I'm a 66-year-old man whose right knee really hurts from arthritis. My sister keeps talking about something called prolotherapy. What is it, and can it help? Dear Reader: Prolotherapy is ...