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Prolotherapy for Hip and Joint Pain
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22 November 2014 - 11:16 pm
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If your pup is suffering from hip and joint pain, prolotherapy may be an option. Here's an interesting article that describes how it works:

WHAT IS PROLOTHERAPY?
Joints weaken when ligaments and tendons are stretched, torn or fragmented, causing the joint to become hyper-mobile and painful. Traditional approaches with anti-infl ammatory drugs and surgery often fail to stabilize these joints and relieve pain permanently. Prolotherapy has the unique ability to directly address the cause of instability and repair weakened sites, resulting in permanent joint stabilization. Also known as ligament reconstructive therapy, prolotherapy is a recognized human orthopedic procedure that stimulates the body’s natural healing processes to strengthen joints weakened by trauma or arthritis.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
When precisely injected into the site of pain or injury, prolotherapy creates a mild, controlled inflammation that stimulates the body to lay down new tendon or ligament fibers, resulting in a strengthening of the weakened structure. Tendons and ligaments have immature cells known as fibroblasts. These are kind of like dormant “baby” cells, and when stimulated, they grow and create new tendon fribrils, which themselves grow and create new tendon. Electron micrographs actually show this growth and transformation. When the ligaments and/or tendons becomes strong, the joint will stabilize and the pain will be relieved!

 . . . Read more in Animal Wellness Magazine

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30 November 2014 - 8:33 pm
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They offer prolotherapy at Mona's holistic vet's practice - here's a recent video: http://phoenixr.....lotherapy/

Kerren and Mona

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1 December 2014 - 7:27 am
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This sounds sooooo promising!. Was just reading another post about SamE be j ng good for joints, arthritis, etc. (I always thought it was just a "mood elevator" like St. John's Wort)

Thanks Jerry for ALWAYS bringing us such jnvaliable information!

Kerren and MONA....great article...so glad "Slinky" benefited!!! Thanks for sharing!

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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2 December 2014 - 7:23 pm
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We love this sharing of information, thank you!

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Thanks, Jerry; this is fascinating.  AND timely for us; our Abby Lou just had a complete exam due to periodic lameness and soreness. Xray results show mild hip dysplasia with secondary arthritic changes (8 year-old GSD-duh), and ligament angulation in her front legs.  Been supplementing with joint-strengthening products but this is something to look into.

 

-Liz and A. Roo 

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