Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D. - Leading Prolotherapy Doctor
Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor, UCLA School Of Medicine As one of the leading prolotherapy practicioners, Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D. developed the Prolotherapy… [more]
How to Find a Prolotherapist
It can be difficult to find a prolotherapist, as it is difficult to find any professional service provider in many ways. You want to find someone that you can trust completely. The patient and prolotherapist… [more]
Prolotherapy Injections Chemicals
If you or somebody you know is considering undergoing prolotherapy treatment, one of the foremost questions that might occur to you is that of substance. That is, what exactly is injected into the body… [more]
“Is Prolotherapy Real Or A Placebo?” By ESPN
March 27th, 2009Many patients have their doubts about the effectiveness of Prolotherapy treatments. Truth be known, I was a skeptic when I first learned about this unique form of pain management. However,… [more]
Dr. Darrow's Blog
On a waiting list for knee replacement?
It is not unusual for a patient to be put on a long waiting list for their knee replacement surgery. We see patients frequently on lists that are 3,4,5,6 months to a year long. Seemingly the older the patient, the longer the wait as well. Research indicates that “Longer pre-surgery waiting time had a negative clinically important impact on quality of life and contralateral knee pain 6 months after surgery.”... [Read more...]
The importance of an experienced PRP physician
Every day we receive a phone call or an email from a patient who is convinced prolotherapy or Platelet Rich Plasma therapy will not work for their pain. The main reason? They had the treatment at an office where the doctor administering the treatment may not have been as “expert,” as they thought. In the hands of an experienced physician, these therapies offer a wonderful chance to alleviate back and joint... [Read more...]
An alternative to steroid for lower back pain
One of the most common causes a low back pain specialist will see in their office is the pain caused by the sacroiliac joint (SI). The sacroiliac joints connect the spine and the hips at the sacrum. The sacrum is a triangular shaped bone at the bottom of your spine. It sits between the iliac bones, your “right and left hips”, to complete the pelvis. Holding the pelvis or pelvic girdle together is a network of ligaments... [Read more...]
Unstable Knee Replacements
Research in the medical journal Orthopedicsnote the reasons for knee repalcement failures. Instability is one of the most common causes of failure of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The presentation can vary from pain to dislocation with the origins of the pain varied and sometimes undetermined. Instability after TKA can be classified by where the instability occurs in the knee’s arc of motion as well. Acute instability... [Read more...]
Are patients getting knee replacement for back and hip pain?
Failed Total Knee Replacement Are patients getting knee replacement for back and hip pain? Researchers in the United Kingdom examined why up to 20% complain of persisting pain and subsequently there was a rise in secondary surgery to the primary knee replacement. Here is what they said: “Forty-five consecutive patients referred to our department with painful total knee replacement were reviewed with our standard... [Read more...]
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