Ankle Pain

Ankle injuries are extremely common, and unfortunately prone to re-injury or recurrent problems. An estimated 40 percent of people who suffer from an ankle sprain will be left with long-term pain and weakness in the affected area. The reason is because the majority of ankle injuries do not heal properly after injury. Our ankles are composed of an intricate weave of tendons and ligaments, strong bands of soft tissue that hold the bones together and attach them to muscle. These tissues are damaged when the ankle is sprained. This article will describe some different types of ankle injury and detail how prolotherapy ankle injections can help heal the resulting pain and tissue damage.

There are three types of ankle sprain, separated into grades of severity. The first, a grade one sprain, is the least severe. This occurs when the ligaments are slightly stretched out, causing minimal tearing of the tissue fibers. This is the type of injury that doesn’t cause severe pain, and the victim can usually “walk it off” without permanent damage. A grade two sprain involves further tearing of the ligaments and can cause instability in the ankle joint. This type of sprain leads to a lot of swelling and tenderness, which makes it difficult to walk and move around. A grade three sprain is indicated by a complete tear of the ligaments, and will make itself known with extreme pain, swelling, and lack of function.

Prolotherapy ankle treatments have shown great success when treating these types of injuries. Normal treatment of ankle sprains usually involves rest, ice, compression, and elevation. This form of rehabilitation therapy has recently been called into question, however, because of the high rate of recurrent ankle sprains. This suggests the area is not healing during this method of recovery. The ice impedes the inflammation process necessary to stimulate new tissue regeneration.

This is where prolotherapy ankle injections come into play. Prolotherapy ankle injections are designed to create inflammation and stimulate the body’s own natural healing processes. When the body experiences inflammation it recognizes it as injury, sending extra blood and nutrients to repair the area. Prolotherapy ankle treatments build new soft tissues to strengthen the ankle joint and allow for unobstructed and pain free movement. Normal treatments consist of four to six sessions of injections. To learn if prolotherapy ankle treatments are an appropriate plan of treatment for your condition, please set up a consultation with a Prolotherapist that has the most experience. Dr. Darrow and his staff have treated over 10,000 patients, and many, long before Proltherapy was at all known to the public like it is becoming today. Long before many Prolotherapists even went to medical school.