Dextrose Prolotherapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain at an outpatient clinic in rural IL
Journal of Prolotherapy 2009;1:4:205-216 contains an article by Ross Hauser, MD and Marion Hauser, MS, RD on treating unresolved shoulder pain with Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy at a rural charity clinic in southern IL.
The optimal long-term symptomatic therapy for chronic shoulder pain has not been established, thus they investigated the outcomes of patients undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy for unresolved shoulder pain. We studied a sample of 94 patients with an average of 53 months of unresolved shoulder pain that were treated quarterly with Prolotherapy. An average of 20 months following their last Prolotherapy treatment sessions, patients were contacted and asked numerous questions regarding their pain levels and a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, as well as activities of daily living before and after receiving Prolotherapy. The results of this study showed that patients had a statistically significant decline in their pain, stiffness, and crunching sensations (crepitation) to the p<.0000001 level with Prolotherapy, including the 39% of patients who were told there were no other treatment options available for their pain and teh 21% who were told that surgery was their only option. Over 82% of all patients experienced improvements in sleep, exercise ability, anxiety, depression, and overall disability with Prolotherapy. 97% received pain relief with Prolotherapy.
In conclusion: patients with chronic shoulder pain reported significant improvements in many clinically relevant parameters and overall quality of life after receiving Hemwall-Hackett dextrose Prolotherapy.
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