Arthritis Pain

Figure 7: Soft tissue injury leads to degenerative arthritis, where Prolotherapy halts the process.

Soft tissue injuries to the joints often start the development of degenerative joint conditions. Injury to the ligaments and stabilizing structures of the joint is often the original site of injury. When the ligaments are stretched and weakened, the other structures in the joint, like the meniscus, sus-tain added pressure. Eventually these structures become fatigued and the cartilage begins to deteri-orate. Prolotherapy can stop the degenerative process and eliminate the pain. (See Figure 7.) Because Prolotherapy gets at the root cause of the arthritic process it has been used successfully to treat a myriad of common degenerative conditions.
(See Figure 8.)