3 Things You NEED to Know About PROLOTHERAPY - Does Science Support It?

Prolotherapy injections are becoming a more popular choice with those suffering from common injuries. Prolotherapy injections have been used for different conditions such as tennis elbow, achilles tendinopathy, rotator cuff injuries, and arthritis. Before you start any type of treatment, it is always helpful to know what it is and how it can help you. This video will cover three things you need to know about prolotherapy injections, and if it is supported by science. I will go over:
00:25 What prolotherapy stands and what it is
00:33 How prolotherapy injections work
01:30 If the current science supports this treatment
The references for the studies are listed below:
1) Bae G, Kim S, Lee S, Lee WY, Lim Y. Prolotherapy for the patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: systematic review and meta-analysis. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul). 2021;16(1):81-95. doi:10.17085/apm.20078
2) Sit, R. W., Chung, V., Reeves, K. D., Rabago, D., Chan, K. K., Chan, D. C., Wu, X., Ho, R. S., & Wong, S. Y. (2016). Hypertonic dextrose injections (prolotherapy) in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific reports, 6, 25247. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25247
3) Fadi Hassan , Suad Trebinjac , William D. Murrell , and Nicola Maffulli (2017) .The effectiveness of prolotherapy in treating knee osteoarthritis in adults: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin. 122:91–108
4) Hauser, Ross A. et al. ‘Lumbar Instability as an Etiology of Low Back Pain and Its Treatment by Prolotherapy: A Review’. 1 Jan. 2021: 1 – 12.
5) Giordano L, Murrell WD, Maffulli N. Prolotherapy for chronic low back pain: a review of literature. Br Med Bull. 2021 Jun 10;138(1):96-111. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldab004. PMID: 33884404.
6) Rhatomy, S., Margaretha, E., & Rahmadian, R. (2020). Dextrose Prolotherapy for Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Injury or Pathology: A Systematic Review. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 35(10), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.9734/arrb/2020/v35...