Regenerative Injection Therapy for Joints

Regenerative injection therapy uses natural substances that stimulate growth factors or contains growth factors themselves to stimulate the body’s natural healing process that leads to enhanced function and tissue integrity by:

  • reducing pain

  • increasing blood flow

  • stabilizing lax ligaments

  • strengthening weak joints

  • repairing injured tissues

  • increasing cellular growth activity

Prolotherapy, Prolozone, Perineural Injection, Neural Therapy, and Scar Release

A comprehensive assessment of your injury and pain helps determine which regenerative injection is indicated. The various injection types may include a local anesthetic, dextrose, homeopathic preparations, nutrients, saline, and ozone.  These regenerative injections are focused on reducing pain, restoring oxygen to injured tissues, stimulating the body's anti-inflammatory system, alleviating nerve entrapments, catalyzing collagen and cartilage activity, and shoring up lax tendon and ligamentous structures. 

The benefit from prolotherapy is cumulative; 3-6 injections spaced 3-4 weeks apart may be most beneficial.

 Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) utilizes your own platelets, which house powerful bioactive proteins known to enhance wound healing and tissue restoration.  These growth factors have been shown to enhance vascularization, increase collagen deposition, activate chondrocyte differentiation and attract stem cells to injured areas. The following growth factors are known to be present in platelet-rich plasma:

  • platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)

  • transforming growth factor (TGF)

  • vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

  • epidermal growth factor (EGF)

Injection with PRP is indicated for the following conditions:

  • arthritis

  • meniscus damage

  • rotator cuff injuries

  • plantar fasciitis

  • ligament and tendon tears

Benefit from PRP progresses over time as the action from growth factors and tissue restoration are advancing. Depending on the nature of an injury, a series of 2-3 treatments spaced 8-12 weeks apart is not uncommon.