1. Do I need to have prolotherapy treatment? In which pain conditions is prolotherapy beneficial?
May be helpful if you do not believe that surgery or other treatment will help you. Serious health problems, use of anticoagulant-anti-inflammatory-cortisone drugs, malnutrition may affect the results of prolotherapy treatment.
- Torn or damaged ligaments in any part of the body
- Spinal pain that cannot be relieved by surgery
- Joint pain that cannot be relieved by surgery
- Sports injuries, all joint, tendon and ligament injuries
- Headache
- Neck and back pain
- Neck or back and waist injury
- Spine: Cervical (neck), chest (upper back) or lumbar (waist) arthritis
- Spinal disc herniation or degeneration (lumbar disc herniation)
- Spinal nerve irritation or compression
- Pain from compression fractures
- Scoliosis pain
- Pain caused by weak ligaments due to poor posture
- Sacroiliac tenderness, pain
- Chest and sternal injury and pain (after bypass or thoracic surgery operations) treatment of residual pain)
- Continued pain after joint or spine surgery
- Shoulder arthritis
- Shoulder sprains and rotator cuff injuries
- Frozen shoulder
- Chronically protruding shoulders
- Elbow sprain and arthritis
- Tennis elbow
- Ankle sprains and arthritis or overuse syndrome
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Arthritis, sprains and overuse of thumbs and fingers
- Hip pain, strain
- Hip arthritis, tendinitis and bursitis
- Continuous pain in the thigh
- Pubis pain (especially as a result of football squatting)
- Knee sprain or strain
- Knee arthritis
- Knee cruciate ligament injuries
- Knee medial and lateral collateral ligament injuries
- Knee tendinitis
- Heel (Achilles tendon) injuries
- Pain caused by acute or chronic ankle sprain or strain
- Morton neuroma, heel spur
(980070) 6) Rib fracture pain
2nd. How long is the treatment period?
The first examination is between 60-90 minutes. The injections may take 20-30 minutes. The sessions after the first session are shorter, and you can leave our clinic in 3-4 hours at the most.
3. How much does PROLOTHERAPY Cost?
All payments are made by SGK. You just need to make an appointment.
4. How many sessions do I need for my treatment?
It is not possible to predict in advance how many sessions of prolotherapy a patient who comes to our clinic for pain treatment will need.
5. How long are the treatment intervals?
Initially, treatment is usually started with 3-4 week intervals, then the treatment intervals are extended up to 8 weeks according to the response of the patient and the patient’s compliance with the treatment.
6. How soon after treatment can I work or play sports?
First 72 hours; Hot water bags should be applied to the injection sites at frequent intervals, and we should continue our daily activities without forcing ourselves. after 72 hours; We have to do the given exercises as many times as we want. comply with recommendations; It both increases the effectiveness of the treatment and ensures that the painful period, which is a sign of recovery, passes comfortably. PLEASE BE PATIENT. PROLOTHERAPY IS A TREATMENT METHOD THAT MUST HAVE THE HIGHEST DOCTOR – PATIENT COMPATIBILITY.
7. What is the drug used in the injection?
None of the solutions used for prolotherapy contain cortisone. Treatment is performed by adding a mixture of local anesthetic and dextrose in different concentrations, and sometimes by adding Sodium morrhuate (a water-soluble form of cod liver oil).
8. What is the success rate with prolotherapy?
80-90% ( PATIENCE – WHEN PATIENT AND DOCTOR COOPERATION ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS)
9. Can you 100% guarantee my recovery with prolotherapy?
No. For example; Even with hip or knee prosthesis, there is no guarantee that you will heal 100% and all your pain will go away. However, as I mentioned above, since the factor that causes pain in a large proportion of my patients is treated, the degree of pain decreases from severe to mild or completely disappeared.
10. What should I bring to my appointment, will the treatment start at the first appointment?
Previous examinations (x-ray, MR, CT, blood tests, etc.) and epicrisis of the previously visited doctors are brought. The first appointment consists of physical examination, examination of the examinations and requesting the missing examinations. Then the treatment sessions are planned
