What is "prolotherapy"?

What is "prolotherapy"?

Marc Darrow (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Joint Rehabilitation Sports Medical Center, Inc. ) gives expert video advice on: What are the benefits of prolotherapy as opposed to nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs? and more...

Prolotherapy is the natural stimulation of the body to produce more collagen or cartilage. The way we do that is through an injection series with a very simple solution of sugar water (dextrose; pharmaceutical grade) in a mixture with a local anaesthetic that is actually placed in the area where there is pain.