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Prolozone Therapy in Kingsport, TN

Prolozone Therapy Kingsport, TN

Severe or chronic joint pain can seriously impede your daily functions and sacrifice your quality of life. While many turn to joint replacement surgeries to correct these issues, a non-surgical option exists which may have the power to heal the joints, eliminating the need to replace them.

Prolozone therapy is a non-surgical medical procedure that involves localized homeopathic injections designed to reconstruct damaged or deteriorating connective tissue in the spine or joints by facilitating the body's innate healing abilities. Pioneered by Dr. Frank Shallenberger, prolozone therapy injects collagen-producing substances and ozone gas into the connective tissue at the point of injury to actually regrow and heal damaged connective tissue.

If you are looking for an alternative non-surgical treatment for chronic pain in your spine, hip, knee, shoulder, elbow or any joint area where connective tissue has deteriorated or been damaged, schedule a consultation with a qualified healthcare practitioner in Kingsport who specializes in prolozone therapy. Call (423) 482-8711 or contact Dr. Dalal Akoury online.

What is Prolozone Therapy & How Does It Work?

Prolozone is actually a trade name for a procedure in which a combination of oxygen and ozone is injected directly into a painful, damaged joint—together with other collagen-producing substances.

Prolotherapy , a precursor to prolozone, injects a mild irritant solution (usually glucose) into, for example, a torn ligament. The injection creates a controlled injury that triggers your body's natural healing response—whereby new tissue growth repairs the damaged ligament. The difference between prolotherapy and prolozone is that prolotherapy uses an irritant to stimulate inflammation and repair, while prolozone uses oxygen and ozone as healing agents. Prolozone injections, likewise, trigger your body to heal itself and reconstruct damaged or weakened connective tissue in and around troubled joints. Instead of being painful like prolotherapy, prolozone patients usually feel immediate improvement with almost no pain during the therapy sessions.

The ozone in the mixture is thought to reduce inflammation, stimulate cell growth and trigger cartilage production and immune response. Prolozone therapy can also halt microbial growth, which may also be important since some research has linked chronic pain and arthritis with subclinical infection in the joints.

Who is a Good Candidate for Prolozone Injections?

Once your healthcare provider obtains a detailed medical history and understands the nature of your injury and symptoms, it will become clear whether prolozone therapy is right for you. Furthers tests—like an MRI—may be recommended.

Your healthcare provider may deem prolozone injections as a good option for you, if you suffer from any of the following conditions:

Prolozone therapy is an especially good option for people who cannot or would rather not undergo surgery and would like to avoid the troubling side effects of steroid injections and long-term use of pain medication. If you have been using cortisone injections or taking anti-inflammatory medications, it is important not to undergo prolozone therapy until the medications/injections have worn off.

What to Expect from Prolozone Therapy

Prolozone injections should only be administered by healthcare professionals who are trained specifically in prolozone therapy. Prolozone therapy treatments are usually conducted in a medical office setting and do not require anesthesia. You should be able to drive yourself to and from the appointment. Treatments usually take less than an hour and have no side effects. Simple ibuprofen or acetaminophen are adequate for any residual pain from the injection.

Most prolozone doctors recommend a monthly injection. The number of prolozone injections required can range from one or two to as many as ten, depending on the nature of your injury or extent of deterioration, your overall health and the strength of your immune system. The content in the injection also may vary, with some prolozone doctors adding specific substances into the oxygen-ozone mix.

Once the mixture is injected, your healthcare provider may move your joint or other area of injection around gently to guarantee it is properly absorbed and delivered into the site of injury or deterioration.

The goal of prolozone therapy is to repair and regrow damaged connective tissue in your joints or spine, stabilizing the area, restoring function and ending chronic pain conditions. Response to prolozone injections can vary from individual to individual, but prolozone therapy doctors report that chronic pain can be arrested in roughly 75 percent of patients who undergo prolozone therapy—even in cases of severe injury where disability and pain have been present for years.

Prolozone therapy can be a safe and effective way to heal, repair and even regrow connective tissue in your damaged or deteriorating joints—resolving chronic pain, inflammation and other disabling physical symptoms. Request more information about prolozone therapy injections today. Call (423) 482-8711 or contact Dr. Dalal Akoury online.

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1604 Lamons Lane
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Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 482-8711
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