Knee Pain and the pes anserinus tendons

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Ross Hauser, MD A common cause of knee pain is not ligament injury. (We realize that this is shocking, since we have been explaining in past newsletters that ligaments are normally the cause of chronic pain.) The most common cause of chronic knee pain (see Prolotherapy research paper) is weakness in the pes anserinus tendons. […]

The different types of injections for ankle osteoarthritis pain

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Ross A. Hauser, MD., Danielle R. Steilen-Matias, MMS, PA-C. The evidence for Non-surgical treatments for Ankle Osteoarthritis In this article, we will make the connection from ankle ligament instability to ankle osteoarthritis, to the need for ankle fusion or ankle replacement surgery. We will also present research on regenerative medicine injections as an alternative to this […]

Clinical Outcome of Bone Marrow Concentrate in Knee Osteoarthritis

Kristin S. Oliver, MD, Matthew Bayes, MD, David Crane, MD, Chakrapani Pathikonda ABSTRACT Background: Knee osteoarthritis is an increasing health concern in the adult population. Nonsurgical treatment options for pain reduction and function improvement are limited in number and provide only short-term relief. The potential of regenerative therapies to go beyond temporary symptom reduction and […]

Prolotherapy Research Hand and Finger Pain

A Retrospective Observational Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Unresolved Hand and Finger Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic in Rural Illinois Ross A. Hauser, MD, Nicole M. Baird, CHFP, Joseph J. Cukla, LPN   Citation: Hauser RA, Baird NM, Cukla JJ, A Retrospective Observational Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Unresolved Hand and Finger Pain […]

Peripheral nerve pain treatment

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Howard Rosen, MD In this article, Howard Rosen MD, explains Prolotherapy as a Peripheral nerve pain treatment. The peripheral nervous system is located subcutaneously. It is not widely known today but painful peripheral nerves are probably the most common source of chronic pain. The peripheral nerve system has been used for thousands of years to produce […]