Prolotherapy in Whiplash and Low Back Pain

Abstract

Relaxation of ligaments and tendons occurs when fibers do not regain their normal tensile strength after having been sprained or torn. This condition causes more chronic whiplash and low back pain, more referred pain and more sciatica than does any other entity.

Diagnosis may be confirmed by intraligamentous injection of a local anesthetic solution.

An incompetent structure may be rehabilitated by intraligamentous injection of a proliferating solution which stimulates the production both of new bone and of fibrous tissue cells.