Because there is an anesthetic in the solution, generally the neck or headache pain is immediately relieved. This again, confirms the diagnosis both for the patient and the physician.

Dr. Hackett reported good to excellent results in 90 percent of 82 consecutive patients with neck and/or head pain whom he treated with Prolotherapy.(10,11) Dr. Kayfetz and associates treated 206 patients who had headaches caused from trauma. They found that Prolotherapy was effective in completely relieving the headaches in 79 percent of patients.(9)

John Merriman, M.D., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported at the 1995 Hackett Foundation Prolotherapy Conference, that in treating the necks of 225 patients with Prolotherapy, 80 percent had good to excellent results.(12) These studies did not differentiate between the different types of headaches. Prolotherapy is effective against migraine, cluster, and muscle-contraction headaches if ligament laxity and/or autonomic nervous system dysfunction are present.

Prolotherapy controls the pain of muscle-contraction headache and neck pain. Prolotherapy, however, will not overcome poor posture or poor dietary and lifestyle habits.

The most common reasons why a person may not attain 100 percent improvement with Prolotherapy are the following:
1. Inadequate (depressed) immune system
2. Nutritional deficiencies
3. Hormonal deficiencies
4. Other factors causing the pain that are not being addressed
5. Correct area being treated but repair not yet complete
6. Wrong area being treated

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