This involves recovery from any injury. Athletes want to get back to playing their sport and they want to get back now! Since most sports injuries are related to tears or stretching of ligaments and tendons, any athlete would welcome treatments that could induce a quicker healing of ligaments and tendons.

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Prolotherapy may not be effective for every individual and there are risks involved, these risks should be discussed with your physician. Results achieved with some may not be typical of all. Please consult a physician.

There is no known cure for arthritis. Prolotherapy and nutritional supplements can help alleviate, reverse, or end arthritic pain by treating an underlying cause that contributes to degenerative disease, ligament laxity. Strengthening ligaments and other connective tissue can help prevent bone on bone arthritis from developing.