PROLOTHERAPY IS A NON-SURGICAL OPTION FOR SPORTS INJURY! With Prolotherapy, you can
keep training, get back in the game/event quickly, no down time, no long rehab required, alternative to the much-feared often career-ending surgeries...
Knee Braces for Football
In the late 70's Oakland Raiders' Superbowl and All-Pro quarterback Ken
Stabler had a bad knee, the Raiders' head trainer George Anderson, developed
a brace for him (Anderson Knee Stabilizer, 1978), to protect Stabler's
previously injured knee ligaments from re-injury. Anderson's colleagues
in the professional and college ranks were impressed with the reports of
its effectiveness, and began using it to outfit their athletes who had
sustained medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries. Subsequently the medical
staffs of several teams decided that the brace could also be used to prevent
injury. A frenzy hit the sports injury field and the brace was universally
applauded, and consequently, the growth of this market was rapid, with
at least eight different manufacturers entering the market within five
years. Unfortunately, the manufacturers provided no quantitative data to
validate this bracing concept, and there were no independent studies to
show that braces prevent injury.
The Brace As A Knee Hazard
American Association of Orthopedic Surgery and American
Academy of Pediatrics Caution Against Bracing. In 1984,
the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine called for
research into seeing whether or not using a brace prior to injury
would prevent a serious knee injury. The end result of this was
that the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons issued a position
statement, cautioning clinicians regarding recommending the use
of prophylactic (injury preventive) braces. Why do you think this
happened? Because the studies showed that braces did not prevent
injury and some were showing that braces actually increased knee
injury rates.
Ross Hauser, MD is a Prolotherapy doctor and
Medical Director of Caring Medical and Rehabilitation Services
in Oak Park, Illinois. In this video, Dr. Hauser performs
a Prolotherapy treatment to a knee, demonstrating the Prolotherapy
injection technique practiced at Caring Medical. Dr. Hauser
treats patients from around the globe with Hackett-Hemwall
Prolotherapy and has found it is an excellent alternative
to knee surgery, NSAID treatment, and cortisone injections.
If you would like to see our other videos on Prolotherapy,
or would like to email us to see if Prolotherapy can help
your knee pain, please visit www.caringmedical.com.
Prolotherapy can be used in almost all painful knee conditions
and injuries, including: meniscal tear, knee tendinosis,
osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease, tendon injury,
ligament injury, ACL injury, anterior cruciate ligament tear,
MCL, injury, medial collateral ligament tear, iliotibial
band injury, sports injuries, and knee joint instability.
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self-help guide. Never alter or change your health management or begin
any new health plans without first consulting your personal health care
provider. Some statements on this site regarding the value of nutritional
supplements have not been evaluated by the FDA.
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.
