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 Injuries in Women
Though males and females have the same musculoskeletal structures, there
are some unique differences that actually make female athletes more prone
to injury. In regard to skeletal differences, males usually have wide shoulders
and narrow hips, whereas a female generally has a wide pelvis in relation
to the width of her shoulders. This wider pelvis is necessary for childbirth.
This wider pelvis is stabilized by the sacroiliac ligaments in the back
and the Pubic Symphysis and pubic ligaments in the front. It is these ligament
structures that are stressed and account for the significant back pain
that occurs in 50 percent of women who are pregnant.1
This wider pelvis in females leads to an
increased inward slant of the thigh and, therefore, an increased Q-angle
of the knee.2 (See Figure 27-1.) The Q-angle, a measurement of the
angle created by the line from the anterior superior iliac spine and
the patella, and the line from the patella to the tibial tubercle,
is normally less than 12 degrees. An increased Q-angle produces excessive
lateral forces on the quadricep's mechanism and abnormal tracking of
the patella. This is one of the reasons why chondromalacia patella or patellofemoral
syndrome is more common in women.3
As stated above, a female's thighs tend to slant inward towards the knees more
than a male's. This puts additional strain on a woman's hips and their ligamentous
support. This is one of the reasons that the majority of the 120,000 hip replacements
done each year are in women.4
Females also have a wider carrying angle of the elbows. This is similar
to the Q-angle of the knee. This wider angle places additional stress on
the medial elbow stabilizers, namely the ulnar collateral ligaments, which
are usually the culprits when a female athlete has medial elbow pain.
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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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.
