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Pain Management with Injections

December 27, 2014

Injections for Pain Management

Injections for Pain ManagementPain management is crucial especially in treatment of such diseases that are characterized by chronic pain such as cancer and arthritis. Pain management is also important part of treatment especially in situations where the patient is to go through intense like during chemotherapy for cancer patients or after going through surgery.  Nobody will like to have intense pain maim him for even the least amount of time. People like to be happy and avoid anything that may bring them pain. However in some instances there has to be pain for a much serious health problem to be solved. To manage pain certain drugs are used that helps you to endure the pain, unfortunately most of these are addictive and so as you are using them to manage pain you are at risk of addiction. Opiates are the mostly used drugs in pain management and they work well in ensuring that your pain is moderated if not done away with completely. The nature of these drugs however requires that they be administered by a professional since they are very rewarding and before long the patient may become addicted to them or even dependent on them. There is however one disadvantage of using opiates in pain management; Due to their rewarding nature they can be easily abused and a treatment that once began on the right foot may end up being another nightmare in a person’s life hence there is need for actions to be taken to help patients not to be addicted to this pain drugs.

The medical researchers however did not stop at opiates but went step further to come up with other treatment methods that can be employed to help in treating pain  patients and these involves the use of injections .  In most cases whenever a person has pain in any part of the body, he may be encouraged to try physical therapy or to go for a cortisone injection which normally helps but if all these failed then you need a different approach to tackling the pain. Proliferative therapies like the prolotherapy, Prolozone and the platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP) are a good way to deal with pain but are little known.

Prolozone

Prolozone is a form of proliferative therapy. Proliferative therapy generally involves the injection of natural substances into the affected area. When done properly, these injections stimulate the release of growth factors and formation of new collagen in the affected area. The prefix “prolo” refers to this stage of new tissue growth or “proliferation.” As the body forms new collagen, the treated ligaments and tendons become thicker and stronger and more capable of doing their work. Proper alignment, stability, and function are restored, and typically the pain subsides.

Prolozone therapy uses ozone which is a form of oxygen but with three oxygen atoms. The ozone has a very powerful regenerative ability that helps in treating the damaged connective tissues. When the ozone is injected, it improves the oxygen circulation and delivery to the damaged cells. Prolozone therapy also helps not only by strengthening the tendons and the ligaments but also by rebuilding cartilage in the treated joints. Prolozone therapy was by pioneered Dr. Frank Shallenberger.

Patients enjoy Prolozone therapy as compared to other proliferative therapies like prolotherapy since with Prolozone the number of individual injections is less based on the area treated as compared to the number of injections in prolotherapy. The solution is dispersed over a larger area compared to prolotherapy, due to the injection of ozone gas. This has made Prolozone more preferred by people who do not want many injections

Platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP)

This is a safe non-surgical procedure that helps those with injuries in the tendons or suffering from osteoporosis. This treatment utilizes platelets from the patient’s own blood to rebuild a damaged tendon or cartilage. It has been successful in not only relieving the pain, but also in jumpstarting the healing process.

Platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP)

During this therapy the patients’ blood is drawn and placed in a centrifuge for 15 minutes to separate out the platelets. The platelet-rich plasma is then injected into the damaged portion of the tendon or cartilage with the guidance of an ultrasound machine. This treatment is one of the best non-surgical procedures that can be used against pain plus it takes short time for the patient to heal completely. Averagely patients take three months to be able to return to the activities they were performing before the injury that resulted in the pain.

IV therapy for chronic pain

IV nutritional therapies might have been used in chronic pain management for quite a time and have showed impressive results.  Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) treats patients with chronic pain on a daily basis and has found that some people who suffer from extensive inflammation or degeneration from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia or other auto-immune problems may just be lacking some of the vital minerals and vitamins in the body and therefore an IV vitamin and mineral therapy might just work well for them.

IV therapy involves administering the minerals, vitamins that the body lacks through and IV drip. The same might be used to administer some medicine that may help to heal the injured tissues and facilitate formation of new tissues.

Finally

With the injections for pan management you will not only experience liberating relief for weeks with but also are helpful in finding the long-term pain solution. Injections are so simple and low risk they should be in the pain-management discussion for everyone. To discuss how therapeutic injections can free you of pain and improve your long-term outlook, please call (843) 213-1480 or contact Dr. Akoury Dalal

Injections for Pain Management

 

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NEURAL PROLOTHERAPY

July 26, 2014

NEURAL PROLOTHERAPY CURE FOR PAIN

What is pain?

Pain refers to a natural response by the human body to prevent us from causing more injury on the already injured area. The intensity and persistence of pain gives rise to two types of pains: – one of which is the pain that experience briefly then disappears. An example of this kind of pain is the one we experience when we touch a hot object. This pain disappears after some time. The second time of pain is the one that persists and occasionally this is the kind of pain that takes you to the doctor. It is referred to as chronic pain. This pain is normally termed as neurogenic pain.

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How do we experience pain?

Pain is normally communicated to the brain through our autonomic nervous systems which composes of nerves. These signals are sent to the brain once a given part of the body is injured, saying that it is in pain. The interpretation of this signal takes place in the brain and it then makes us aware of the pain, which prevents us from making more injury to the affected area.

What is neural therapy?

This is a treatment of gentle superficial injections that treats chronic pain and dysfunction through resettlement of autonomic nervous systems (ANS) at the site of pain. This results to normal signaling from the nerves to the tissues and the organs that they control.

The autonomic nervous systems functions without our deliberate in order to control vital activities such as blood circulations, metabolism, body temperatures, heart beats etc. The problem with this system is that it can be disturbed by some negative influences such as pollution, toxicity, noise, stress etc. If this disturbance happens, the autonomic nervous systems will not be able to function normally and hence effects such as chronic pain.

The only solution to this problem is by restoring the system to its functional state. The good news is that researches have proven that neural therapy has the capacity to restore this system so that the autonomic nerves can communicate normally again.

Neural therapy can be used to treat quite a wide variety of conditions. Such conditions which can be addressed by this therapy are the chronic pain. Chronic pain condition can improve significantly even after just one treatment. Some of the conditions which benefit from effectiveness of this treatment are Neuralgia, Sciatica, Neck and back pains. The effectiveness of prolotherapy can be realized when a person is treated with neural therapy prior to or at the same time as the prolotherapy treatment.

Is neural therapy treatment painful?

This treatment uses a very thin needle to inject and thus it is almost painless. The needle which is used to inject this sugar solution under the skin is almost the size of hair. This means you may not even feel it. The advantage of this treatment method when used to treat pain is that it will relief you of pain almost immediately. The relief comes within a few seconds of the injection since the injection focuses on the pain area.

How long does it take me to be pain free?

When subjected to perineural injection therapy, these treatments should give you pain relief anywhere within two hours to two days. In case the pain comes back within one hour after the medication session, it is very likely that the therapy won’t work for you and thus other medication option may need to be considered. The other treatment which will be of help in this case is the Prolotherapy. After every session, you should remain painless for longer and longer periods until the pain doesn’t come back or it may even never come back at all.

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Can I be able to stop my pain medication after this therapy?

Yes. Many of the people who have undergone this therapy have reported to have been on narcotics and nerve pain medicine for long time. At the end of the therapy when the pain has gone, you can actually stop your pain medication. This is one of the reasons why neural therapy makes it possible for you to treat pain while remaining free from addiction. It saves you the addiction which would have resulted from the prolonged use of these pain killing medications which are reported to be among the leading contributors of drug related addictions. It is although advisable that when you are stopping your pain medication you should do it gradually (slowly) to avoid the withdrawal effects which follows abrupt stoppage of taking addictive substance.

Are there any side effects of using NPT?

This therapy doesn’t have many associated side effect, but prolonged soreness at the injection site and temporary bruising may be among the uncommon side effects. Just like with any other injection, NPT injection may pose potential risks of infection, fever, allergy, and sometimes no relief or even worsening of pain however, these are rare cases to be reported and if they occur, NPT may not be the causation.

Are there restrictions in terms of activities that one can do while under this treatment?

When you are under this treatment, we in fact encourage activity. If you remain active, your blood will be flowing well. Exercise helps much when undergoing this treatment. Therefore there are not restrictions on activities when under this medication.

Where do I get this treatment?

You don’t have to be worried about this anymore! The best known doctor who many people recommend when it comes to Prolo Neural Therapy, Dr. Akoury is here for you. Call us today and get your problem addressed.

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Prolotherapy Therapy in Cancer Treatment

July 24, 2014

Prolotherapy and Prolozone Therapy For Pain Reduction In Cancer Patients

ProlotherapyEvery disease that a patient suffers may result in some levels of pain. However with some diseases pain becomes a major component especially cancer, this pain needs to be moderated if not done away with completely. Chronic pain has caused worries on many people, sometimes it begins with an injury but refuses to go away even after the wound has healed. In some instances your body may just grow weak experiencing pains that you may not understand their origin as you have not had any infection or other any disease that might have caused the pain. In most cases whenever a person has pain in any part of the body, he may be encouraged to try physical therapy or to go for a cortisone injection which normally helps but if all these failed then you need a different approach to tackling the pain. Proliferative therapies like the prolotherapy, Prolozone and the platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP) are a good way to deal with pain but are little known.

Prolozone and prolotherapy are forms of proliferative therapy. Proliferative therapy generally involves the injection of natural substances into the affected area. When done properly, these injections stimulate the release of growth factors and formation of new collagen in the affected area. The prefix “prolo” refers to this stage of new tissue growth or “proliferation.” As the body forms new collagen, the treated ligaments and tendons become thicker and stronger and more capable of doing their work. Proper alignment, stability, and function are restored, and typically the pain subsides.

How Proliferative therapies work

Prolozone and prolotherapy are very effective treatment methods. However prolotherapy is the most famous and widely used form of proliferative therapy. Prolotherapy has been used since 1930’s and it was strongly endorsed by a US surgeon, DR. Everett Koop after having his chronic back pain treated by prolotherapy. Prolotherapy involves injection of a natural substance such as dextrose in to induce an inflammation around the affected area. When the inflammation is induced, blood supply and flow of nutrients in that affected area is enhanced making the body to regenerate the damaged tissues in response.

Prolozone therapy, unlike prolotherapy uses ozone which is a form of oxygen but with three oxygen atoms. The ozone has a very powerful regenerative ability that helps in treating the damaged connective tissues. When the ozone is injected, it improves the oxygen circulation and delivery to the damaged cells. Prolozone therapy also helps not only by strengthening the tendons and the ligaments but also by rebuilding cartilage in the treated joints. Prolozone therapy was by pioneered Dr. Frank Shallenberger.

Other differences between Prolozone therapy and prolotherapy may include;

  • Prolotherapy uses a mixture of dextrose (sugar solution) and an anesthetic called lidocaine, along with a small amount of vitamin B12 to promote healing While Prolozone uses an anesthetic called procaine and a mixture of B vitamins (multi-B vitamins, B12, folic acid), a homeopathic solution (Traumeel®), dextrose (sugar water) and sodium bicarbonate. Ozone gas is then injected after the Prolozone solution.
  • With Prolozone the number of individual injections is less based on the area treated as compared to the number of injections in prolotherapy. The solution is dispersed over a larger area compared with prolotherapy, due to the injection of ozone gas. This has made Prolozone more preferred by people who do not want many injections

Mostly the pain that we experience in our body is caused by damage in the connective tissues. Therefore for the pain to be treated effectively, the damaged tissues need to be repaired. The connective tissues are very important in our body as they are the ones that make movements between the joints less stressful. These connective tissues include; ligaments, cartilage, and tendons that support the joints. The cartilage can be impaired by sudden improper movements or may be worn from overuse or improper alignment. When the cartilage is exposed to vigorous use like they may get overused, accidents that are also common in sports like soccer and other athletics may cause negative effects on the tendons and ligaments making them to be less elastic hence cannot function well. In such a scenario the slight movement on the affected joints results in great pain that may form an inflammation around the affected joint. The proliferation therapies may be used to effectively heal the affected ligaments and tendons and ease the pain but in case there is a complete tear of either the ligament or the tendons, then surgery will be best option to repair them. However the complete tear is not always common. The most common problems associated with the ligaments, and the tendons are micro tears and loss of tensile strength in the tissues. When the ligaments or the tendons are injured, they put a lot of strain on the affected areas causing severe pain. If the conditions continue for a long time it may also lead to the malfunction of the cartilage and may also result to more diseases like arthritis.

ProlotherapySome of the symptoms that are associated with connective tissue damage include; Popping, grinding, or clicking joint, Frequent swelling, Poor range of motion, instability, Recurrent sprains, Repeated joint dislocation  and Chronic muscle tightness or spasm.

Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) has profound knowledge on cancer and can offer you a good advice on how to stay cancer free. Frequently check this website for most current updates on cancer treatment. Generally, natural approach to cancer treatment is worth a try.

 

Prolotherapy and Prolozone Therapy For Pain Reduction In Cancer Patients

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Neural Prolotherapy and Cancer Pain Management

July 22, 2014

Neural Prolotherapy (NPT) For Cancer Pain Treatment

Neural Prolotherapy

Neural Prolotherapy

Neural Prolotherapy (NPT) is a new concept in the treatment of cancer but it is simple to implement and has had far reaching effect on managing chronic pain. The wonder therapy uses dextrose solution in sterile water to address a pain neuropeptide referred to as TRPVI. TRPVI is what triggers the release of pain and inflammatory peptides that lead to excessive pain.

NPT works by adhering to the peripheral nerves, this are nerves that are very close to the surface of the skin and are the main cause of pain. A thin injection may be used to deliver 5% dextrose in sterile water. This water is delivered to all superficial nerves and eventually it leads to a complete freedom of pain especially in the area surrounding the injected part.  NPT targets areas with chronic constriction injuries that affects the nerves health and stimulates the pain.

The technique is simple and reliefs the patient from the pain. Once the superficial nerves are put under this treatment, the pain goes away almost immediately. The treatment targets the correct nerve and addresses it instantly. Once this has been done, the pain goes away immediately. The duration it takes before one starts feeling the pain again depends on the underlying tissue and the nerve constriction. It also depends on how long it will take the dextrose before it repairs the constrictions. Nevertheless, it may take 6 treatment days before the patient is fully cured.

Other than being used to manage cancer pain, NPT has been used in managing lower back pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel, stiff necks, Achilles tendonitis and many other ailments. It is an exciting treatment that can be used to react to chronic pain relief without necessarily resorting to use cortisone injection or medications.

More practitioners are acquiring more skills and knowledge on the use of Neural Prolotherapy NPT and this is expected to better cancer pain management.

Neural Phototherapy (aka Lyftogt Technique) is based on the premise that overuse or injury of the superficial nerves is the main cause of pain and dysfunction.  When Dextrose solution is injected under the skin, the dextrose is able to heal the nerves that lead to the sensation of chronic pain.  The dextrose solution heals the dysfunction that perpetuates the sensation of chronic pain.  It then allows the connective tissue and the nerves to heal and one ends up feeling much better.

The patients will get immediate relief from pain and may not require the use of anesthetics. it can be used to treat all trigger points  and requires a follow up of between 1 week or 2 months depending on the extend  of  the injuries  sustained.

When this method is used, the following outcomes will be expected

  • Elimination and decreased pain after between one and five treatment
  • Increased mobility
  • Increased stability of the joints
  • Reduced pain bites
  • Reduced swelling and tenderness
  • No need for surgery
  • Reduced inflammation.

How is Neural Prolotherapy done

In the treatment of cancer pain, sugar or glucose can be injected just below the skin to promote the healing of tissue damaged so as to rebuild them. There is intense research on using growth factors such as autologous platelet rich plasma, bone marrow aspirate and many other substances in the treatment.

There are still no properly conducted clinical trials although recent studies show that Dr. Lyftogt has been able to develop neural phototherapy treatment protocols for migraine.

Neural Prolotherapy

Neural Prolotherapy

The Neural Prolotherapy according to Dr. Lyftogt can be relied on in managing neurogenic inflammation. His assertion is based on the work by Douglas W. Zochodne who hypothesizes that prolotherapy treats pathological inflammation.  According to Dr. Lyftogt, injection of 0.1 % lignocaine induces proliferating peptidergic effectors while at the same time reduces vascular endothelial growth factor level that restores repair processes hence reducing or eliminates pain.  The injections target specific receptors TRPVI that are present in the nerve nervorum. These are the smallest nerve fibers that are responsible for pain and the swelling in the protective sheath of the nerve trunk (neurogenic inflammation)

According to Dr. Lyftogt, there is already evidence that neuropathic pain syndromes causes peripheral neurogenic inflammation that involves autonomic and sensory nerves. What the doctor needs to demonstrate on is how the neurogenic inflammation is enhanced and how the sugar injection reacts to it.

If you are suffering from neuropathic pain, or any chronic pain, Dr. Dalal Akoury one of very few trained in Neural Prolotherapy NPT by Dr. Lyftogt in this procedure can help you. Do not hesitate to call AWAREmed Health and Wellness Center for immediate pain relief.

Neural Prolotherapy (NPT) For Cancer Pain Treatment

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