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INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIDES
Ross
Hauser, M.D.
There are a lot of people with
arthritis. There are two main types of
arthritis; degenerative and inflammatory. Degenerative
arthritis is also
called
osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis generally occurs when there is
injury to the joint, specifically to the ligaments that stabilize it.
Once the ligaments are injured, the muscles have to contract around the
joint to protect it. When the muscles can no longer do this, the bones
around the joint begin to grow, which are called bony spurs and are
indicative of
arthritis. This extra bone is the body’s attempt to
stabilize the joint. Eventually, because of the ligament injuries, the
menisci and articular cartilage deteriorate. When this happens, you can
hear a crunching or grating sound in the joint. Eventually the joint
wears down until there is ‘bone on bone’.
Prolotherapy is a great
treatment for degenerative
arthritis because it helps repair the
ligament injury that started the arthritic process in the first place.
The other main type of
arthritis is called inflammatory
arthritis. The
most common inflammatory
arthritis is rheumatoid arthritis. Other types
of inflammatory arthritis are psoriatic arthritis, Lyme Disease, lupus,
gouty arthritis, and chondrocalcinosis or pseudogout. Characteristics of
inflammatory arthritides are swelling and stiffness in the affected
joint(s). In rheumatoid arthritis, the swelling typically occurs
symmetrically and in the hands. Arthritides can affect all joints,
including the knee joint.
The
difference between degenerative and inflammatory arthritis is the fact
that Prolotherapy gets at the root cause of the condition, which is
ligament weakness or laxity. With regard to inflammatory arthritis,
Prolotherapy often gets at the root cause of the pain but not the
underlying condition. So when faced with a patient who has an
inflammatory arthritide,
Prolotherapy would be used in conjunction with
comprehensive natural medicine.
The
natural medicine approach to conditions such as Lyme Disease, rheumatoid
arthritis, and lupus include doing diagnostic testing for food
allergies, infections, and various nutritional factors. If an infection
is found, it is treated with appropriate antibiotics or antifungal
medications. If food allergies or sensitivities are found, those foods
are eliminated from the diet. Nutritional discrepancies are treated by
changes in diet, and vitamin and herbal supplementation. Because
inflammatory arthritis can damage the joints,
Prolotherapy is used to
help stimulate the repair of the joints.
Prolotherapy is helpful to
relieve the pain of inflammatory arthritis, but if not combined with a
comprehensive natural medicine approach, the pain will continue to
recur.
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There is no known cure for arthritis. Prolotherapy can help aleviate,
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
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