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Prolotherapy, The Hauser Diet, Chicago Sports Medicine, Woman's Health
 Ross Hauser, M.D., Marion Hauser, M.S.R.D.
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PROLOTHERAPY, BOTOX®, and HEADACHES
 Ross Hauser, M.D.

One would expect BOTOX® to decrease headaches and neck pain because BOTOX® temporarily eliminates muscles spasms. BOTOX® is the poison called botulism toxin. Think about it. Some people will actually allow injections of poison to get rid of their pain.

Most neck and headache pain originates from muscle spasms in the neck. The problem with anti-inflammatory medications, muscles relaxants, and the latest treatment 'BOTOX®' is that it does nothing to eliminate the cause of the muscle spasm. BOTOX® directly inhibits the nerve impulses from coming to the muscles. This is akin to a fire alarm going off because of a fire in the building and the owner of the company just takes the battery out of the fire alarm and says, "there's nothing to worry about! The alarm stopped ringing!" This is ridiculous. We need to determine why the neck muscle in spasm in the first place. Similarly, failure to put out the fire will mean that everyone in the building will be charred to death. Just because the fire alarm isn't going off doesn't mean everything is okay.

For most people, the reason for chronic neck muscle spasms is because the underlying ligaments are damaged/stretched/weakened, thus, they can no longer stabilize the neck. The brain then recruits the neck muscles to do it. 

Once you knock out the neck muscles with BOTOX®, then there is no stability in the neck. This will cause increased pressure on the discs and facet joints as the vertebrae move excessively (instability). This is a set up for development of proliferative arthritis in the neck. Unfortunately, this long term outcome typically results in people using long term muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatory medications. This is most likely what long term studies will show with BOTOX® use.

This is why we choose to great the underlying cause of the problem with treatments that actually cause strengthening of the weakened area, not further degeneration. Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair the injured areas, utilizing the God-given process of inflammation. Doing things that stop the natural inflammatory reaction to injury only causes further degeneration.

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All medical procedures have risks, these risks should always be discussed with your physician. 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 arthritis from developing.