Does Prolotherapy treat foot and ankle pain?
Many foot and ankle problems are treated and resolved with Prolotherapy. The most common and notable are plantar fascitis, Morton’s Neuroma, bunions, and chronic ankle sprains. Each of these involves stretching of ligaments and joint capsules, which respond quite well to Prolotherapy. If steroid injections do not provide long-term relief for these, you should strongly consider Prolotherapy. You certainly can bypass steroid injections and surgery; treatment with Prolotherapy can and usually does achieve a great deal of success without the risks of surgery. How can I test myself to see if Prolotherapy could help me? The signature finding is pain that you can put a finger on. If you can precisely point to your source of pain, there is an excellent chance that Prolotherapy will resolve or at least greatly improve it. Shouldn’t I be skeptical of such a weird idea that few doctors know about? Of course, I certainly was! I knew about this technique for over 8 years, read about it carefully fo
