Tennis elbow is really a tendon strain at the outside portion ( lateral
side) of the elbow. It almost always chronic and can last for a year or
more. Because it is chronic, tennis elbow is not well treated by the
traditional steroid injection. The steroid solutions used are stronger
synthetic forms of natural human cortisone. Steoirds are most useful only
for acute injuries of 2 weeks or less. As the tennis elbow injury
continues after f3- 4 weeks, inflammation is replaced by a painful
irritation and tiny local tears of the microscopic tenond fibers. These
tears do not respond to steroids to heal.

Physical therapy can help but I have find it disappointing as a permanent
cure.

Prolotherapy works the best! Often one set of injections will bring nearly
complete relief by 2 months’ time. A 2nd injection may be needed then, and
rarely a 3rd. Of, no treatment will help everyone, but prolotherapy has
been my favorite therapy for tennis elbow for almost 20 years.

Patello-femoral syndrome

Patello-femoral syndrome is, in my experience, most often a chronic injury
of the tendons that attach the quadriceps muscle in the front of the thigh
bone(the femur) to the knee-cap (the patella).

Jumper’s Knee
Also, the tendon starting at the lower edge of the patella that attaches
below at an inch or so to the leg bone (the tibia) is another painful
chronic injury, known as “jumpers’ knee” or “basketball knee”.

Osteoarthritis of the knee

Many persons sustain damage to their knees over the years that results in
poor mobility, pain and decreased activity. Surgery is one answer, but is
not for everyone.

Prolotherapy is a useful alternative injection therapy for knee
osteoarthritis. One injection is placed into the knee joint every 6 weeks
for up to a year.

Dr. Dean Reeves showed improvement in pain, flexibility, strength and
re-growth of cartilage after a year of treatment with porltoehrapy into
knees. In a follow-up study 3 years later, he demonstrated that the
improvements persisted.

see: www.drreeves.com