Tennis Elbow is a tendon strain at the outside portion (lateral
side) of the elbow. It nearly 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. Steroids are most useful only
for acute injuries of two weeks or less. As the tennis elbow injury
continues after three to four weeks the inflammation is replaced by a painful
irritation and tiny local tears of the microscopic tendon fibers. These
tears do not heal in response to steroid injections.

Physical therapy can help, but Dr. Abraham finds it disappointing as a permanent cure.

Prolotherapy works the best! Often one set of injections will bring nearly
complete relief by 2 months time. Sometimes a second set of injections may be needed, but
rarely a third.

Patello-femoral syndrome

Patello-femoral syndrome is, in Dr. Abraham’s 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

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 people 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 prolotherapy into
his knees. In a follow-up study three years later he demonstrated that the
improvements persisted.

see: www.drreeves.com