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How long has Prolotherapy been practiced?

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How long has Prolotherapy been practiced?

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The concept of strengthening ligaments goes back to the time of Hippocrates. Reports of shoulder joint instability and its many repair methods date back to Hippocrates’ treatise, “On Joints.” Hippocrates described the practice of using cautery to cause the capsule to scar and thus tighten around the joint. While his technique is no longer used, the underlying concept is similar to Prolotherapy—strengthen the ligaments. In the 1930s many case reports emerged in France and the United States of musculoskeletal disorders, such as TMJ, knee pain, and sacroiliac joint (SI joint, which holds your pelvis to your lower back), being successfully treated with Prolotherapy. In 1956, George Hackett, MD, a surgeon, published the first edition of the textbook Ligament and Tendon Relaxation Treated by Prolotherapy. Dr. Hackett reported a 12-year success rate of 82% in the treatment of 1,800 patients with back pain using Prolotherapy. Then, in 1983, microscopic examination of rabbit tendons after Prolo

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