Prolozone Joint Injections

Prolotherapy has been used for decades, mostly as a treatment for musculoskeletal pain arising from ligamentous laxity. Loose ligaments can result from overuse or injury. They can be pain generators by themselves or they can cause joint cartilage to wear out faster than it can be replaced. Various injectables have been used over the years to trigger proliferation of ligamentous tissue, but the needle trauma itself may be the primary driver. When ozone gas is used as an injectable the procedure is usually called prolozone. Although a head-to-head study has yet to be done we feel that ozone is both safer and more effective than many other injectables commonly used by prolotherapists. Dr. Shawn Naylor has also has found prolozone to be a more effective and affordable than the more well known PRP (plasma rich protein) joint injections.