About me:: Curriculum Vitae, Professional background, Personal Background
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David Taylor Roberts, M.D.
50 South Medical Drive, Suite 1
Payson, Utah 84651
801-465-6969
fax 801-465-6999
e-mail: dtroberts@pol.net
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Prolotherapy Revolution
Stop Pain and Heal without surgery!!!
Webster's New International Dictionary define Prolotherapy as follows:
"The rehabilitation of an incompetent structure such as a ligament or a tendon, by the induced proliferation of new cells."
A ligament is a band of fibrous tissue that holds bones together. Just like a rubber band, a ligament can become "over-stretched." The resulting laxity can cause severe pain as bones rub together, or muscles are overworked as they tighten in an attempt to stabilize the bones.
Prolotherapy is a treatment where a proliferant solution of natural substances is injected directly into the site where the weakened ligament attaches to the bone. These injections then trigger the body's own immune system to grow new and healthy tissue which then properly stabilizes the bones and joints, relieving various musculoskeletal pain and stiffness.
Prolotherapy is one of the treatments of choice for chronic pain. This therapy is used to treat:
Degenerative arthritis
Low back pain
Torn ligaments and cartilage
Neck pain
Headaches
Fibromyalgia
Many other musculoskeletal conditions
Hips, knees, ankles, and feet
Shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hands
"As a neurologist and chronic pain specialist, I have never seen a more effective treatment for chronic pain than prolotherapy." - David T. Roberts, M.D.
Years of research and clinical success has proven its success.
Leading medical schools in the U.S. are teaching medical students and residents prolotherapy.
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D. has endorsed this treatment ever since it was used on his shoulder- and worked. He has since used it on his own patients.
It is inexpensive and cost effective. It is cheaper and safer that steroid injections, surgery, or long term medications.
Even when surgery is necessary, prolotherapy can be used to shorten the post surgical recovery time and improve outcomes.
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