Prolotherapy is a means of reducing pains in damaged muscle. It is a therapy that has only recently started being covered by medical insurance policies. In this therapy, the doctor will inject a solution into the part that has been injured. Muscles that have been strained and ligaments that have been torn are some of the candidates for prolotherapy. Injuries to connective tissue are also candidates for prolotherapy. The solutions that will be used in this therapy include glycerine and dextrose. Through the process of inflammation, the area in the body that has been injected will then heal itself and will be strengthened in the process. The process of healing may take a longer time depending on the kind of injury that has been sustained on the ligament and may require several shots of the irritant solution on the injured part. Often, the first treatments will require a lot more irritating solution than in the following treatments until the ligaments have been healed. This therapy is being adopted by medical practitioners to reduce pain and improve the healing of joints and is being compared to the use of steroids in the improvement of healing of torn muscles and ligaments.
Steroids can be used for medicinal purpose to achieve healing. A good number of steroids have been used in the process of improving the muscle mass of patients who are suffering from HIV. With regard to the healing of torn muscles and ligaments, there are two steroids that are known to have such qualities: HGH and deca-durabolin. A comparison of the use of steroids and prolotherapy will depend on the preferences of the medical practitioner and the general health of the patient. Even with medicinal amounts of deca-durabolin, it cannot be used on patients who have liver problems. It has the qualities of improving the connective tissues to cause the healing of torn muscles and ligaments but the fact that it has been modified to prevent it from being digested by the body on its passage through the digestive system means that it can be very dangerous to the liver. The non-medicinal use of deca-durabolin even for medicinal purposes is not any better since users who have had a history of using steroids will have to be very wise in stacking the steroids. HGH on the other hand is better than deca-durabolin and is the better option when it comes to the healing of strained muscles and torn ligaments. It will reproduce cartilage and improve the pace of healing for the strained muscles. Hypoglycemic patients re not supposed to use HGH since it is bound to increase their hypoglycemia. The chances of having low blood sugar when using HGH are also high and so are the chances of organ failure and heart enlargement.
