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Is smoking a contraindication to receiving Prolotherapy?

Is smoking a contraindication to receiving Prolotherapy?

Smoking cigarettes or any other tobacco nicotine source (e.g., pipe, cigar, snuff) significantly impedes the therapeutic (healing) effectiveness of Prolotherapy.

Subsequently, if the patient uses nicotine and chooses to pursue a series of Prolotherapy sessions, it is understood that the patient runs the risk of experiencing either delayed healing (requiring more than the statistical average number of sessions), incomplete healing, or no healing at all.

The Latest Questions

What is the scientific basis for Prolotherapy?

Prolotherapy is an established technique for healing lax, stretched, or torn joint ligaments and muscle tendons. The technique consists of injecting a proliferant solution at the site of attachment of the ligament or tendon to the joint bone.

Is Prolotherapy an “off-label” use of Procaine™ and Glucose?

Dr. Clark uses the components of the proliferative solution in an “off-label” fashion, extended beyond the usual and customary recommendations of the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).

To what diagnoses is Prolotherapy applicable?

Prolotherapy is an appropriate therapy for treating any ligament or tendon sprain injury resulting in joint laxity, instability, dysfunction, or pain.