Trigger point injection (TPI) is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax. Many times, such knots can be felt under the skin. Trigger points may irritate the nerves around them and cause referred pain, or pain that is felt in another part of the body.
Trigger points are persistent, localized muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain. Trigger points alone may be responsible for many cases of neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. What is not generally known is that trigger points may also be implicated in radiating pain into the arm and hand or radiating pain into the leg and foot. In fact, radiating pain due to trigger points may be mistaken for pain caused by a herniated disc, in either the neck or lower back. Trigger point pain affecting the wrist and hand may even be misdiagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome.
What Happens During the Procedure?
In the TPI procedure, a trained professional inserts a small needle into the patients trigger point. The injection contains a local anesthetic that sometimes includes a corticosteroid. With the injection, the trigger point is made inactive and the pain is alleviated. Usually, a brief course of treatment will result in sustained relief. Injections are given in our office and usually take just a few minutes. Several sites may be injected in one visit.
When Is a Trigger Point Injection Used?
TPI is used to treat many muscle groups, especially those in the arms, legs, back, and neck. In addition, TPI can be used to treat fibromyalgia and tension headaches. TPI also is used to alleviate myofascial pain syndrome (chronic pain involving tissue that surrounds muscle) that does not respond to other treatments.
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy is showing exciting results with sports injuries, including ligament sprains, tendon tears and chronic inflammation. This new non-surgical treatment can relieve pain, promote permanent healing and avert the need for surgery. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), is revolutionizing the way we treat acute and chronic pain.
First used in cardiac surgery in 1987, physicians discovered that platelets had strong healing properties. They began experimenting with skin and bone grafts, further exploring the soft tissue and bone regeneration effects. Today, Orthomolecular Nutrition & Wellness is using PRP and achieving outstanding results on:
Regenerating Tissue Therapy
Research studies and clinical practice have shown PRP to be very effective. Both ultrasound and MRI images have shown definitive tissue repair after treatment, confirming the healing process. The need for surgery can also be reduced by treating injured tissues before the damage progresses and the condition is irreversible.
Activating the body's own healing process
The human body has a natural ability to heal itself. The body's first response to soft tissue injury is to deliver platelet cells. Packed with growth and healing factors, platelets initiate the repair process and attract the critical assistance of stem cells. Using this natural mechanism, PRP intensifies the body's efforts by delivering a higher concentration of platelets.
To create PRP, a small sample of the patient's blood is drawn (similar to a lab test sample), transferred to a unique multi-chamber container and then placed in a centrifuge. The centrifuge spins the blood at high speeds, separating the platelets from the other components. The concentrated platelet rich plasma is then injected into and around the point of injury, jumpstarting and significantly strengthening the body's natural healing ability.
Is PRP Therapy Safe and do the effects last?
Patients treated with PRP have shown significant improvement in their pain and ability to function. Because your own blood is used, there is no risk of a transmissible infection. PRP is performed in a sterile, office-based environment, and does not require general anesthesia or hospitalization. Because PRP helps to resolve pain through healing, it provides lasting results. Initial improvement may be seen within a few weeks, gradually increasing as the healing progresses.
Every minute of every day, as part of normal metabolic processes, your body produces a substance called Adenosine Monophosphate (AMP). Think of it as a byproduct of your body's effort to create energy from the foods you eat.
Interestingly, (AMP) helps to limit the acute nerve-related pain (known as post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN) that sometimes follows a bout of shingles, a skin rash caused by the herpes zoster virus. People with persistent shingles-related pain may have low concentrations of AMP in their systems, and boosting these AMP levels through intramuscular injections can promote faster clearance of the shingles virus--and faster relief from PHN pain. .
Adenosine Monophosphate (AMP) injections are a worthwhile tactic for fast relief and to remedy the post-herpetic neuralgia, particularly in instances in which unremitting pain occur.
Orthomolecular Nutrition & Wellness considers AMP injections a worthwhile strategy to speed healing and to treat post-herpetic neuralgia, especially in cases of unremitting pain.
Orthomolecular Nutrition
and Wellness Center
9225 Ulmerton Rd., Suite 312
Largo, FL. 33771
Office:727-518-9808
Ronald Klatz, D.O.
"DHEA is undeniably one of the most crucial predictive factors in diagnosing aging-related diseases."
Mike Adams
“Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise.”
Michael Tierra
“Diet is the essential key to all successful healing. Without a proper balanced diet, the effectiveness of herbal treatment is very limited."
The Scientist Magazine
“Unfortunately, everything the experts tell us about diet is aimed at the whole population, and we are not all the same.”
Hippocrates
“Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.”
Emerson
“The first wealth is health.”
Martial
“Life is not living, but living in health.”
Rockefeller Institute of Medicine research
“If the doctors of today do not become the nutritionists of tomorrow, then the nutritionists of today will become the doctors of tomorrow.”
Karen Sessions
“Processed foods not only extend the shelf life, but they extend the waistline as well.”
Copyright 2011 Orthomolecular Nutrition.
All rights reserved.
