Dr. Mehmet Özkent, regarding Prolotherapy, said, “Prolotherapy is fundamentally a regenerative treatment. It involves the renewal of damaged, worn-out, or degenerated ligaments, joints, tendons, and soft tissues. It aims to trigger the body’s own self-healing potential. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases treated with prolotherapy.”

In osteoarthritis, the joint structure is damaged, ligaments are injured, the joint space narrows, and the cartilage is damaged. In this case, to regenerate the joint, a special proliferant solution is injected into specific points where tendons and ligaments attach to the bone and cartilage. As a result of this injection, the body’s healing cells are stimulated to come to these areas and initiate the healing process, leading to tissue repair.

Herniated discs occur as a result of biomechanical dysfunction in the spine and laxity in the ligaments, so to prevent new herniations, the biomechanical dysfunction in that area must be addressed through exercises, physical therapy, or prolotherapy injections.

Prolotherapy is also used for many conditions such as partial muscle tears in the shoulder, frozen shoulder, meniscus degeneration, recurring headaches, neck, back, and lower back pain, non-healing hernias after surgery, pain related to fibromyalgia, nerve compression in the hands and feet, heel spurs, headaches and dizziness originating from the neck, tailbone pain, tennis elbow, persistent pain in the ribs and spine, sports injuries, joint and ligament laxity. Depending on the patient's condition, it can be used alongside medications, physical therapy, exercises, or surgery as a medical treatment method by a specialist in the appropriate patients,” he stated.