Injection therapy
Injection
therapy involves using a needle and syringe to relieve
pain by injecting various substances (i.e. anesthetic,
vitamins, mineral, homeopathics and dextrose) into a
person's back, neck, arms, legs or other body areas. It
typically is used only when less invasive forms of
treatment fail to relieve a patient's symptoms.
During these treatments, medication is injected into the
soft tissues, joints and other areas in and around the
source of a patient's pain. Various types of injection
therapy are available, including:
Mesotherapy - A
cocktail of vitamins, minerals and homeopathics are
injected to either help with chronic pain or reduce an
area plagued with cellulite.
Neural therapy
-
Homeopathics and anesthetics are used to help relieve
pain.
Prolotherapy
- Dextrose
solution is injected into trigger points (areas where
pain is felt) in the fibrous tissue that covers bones.
This triggers an inflammatory response, which causes
fibrous tissue growth that can strengthen the area.
Trigger point
injection -
Anesthetic is injected directly into areas of the body
were pain is present.
