// Patient Resources

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DOWNLOADABLE FORMS
The following documents are available for patients to download​

• INTAKE FORM: patient background and history; must be filled out before initial evaluation.

• PRE-TREATMENT GUIDELINES: Information for patients to review prior to treatment for best results.

• CONSENT FORM: Review of potential risks and benefits; must be signed prior to treatment.

• AFTER-CARE: Follow these instructions after your treatment

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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:

An in-depth overview of prolotherapy and different types of regenerative injections:

• Journal of Prolotherapy | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | December, 2011

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This is a chapter from a text book on alternative medicine.  It provides detailed information on prolotherapy:

• Alderman, Donna. "Prolotherapy" Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Pain Management. Ed. Weintraub, Mamtani and Micozzi. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2008. 
   

These videos are a quick source of basic information for patients interested in regenerative injection therapy:​

• A basic overview of various regenerative injection therapies

• A simple explanation of prolotherapy

• Quick general overview of platelet rich plasma

• Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate as a source of Stem Cells

 

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ABOUT REGENERATIVE INJECTION THERAPY:

Regenerative Medicine is an area of exciting research and development in modern healthcare.  The field remains "experimental" in nature, and there are studies that both support and refute the benefits of prolotherapy, PRP, and stem-cell interventions.  Nevertheless, most of the work done thus far has been quite promising.  A few links are posted below.  Patients are encouraged to do their own research and ask questions before deciding to try a procedure.

  

• Broad National Institutes of Health scientific literature search on Prolotherapy

• Broad National Institutes of Health scientific literature search on Platelet-Rich Plasma use in Orthopedics

• Broad National Institutes of Health scientific literature search on BMAC Stem Cell use in Orthopedics

• Prolotherapy for chronic rotator cuff disease

• Comparative Effectiveness of Injection Therapies in Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

• Platelet-Rich Plasma for Partial Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears

• Prolotherapy for tennis elbow

• BMAC stem cell therapy for meniscal tears in the knee

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