Long Island and Brooklyn based Pain Physician, David Rosenblum, MD describes prolotherapy and discusses mechanism of action, evidence and protocols.  Also mentioned in this podcast, Prolotherapy protocols, low dose version high dose dextrose prolotherapy, spine prolotherapy, Spine ligaments Intertransverse ligament, Ilolumbar ligament pain and more!

Morton’s Neuroma Diagnosis Treatment and Regenerative Medicine Options

1. Moderate to severe low back pain primarily experienced over the anatomical location of the SI joints between the upper level of the iliac crests and the gluteal fold, AND
2. Low back pain duration of at least three (3) months, AND
3. Low back pain below L5 without radiculopathy, AND
4. Clinical findings and/or imaging studies do not suggest any other diagnosed or obvious cause of the lumbosacral pain (such as central spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication/myelopathy, foraminal stenosis or disc herniation with concordant radicular pain/radiculopathy, infection, tumor, fracture, pseudoarthrosis, or pain related to spinal instrumentation), AND
5. At least three positive findings with provocative maneuvers: FABER, Gaenslen, Thigh Thrust or Posterior Shear, SI Compression, SI Distraction and Yeoman Tests,3,4 AND
6. Low back pain persists despite a minimum of four weeks of conservative therapies.5

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