PROLOTHERAPY AND PRP( PLATELET RICH PLASMA)
Many patients ask us what prolotherapy and PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) are. Prolotherapy is a treatment that helps the body strengthen and “repair” injured tissues, such as ligaments, tendons or joints, on its own. In simple terms, the doctor makes small injections into the areas where you are hurting, using a special liquid (usually a dextrose […]
PELVIC PAIN OF PERINEUM AND EXTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS
The pudental nerve innervates the perineum and external genitalia. Cases of neuropathic pain at this location are often due to compression of this nerve as well as the inferior cluneal nerves, branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh. Differences in location and character of pain guide the differential diagnosis. Diagnostic-therapeutic blocks of these nerves […]
SACROILIAC AREA PAIN
The sacroiliac joint is a source of pain in up to 30% of patients with chronic low back pain. In many cases the symptoms are attributed to incidental findings of coexisting degenerative spinal lesions, resulting in unnecessary and ineffective epidural steroid injections. Typically these patients, middle-aged and older as well as women before and after […]
INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF HEADACHE
Interventional treatment of various types of headache based on results of prospective randomized studies includes nerve blocks and Botox injections with excellent results in reducing their frequency and intensity. In recent years there has been considerable literature on the use of nerve blocks in the treatment of chronic headache. Block of the greater occipital nerve […]
CANCER PAIN
In recent years, cancer has been the main cause of death for both men and women under the age of 65 in the EU. Cancer also ranks first in deaths from all causes in Greece.12.7 million people worldwide develop cancer every year. 1.5 million suffer from bone metastases. Pain in cancer patients is an important […]
Head and neck autonomic ganglia blocks. The unknown wonderland.
The autonomic nervous system consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The sympathetic nervous system is involved in situations where an immediate reaction is needed from the body and in addition plays the role of a mediator in painful situations and pathologies. Painful conditions in which the sympathetic system is believed to be involved […]
Nerve blocks in the clinical practice of pain therapy
Nerve blocks, synonymous with regional anesthesia, refer to the reversible interruption of nerve signal transmission with the use of various drugs (local anesthetics). This interruption of potential transmission can occur in any area where nerves are accessible to an external approach. It is the only pharmacological approach capable of stopping the pain. This is due […]
Prolotherapy: Everything old is new again
Prolotherapy, which belongs to regenerative injection techniques (Regenerative Injection Therapy, RIT), was pioneered in the 50s by George S. Hackett, MD as a treatment for ligamentous joint relaxation. What is Prolotherapy? • Non-surgical, non-opioid or steroid medication technique • It involves injecting medicinal substances into tissues that have been damaged or loosened (muscle, ligament, tendon, cartilage). […]
Osteoarthritis of knee, hip, shoulder joints. When surgery is not the first option
Osteoarthritis (OA) afflicts a significant number of aging adults with a rapid increase due to rising life expectancy, modern lifestyles and obesity. Symptomatic knee and hip OA affects 20-30% of adults over 65 years of age. The lifetime risk of developing knee and hip OA symptoms is estimated at 45%. Aggravating factors are age, injuries, mechanical […]
