Do Prolotherapy Injections Hurt?

Some people have many Prolotherapy injections and do not  hurt, while others receive a few shots and have a rough time.

The amount of pain experienced during the Prolotherapy treatment is insignificant compared to the pain the chronic pain patient experiences every day. Many say after the Prolotherapy treatment, "It wasn't that bad." There are a few people, however, who need help in receiving Prolotherapy.

In order to assist those patients who find Prolotherapy painful, the physician may give the patient anesthesia or a prescription for Tylenol with codeine or Vicodin to be taken prior to Prolotherapy treatments .  Madajet which sprays an anesthetic such as Lidocaine into the skin to deaden the pain when the needle pierces the skin. The needle piercing through the skin is the most painful part of the procedure. We also use local aethestic  before we do prolotherapy for our patients.

Ninety-nine percent of our patients receive the treatments without pain killers and do just fine.

We have lots of things to help you during the procedures too - such as stress balls to squeeze, soothing music to listen to with headphones, hot packs, and of course, kind assistants in the room with you to offer you a hand to hold.