Shoulder Pain

Prolotherapy injections for rotator cuff tears and rotator cuff tendinopathy

Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN Prolotherapy, as practiced in our office, involves multiple injections of a dextrose-based solution to the various ligament and tendon attachments around the shoulder, as well as inside the joint. Prolotherapy to all of the adjacent structures stimulates a natural inflammatory response in […]

Prolotherapy injections for the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome

Shoulder pain with overhead movement is commonly labeled “shoulder impingement.” Today, many clinicians use the broader term rotator cuff–related shoulder pain or subacromial pain syndrome because pain rarely comes from one structure being mechanically pinched in one simple way. The rotator cuff tendons, subacromial bursa, shoulder capsule, labrum, ligaments, shoulder […]

Prolotherapy injections for shoulder osteoarthritis

Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN Prolotherapy is an in-office injection treatment that research and medical studies have shown to be an effective, trustworthy, and reliable alternative to surgical and ineffective conservative care treatments. In our opinion, based on extensive research and clinical results, Prolotherapy is superior […]

Shoulder instability and hypermobility

Danielle R. Steilen-Matias, MMS, PA-C The patient is a 34-year-old woman with hypermobility, specifically she is being treated for shoulder instability due to shoulder ligament weakness. This patient had already completed physical therapy and other conservative treatments without achieving her desired stability. If her instability had been due solely to […]

Prolotherapy as a treatment option for failed rotator cuff surgery

Ross Hauser, MD; Danielle Matias, PA-C; Demi Foster, APRN Prolotherapy is an in-office injection treatment that research and medical studies have shown to be an effective, trustworthy, reliable alternative to surgical and non-effective conservative care treatments. In our opinion, based on extensive research and clinical results, Prolotherapy is superior to many other […]

Prolotherapy injections for subacromial shoulder pain – swimmer’s shoulder

Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN At our clinic, we have provided more than 30 years of service to patients seeking non-surgical options to get them back to their sport. In this article, we will show our research and research of other clinicians in offering non-surgical solutions […]