How Prolozone Provides Shoulder Pain Relief
Injury or disease of the shoulder joint can cause shoulder pain. Injury can affect any of the ligaments, bursae, or tendons surrounding the shoulder joint. It can also affect the ligaments, cartilage, menisci (plural for meniscus), and bones of the joint. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices stability for mobility. As an extremely mobile joint that plays a central role in the action of a major extremity, the shoulder is at risk for injury.
Common injuries of the shoulder can lead to inflammation of the bursae (bursitis) or tendons (tendonitis or tendinitis) and result in a torn rotator cuff with dysfunction, impingement, as well as instability and frozen shoulder. Labral tears can be from torn cartilage. Fracture of the bones of the shoulder (such as from biking falls) can cause intense shoulder pain. Pain can also occur in the shoulder from diseases or conditions that involve the shoulder joint (including arthritis such as osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis with bone spurs), the soft tissues and bones surrounding the shoulder, or the nerves that supply sensation to the shoulder area.
Where many traditional therapies do not provide healing or complete pain relief, Prolozone Therapy uses localized injections of ozone to regenerate new tissue in areas where it has become damaged. Ozone has been used in medicine for over seventy years. It is a naturally occurring molecule that consists of three atoms of oxygen. Oxygen atoms usually combine in pairs, because they are much more stable that way. The third atom of oxygen present in ozone gives it a much greater capacity for inducing healing than any other naturally occurring substance. Prolozone therapy uses the power of oxygen to stimulate the body to heal itself. It is excellent for all forms of musculo-skeletal and joint pain including many forms of shoulder pain.