Medical (O3) Ozone and Prolozone Therapy

According to Canadian Radiologists oxygen-ozone (O3) therapy will become the standard treatment in the United States to treat herniated disks within the next five years. 

- Kieran J. Murphy - Interventional Neuroradiologist and Vice Chair and Chief of Medical Imaging
- University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Medical (O3) Ozone and Prolozone (Ozone + Vitamins / Enzymes) are non-toxic therapies which can regenerate, strengthen and accelerate the healing of bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves in the body ... eliminate pain and inflammation, dissolve bone spurs, heal tendonitis, arthritis, chronic arthritis ... and acclerate the healing of post surgery wounds, repair and injury recovery.

Medical (O3) Ozone and Prolozone (Ozone + Vitamins / Enzymes) injections can eliminate the need for many back, neck and joint (elbow, knee, shoulder, ankle, wrist etc.) surgeries ... avoiding years of physical impairment, restrictions, aches, pains, numbness, chronic / crippling pain, invalidaty, and continuous deteriorating mobility related to living with such conditions for years / decades.

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United States - Chicago Medical College - O3 Ozone:

"If I could have only one remedy, I would prefer to take my chances with (O3) Ozone."

- Noble M. Eberhard, M.D., A.M., Ph.D. - Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery

U.K. & France - Medical O3 Ozone ... vs War Wounds, Surgery:

The results of the first 21 cases treated by medical (O3) ozone at the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital - England - U.K. cannot be regarded as anything but satisfactory from every standpoint, be it humanitarian, scientific or economic.

The cases were, for the most part, those of cavities and sinuses in the femur and tibia. It is the great experience of those who have seen a great deal of war surgery that such cases obstinately resist treatment and are apt to remain unhealed for months and years … I have failed in only one case.

The properties of medical (O3) ozone which have a wonderful healing effect are … an increased flow of blood to the affected part … as a germicide it destroys all hostile micro-organic growth … as the French chemist Hennocque has shown it has great powers in the formation of oxyhemoglobin.

China - O3 Ozone ... vs Herniated Discs ... 50,000 Patients Per Year:

Of patients with cervical or lumbar herniation, treated more than 50, 000 patients every year with medical ozone (O3) therapy ... and more than 80% of them with excellent results. 

- http://www.otsoniterapia.net/uutta/kiina.html

Italy - Europe - Medical O3 Ozone ... vs Back Pain ... 14,000+ Patients:

In recent years more than 14,000 lower back pain patients have been treated with medical ozone therapy in Europe, mostly in Italy, where the procedure was developed.

Canada - Medical O3 Ozone ... vs Herniated Discs:

Canadian Radiologists predict oxygen-ozone therapy will become the standard treatment in the United States to treat herniated disks within the next five years. 

Kieran J. Murphy, an interventional neuroradiologist and vice chair and chief of medical imaging at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario ... presented at the San Diego meeting, his analysis of 12 studies involving more than 8,000 patients treated with the ozone/oxygen in Italy and elsewhere in Europe.

Computer imaging guides the needle used to deliver the ozone/oxygen treatment to the herniated disc. Patients require no more than a local anesthetic, and Murphy says most of his patients have reported improvements in pain within 48 hours of the treatment.

 “The estimated improvement in pain and function is impressive when we looked at patients who ranged in age from 13 to 94 years with all types of disc herniations.

Equally important, pain and function outcomes are similar to the outcomes for lumbar discs treated with surgical discectomy, but the complication rate is much less – less than 0.1 percent.

In addition, the recovery time is significantly shorter for the oxygen/ozone injection than for the discectomy ... you don’t have to undergo invasive surgery,” said Murphy.

The analysis suggests that ozone therapy is as effective as surgery for relieving pain caused by a herniated disc, with a much lower incidence of complications and much quicker recovery times.

- http://www.empowereddoctor.com/ozone-injections-relieve-pain-of-herniated-discs

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Medical (O3) Prolozone ... vs Steroid Injections ... vs Prolotherapy:

(O3) Prolozone is so effective, it is usually preferred to the classical Prolotherapy. Since (O3) Prolozone does not work as a proliferative, the use of anti-inflammatory medications is not contraindicated and can be synergistic.

Unlike steroid injections, which slow and decrease healing and remodeling of tissue, (O3) Prolozone improves and increases it. Here are some other comparisons:

Dr. Noah Edvalson is one of the few practitioners in Idaho who have completed Advanced Prolozone Therapy training with Dr. Frank Shallenberger - the pioneer of the technique. Dr. Shallenberger has practiced Integrative/Alternative/Orthomolecular medicine since 1979 and has been teaching Prolozone Therapy for 18 years.

Some studies have shown relief for 90% of sufferers from chronic pain discomforts including joint pain, low back, neck, hips, knees, shoulder and elbow pain, rotator cuff injuries, arthritis, degenerative discs andmusculoskeletal pain, whiplash, muscle spasms, osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, torn tendons, TMJ syndrome, sciatica, heel spurs, neuromas, pelvic pain and tennis elbow.

It is an excellent alternative therapy for herniated discs, and studies show it can stop joint pain permanently. It has also been very successful to provide holistic relief to all sorts of painful conditions, including fibromyalgia.

http://www.boiseintegratedchiropractic.com/new-patients/services-provided/136.html

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(O3) Ozone ... Enhanced Regenerative Injection Treatment

(O3) Ozone is a powerful oxidant. Upon contact with body fluids ozone dissolves and then reacts immediately with a variety of bodily constituents. These include fatty acids, antioxidants, various proteins, and carbohydrates.

There is a build up of lipid peroxides and a chain reaction that results in the elaboration of many cytoactive compounds. Alpha tocopherol (vitamin E), glutathione, uric acid (an important and potent antioxidant), ascorbic acid, and bilirubin quench this reaction both in cell walls and in plasma.

One of the first signs of significant cytotoxicity in blood is hemolysis, which is easy to clinically monitor. When whole blood is exposed to the low and carefully controlled concentrations of ozone that are used medically, the naturally occurring antioxidants listed above protect the cells.

Careful research has shown that there is neither cellular damage nor hemolysis, although there is potent stimulation of the antioxidant system and depletion of both the lipophylic cellular membrane and the hydrophilic plasma dissolved antioxidants. There also are many reactive compounds such as lipid peroxides produced in the plasma.

Other studies show that leukocytes that are washed with saline and then exposed to the small concentrations of (O3) ozone used medically rapidly die. This demonstrates that the naturally occurring antioxidants that are found in whole blood prevent cellular damage.

In the medical procedure called ozone major auto hemotherapy (MAHT) blood is taken out of the patient, carefully exposed to controlled concentrations of (O3) ozonated oxygen, and then reinfused into the patient. The activated cells and biologically active compounds are diluted in the blood preventing any toxic effect.

As they spread into the general circulation they initiate multiple biologic reactions, influencing the whole body. This activation is a "shock" which stimulates the immune system and stimulates healing. It is important to differentiate this type of intermittent shock from the constant low level stresses caused by disease and other chronic environmental factors that can cause oxidative damage and result in chronic disease.

Other forms of medical ozone treatment include exposure of ulcerations to the gaseous form, rectal insufflation, and application of ozonated water and ozonated olive oil.

Medical (O3) ozone is also injected intra-articularly for treatment of arthritis, intramuscularly for musculoskeletal problems. It has been studied in several centers demonstrating efficacy for treatment of shoulder rotator cuff injuries. The ozone reacts locally after it dissolves in body fluids. "Prolozone" treatment utilizes this action after local intramuscular injection.

The most carefully studied use of ozone treatment for the musculoskeletal system is its injection into intervertebral discs for treatment of disc protrusions and increased discal chemical sensitivity. There is an ongoing multicenter European study, coordinated through the University Of Milan School Of Medicine, collecting data for this treatment. Data available to date shows a very significant positive result.

The most authoritative and complete discussion of this subject is found in the excellent and authoritative textbook, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy by Velio Bocci, MD and there is a growing body of medical literature outlining these changes emanating from several European countries.

- Richard Gracer, M.D.

http://www.gracermedicalgroup.com/resources/page_03.php

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Prolozone ... "The Most Remarkable Pain Reliever I’ve Ever Seen"

If you suffer from joint or muscle pain, what you’re about to read will likely change your life. During the past year, I have been using the most incredible healing therapy the world has ever known. This therapy far surpasses any other pain treatment I’ve ever used ... Prolozone.

In many cases, pain disappears instantly ... and the relief can be permanent! Hard to believe?

Not after you read about Erin and several others. Erin is a lovely 28-year-old woman who was in a terrible car accident.

She was in the passenger seat of a car that had pulled over on a southern California freeway to avoid a police chase. Well, they didn’t avoid it. The fleeing car plowed into her car at 70 mph.

Her injuries were extensive. Her doctor told her she would never be able to walk again. She defied her doctors and recovered enough to get around, shunning suggested surgery and other harsh treatments.

Erin came to see me seven years after the accident. She limped in with severe chronic pain running from her lower back down through her legs. My evaluation suggested unstable sacroiliac (SI) joints.

The SI joint is the most important in your back. Instability can radiate pain from the small of your back down to your toes. And your conventional doctor won’t have a clue about how to treat it.

He’ll offer dangerous and often unsuccessful surgery. And he’ll give you pain pills that have terrible side effects. Erin agreed to this new treatment, which is a modification of prolotherapy.

In just a few minutes, she was about 80% pain free. She was shocked! Two days later she came back for other reasons. At the time of the accident, she was still a newlywed.

Most of her married life was spent in horrible pain. When she came back in, she told me that her husband emotionally told her it was fantastic to get his wife back. But Erin isn’t the only success story.

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There’s also D. Graham, age 73. He suffered extensive lower back pain for four years. The X-ray showed moderate lumbar degeneration.

With just one session, taking only five minutes, his pain was gone, instantly. That was several months ago. So far, the pain has not come back.

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Then there’s Patrick. He has degenerating hips. Surgeons recommended hip replacement surgery. After only three sessions, he rates his pain dropping from a 10 down to between 0-2 points.

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Finally, there’s Mary T. and Mary S. Both of them suffer from chronic knee arthritis:

Mary T. is 74. She was an avid equestrian.

But the degeneration in her knees caused so much pain that she couldn’t ride anymore. Her doctor recommended knee replacements. After only three sessions, she was riding her horse again, which is a very strenuous work out on your knees.

Mary S, a bit older at 78, came in with bone hitting bone in her knees. Her X-ray showed absolutely no joint space. She barely made it in with a walker.

A complicating factor was her weight. She is about 100 pounds over her ideal weight. That’s a serious risk for anyone’s knees.

I gave her weight loss suggestions, while we did the therapy. It’s been 18 months. Mary comes to the office monthly now, walking in on her own, with significant pain reduction.

She has avoided the knee replacements, and she now has her big smile back. And this relief came without even a pound of weight loss.

I don’t expect to rebuild a destroyed knee. But to give an elderly obese woman an additional 18 months with her own knees and with significant clinical improvement, I’d say we did very well.

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So how does Prolozone therapy work?

Oxygen is the most critical nutrient for energy production and healing. Without it, cells simply cannot repair. They might languish in an injured state for years, or eventually die.

The oxygen alone can get the cells going. It stimulates them to excrete waste material, and promotes their ability to repair themselves and the tissues around them.

Prolozone works by providing energy-producing oxygen to the innermost parts of your joint. This is where ozone, which I call the miracle healer, does its magic.

Ozone is a powerful stimulant of cellular growth factors, such as Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-B). This powerful cytokine activates cartilage cells to produce matrix proteins necessary for the body to make the white cartilage substance.

TGF-B improves matrix protein arrangement. It protects the surface of the cartilage. It modulates the activity of enzymes that dissolve other proteins and compounds that are involved with inflammation.

That’s a 1-2-3 punch for healing. Injecting ozone in or around the joint stimulates tissue regeneration, a build up of antioxidant enzymes and a reduction in inflammation.

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Can Prolozone actually regenerate your cartilage?

I’ve seen knee X-rays that show a definite increase in cartilage thickness. So, yes, it really does regenerate cartilage. Ozone reacts almost instantly with the membranes of the cells it contacts.

The oxidation of the membrane jump starts the cells. Immune cells are particularly responsive to ozone. They will produce a cascade of powerful healing chemicals called cytokines.

These are the very short proteins immune cells use to talk with each other. Immune cells not only provide protection against infection, they also clean up debris and modulate inflammation. Research has connected arthritis and chronic pain to subclinical infection.

While ozone stimulates cells, when it comes into contact with microorganisms, it kills them. In other words, this non-toxic therapy can kill microbes on its own, and stimulate your immune cells to kill them as well. When delivered directly to a painful area, the combination of oxygen/ozone provides the stimulation to repair while simultaneously providing the essential oxygen to energize them.

I’ve been doing conventional prolotherapy for some 19 years (see getprolo.com for more information). I was absolutely impressed that in four or more sessions, we could reduce pain in most people by an average of 80%. But conventional prolotherapy has some limitations compared to ozone. It’s far more uncomfortable.

It requires many more needle insertions to get the fluid to the target area. Prolozone injects a gas which easily diffuses to a much greater area. That promotes widespread stimulation, even to areas that are not in direct contact with the needle.

Prolotherapy generally requires several sessions to achieve the same effects Prolozone achieves in just one session. Prolotherapy usually causes inflammatory discomfort at the injection area that peaks in 36 hours. There’s almost no lingering discomfort with Prolozone.

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Dr. Shallenberger’s discovery has changed my prolo practice permanently. In fact, he did Prolozone on some chronic neck and back trigger points I’ve suffered for some time.

My discomfort dropped by 60% almost immediately. I’ve hardly noticed the pain since. If you have chronic pain, Prolozone could be your ultimate answer. Any prolotherapy physician can easily adapt prolotherapy to Prolozone.

I suggest that you take this report to your prolotherapist. I have no doubt that it will pique his or her interest to get the additional information needed to help you. You can find a prolotherapy doctor at www.getprolo.com.

Many physicians are unfamiliar with ozone and won’t take the steps to learn this fantastic therapy. That’s fine. They can still do conventional prolotherapy for you. It’s an outstanding treatment. But ozone makes it better in my opinion and experience.

- Dr. Robert Jay Rowen - United States - "Father of Medical Freedom" 

http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/the-most-remarkable-pain-reliever-ive-ever-seen-prolozone-1432896.html

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