Prolozone Therapy

Natural and Effective Pain Relief

Prolozone therapy is a procedure in which local injections of ozone are used help reduce inflammation in the body caused by disease or dysfunction. Prolozone injections are especially helpful for anyone struggling with chronic pain. Prolozone therapy is a safe and effective therapy.

Prolozone injections include a blend of nutrient ingredients, in addition to ozone, that supports tissue regeneration and activate the body’s natural healing mechanisms. Because prolozone injections trigger your body’s innate healing abilities, you need fewer prolozone injections over time. Prolozone injections are not a lifelong treatment, but instead, a method to support your body while you get your health back on track.

What is Prolozone Therapy?

Prolozone therapy is a non-surgical injection-based treatment that’s used in chronic and degenerative diseases. The term ‘prolozone’ is a combination of the words ‘proliferation’ and ‘ozone.’ Proliferation means to rebuild or grow. The prolozone name indicates that this therapy is triggered by ozone and other nutrients to activate regrowth and healing within the body.

Prolozone therapy is a neural therapy where a therapeutic blend is injected into an affected area. The prolozone injection blend includes:

Ozone
Vitamins
Minerals
Procaine
Anti-inflammatories

In our office, we often use prolozone therapy for those suffering from acute or chronic pain. Prolozone therapy can be injected directly into any joint or soft tissues/muscles that have been giving you trouble – providing lasting relief without painkillers or surgery.

Prolozone Therapy Benefits

With prolozone therapy, you may receive a series injections in any problematic areas one to two weeks apart, or until symptoms subside. Often, one treatment may be all that is needed.

In our office, we commonly use prolozone therapy for patients with:

Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Muscle pain
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Lyme disease
Chronic inflammatory response syndrome
Neck pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Autoimmune disease
Joint pain
Lower back pain
Fibromyalgia
Plantar fasciitis
Morton’s neuroma of the foot

Not only does prolozone supply a boost of therapeutic ozone directly to an impacted area of the body, it also works by reducing inflammation overall. In addition, prolozone therapy promotes better cellular membrane function, repair of damaged tissue, and oxygenation of tissues and blood.

Some of the benefits of prolozone therapy we see, specifically in those with joint and muscle pain, include:

Reduced pain
Improved flexibility
Decreased inflammation
Reduced arthritis symptoms
Improved mobility

Prolozone Therapy Near You

For safe and effective prolozone treatments, you can request an appointment with Vine Healthcare. Dr. Scott Antoine and Dr. Ellen Antoine are experts in Functional and Integrative Medicine and in prolozone therapy. If you are interested in prolozone therapy in the Carmel or Indianapolis area, please call Call (317) 989-8463 or click here to book a session.

Does Prolozone Therapy Work?

We have seen firsthand prolozone therapy work in many of our patients who were struggling to get pain relief with traditional treatments. Many of these people were using prolozone as a last resort before planning to have surgery. Prolozone doesn’t need to be and shouldn’t be the last resort. We have seen our patients experience incredible results and not require surgery.

The ozone gas and collagen-boosting nutrients in our prolozone injections help the body rebuild connective tissues around damaged joints, tissues, and muscles. Prolozone injections also significantly reduce inflammation, making them an excellent therapy for anyone with acute or persistent pain issues.

Prolozone Injection Side Effects

Experiencing side effects after prolozone injections is very rare. Prolozone therapy has been used safely for decades. In our professional opinion, prolozone therapy is much safer than many other pain relief alternatives often used in conventional medicine.

There are risks to any procedure, however, but the most common we see is mild bruising or sensitivity around the injection site. However, this can usually be remedied with ice packs and natural anti-inflammatories such as Curcumin. The needles used in prolozone injection therapy are very small and typically don’t cause any problems for most of our patients.

What Should I Expect with Prolozone Therapy?

When you come in for prolozone therapy treatments, you will receive two to four injections in a specific site. Numbing medication is given first. For example, if your knee is giving you trouble, you may receive several injections in and around the knee. A prolozone therapy appointment takes 10-15 minutes and may need to be repeated in one to two weeks. Occasionally, patients may receive complete relief with a single injection and follow-up injections are not always needed.

The injection is administered using a very small gauge needle. Therefore there is a minimal pain at the injection site. However, you may opt for numbing cream if you’re already in significant pain. Prolozone injections may be repeated, but they are not needed indefinitely.

As you respond to treatment, you may find you need fewer injections and smaller doses of prolozone therapy. One of the great things about prolozone therapy is you dictate when and how often you take advantage of these injections, making it a therapeutic option that’s completely in your control. Prolozone therapy injections activate your body’s natural healing processes, are non-surgical, and completely non-addictive.

Prolozone Therapy Costs

The cost of prolozone therapy depends on the unique blend your Functional Medicine Physician develops for you and your condition. Also, because prolozone therapy is a treatment that is typically done more frequently initially and tapers off over time, it will gradually become more affordable as you go. With that in mind, prolozone therapy can typically range anywhere from $100 – $200 per injection.

Finding a Prolozone Therapy Doctor Near You

We have used prolozone therapy in many patients and have seen many benefits. Because prolozone therapy encourages your body to heal itself, it can be used in conjunction with many other treatments and therapies.

Prolozone therapy at Vine Healthcare is always administered by one of our experienced Functional Medicine Physicians who is trained by the American Academy of Ozonotherapy.

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What We Treat

Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)/Mold Illness

CIRS occurs when there is widespread inflammation caused by a biotoxin in the body that leads to immune system (and often hormonal) dysfunction. “Mold illness” is a subcategory of CIRS but this inflammatory process can also be caused by exposure to other biotoxins including Lyme disease, additional tick-borne organisms and certain spider bites – such as brown recluse spiders. Dr. Ellen and Dr. Scott are known as experts in treating patients with environmentally acquired illnesses.

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

Mast cell activation syndrome (or MCAS) is a troubling chronic condition that’s caused by overactive mast cells. Mast cells are white blood cells in your body that function as part of your immune system. When you have mast cell activation syndrome, you’ll usually experience symptoms that wax and wane throughout your life. These symptoms often look like allergies. It’s estimated that mast cell activation syndrome takes an average of 10 years to diagnose, and some people may go their entire lives without knowing they have it.

PANDAS/PANS

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS), is a disorder seen in children after they experience a group A strep infection. In PANDAS, while fighting a strep infection, your child’s immune system begins to attack his or her brain, confusing the brain tissues for foreign bacteria. PANS stands for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. PANS shares many of the same symptoms and markers as PANDAS — the key difference is that PANS doesn’t come from a prior strep infection. In fact, it is often difficult to narrow down the infection or event that triggered the autoimmune response which results in PANS. PANS is more of an umbrella term for a similar syndrome caused by another organism or trigger.

Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system attacks healthy tissue throughout the body. The type of tissue that is attacked determines what kind of autoimmune disease develops. There are many different kinds of autoimmune disease, some without specific names.

What causes the immune system to run rampant and attack your healthy tissues is different from person to person, though there are commonalities. Because of the complex nature of autoimmune disease and how the underlying causes are specific and unique to each person, it requires an individualized diagnostic approach and a personalized treatment plan.

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

POTS describes a set of symptoms related to autonomic nervous dysfunction, including nausea, dizziness, increased heart rate, exercise intolerance and more. Patients with the “partial dysautonomic” (PD) form don’t respond to gravity/postural changes well (moving between laying down and sitting up, standing for long periods of time, etc).

Complex Medical Conditions and Medical Mysteries

If you’re struggling with complex medical issues, you’ll need an approach that takes a step back and examines the body as a whole. A Functional Medicine approach looks at the entire body and the environment surrounding it. In fact, Drs. Ellen and Scott Antoine are both experts in Emergency Medicine as well as Functional-Integrative Medicine and have developed a proprietary process called Fully Functional® that specifically helps patients who are dealing with complex health conditions, difficult diagnoses, and medical mysteries.

Thyroid Diseases

Thyroid diseases are fairly common and are believed to impact hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Thyroid diseases lie on a spectrum – ranging from conditions where the thyroid makes too much hormone, to those where the thyroid doesn’t make enough. Symptoms can be very mild and about half of all people with thyroid conditions don’t realize they have a problem. Furthermore, thyroid conditions can be asymptomatic when they are extremely low level.

Adrenal Dysfunction

Adrenal glands do much more than produce adrenaline. They are responsible for the fine tuning many of your body’s processes, fueling the fight or flight response, and regulating your sex hormones. If they fail to work correctly, there is a direct effect on your well being.

Chronic Fatigue and Mitochondrial Diseases

Overwhelming chronic fatigue is one of the biggest complaints our patients have when they come see us for care. The fatigue we often hear about is not just inconvenient – it can be so debilitating that it interrupts one’s ability to complete even small tasks even to the point of being able to get through the day.

Yeast overgrowth

Your body is truly amazing. It is home to trillions of microbes that live in and on your body, including a wide variety of bacteria – some good, some bad, and some plain ugly. It’s also home to yeast, though this yeast is nothing like the stuff used to make bread. Although everyone has some yeast in their body, occasionally the yeast can increase in numbers (called a “yeast overgrowth”).

Reactivated Epstein Barr Virus

Approximately 95 percent of us carry a pathogen called the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). For many, this virus is caught in early childhood and largely goes unnoticed. EBV isn’t like most infections that are ‘conquered’ by our immune system but rather it ‘retreats and hides out’ in part of our immune system. Unfortunately, there are many factors at play in our modern toxic environment that are contributing to reactivation of this virus. Like so many other chronic illnesses that are on the rise in America, we are seeing an increase incidence of reactivated or chronic Epstein-Barr virus in our practice.

Lyme Disease and Tick Borne Infections

Lyme disease, a relatively new discovery only identified about 50 years ago, is a condition caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme is known to be transmitted to humans by infected deer ticks. Common symptoms include chronic fatigue, joint pain, weakness, brain fog, and rash. Nearly half of all Lyme disease patients also have other tick borne infections, and some estimates are as high as 80 percent.

Allergies

Environmental and Food – Allergies and the management of their symptoms can be irritating at best – and downright dangerous at worst. You’re concerned about your new allergy symptoms, or worried about a family member who always seems to be sneezing – you’re not alone. Allergies (both environmental and food) are on the rise and affecting more people than ever.

Menopause/Andropause

Menopause and the male equivalent, andropause, are normal processes of aging, however, the symptoms associated with either are often frustrating, confusing, and often depressing. In women, the symptoms tend to be more overt and can greatly impact one’s quality of life. When hormones are out of balance, it’s surprising how much it affects everything.

Gut Conditions

Often an unhealthy gut goes unnoticed because the symptoms seem completely unrelated such as a skin condition, a neurologic symptoms, immune dysfunction, etc., however, sometimes the symptoms are undeniably due to an issue within the GI tract. We treat intestinal permeability (leaky gut), small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), autoimmune disorders, infections, reflux, and others.

Chronic Infections

The term chronic infections encompasses many different conditions. Infections are caused by any type of pathogen (bacteria, virus, fungus or other organism) that invades the body and negatively impacts organs and ultimately causes harm to the body. Of the different types of pathogens that exist, bacterial infections typically attract the most attention because they can cause epidemics.

Anxiety/Depression

Depression and anxiety disorders are different, but people with depression often experience symptoms similar to those of an anxiety disorder, such as nervousness, irritability, and problems sleeping and concentrating.

Cancer Adjunctive Care

Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. Our Cancer Adjunctive Care help you whilst you battle this disease.

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Detoxification

Detoxification or detoxication (detox for short) is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body, which is mainly carried out by the liver.

Fertility Issues

Fertility Issues may include inadequate levels of certain hormones in both men and women, and trouble with ovulation in women.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a common and complex chronic pain disorder that causes widespread pain and tenderness to touch that may occur body-wide or migrate over the body.

Headaches & Migraines

Migraines and other types of headaches, such as a tension headache and sinus headache, are painful. Migraine symptoms include a pounding headache, nausea, vomiting, and light sensitivity.

Heart Health

A healthy lifestyle, especially when started at a young age, goes a long way to preventing cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle changes and supplements can heal heart-harming trends, like high blood pressure or high cholesterol

Insomnia

Most cases of insomnia are related to poor sleep habits, depression, anxiety, lack of exercise, chronic illness, or certain medications.

Nutritional Deficiencies

Nutritional Deficiencies occur when the body doesn’t get enough nutrients. Causes include a poor diet, digestive conditions, or another disease.

ADHD

A chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.

Athletic Performance

Physical performance is mainly a function of an individuals’s size, shape, sex, and age, but not entirely so. Success in sport at whatever level also depends on fitness. It is assumed, of course, that implicit in any definition of fitness is the absence of acute or chronic illness.

Asthma

A condition in which a person’s airways become inflamed, narrow and swell, and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe.

Skin Disorders

Skin disorders vary greatly in symptoms and severity. They can be temporary or permanent and may be painless or painful. Some have situational causes, while others may be genetic. Some skin conditions are minor, and others can be life-threatening.

Heavy Metal Toxicity

Heavy metal toxicity is the accumulation of heavy metals, in toxic amounts, in the body. Heavy metals either get excreted or ‘take home’ in the fat, tissues and bones of the body. The heavy metals most commonly associated with poisoning of humans are lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium but there are many others.

Hormonal Imbalance

An important aspect of your personalized healthcare program includes the restoration of hormonal balance and function, normal brain chemistry, and intracellular biochemical processes.