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- The leg completely envelops both the fibula and the tibia, which are bones across from the thighs under the knee joint. The leg is comprised of muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments. Because prolotherapy is usually intended to treat the tendons and the ligaments, it can be used to treat many varieties of leg pain.
- Prolotherapy treatment for leg pain often entails the use of a very thin 30-gauge needle and an injection of both lidocaine and dextrose. This injection is intended to heal pain by constructing brand new tissue and making the joints more stable. This is done from the bottom to the top of the legs.
- Prolotherapy can treat a wide array of leg pain problems, including the fibula (also known as the outer bone) being attached to the tibia (also known as the inner bone), muscle sprains of the legs, and Achilles tendinitis (a condition in which the calf muscle becomes thinner and goes onto the thick tendon that connects to the back part of the heel).
- Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure that is used for the treatment of vascular malformations of the blood vessels. It is very different from prolotherapy, in that sclerotherapy involves injected caustics into the veins, while prolotherapy utilizes injections to treat musculoskeletal pain and weakness of the connective tissues. Sclerotherapy is not intended to be used for the treatment of leg pain, and is commonly used for the removal of varicose veins.
- There are various types of criteria necessary for treating leg pain with prolotherapy. Some of these guidelines are clicking, popping and grinding sensations associated with movement, recurrent fullness or swelling related to a muscular or joint area, tingling, aching, numbness and burning, and tender areas located alongside the bone at the ligament or tendon attachments.
