
Originally Posted by
yannick35
I live in Canada, near Montreal, I sort of got introduced to prolotherpy by mistake, I got refered to that clinic because nothing else worked and I was damn near suicidal about it.
That clinic was pain maintenance, and they had this brand new technology that releived chronic back pain called the spine force.
I went for my first exam and my new medical doctor the one that saved my life check my ligament, lower back is finger sank almost one inch into my lower back, with all the chiro adjustments i had been getting true out that one year and a half and everything my pelvic was ajusted sometimes 3 times a week that laxed my lower back ligaments like hell and in time i developped a condition called the snapping hip joint, where my hip snaps when i lift my leg, again caused by chiropratic, can't you tell i hate theses mofos. So i began prolotherapy, my pelvic was so much out of alignement that it took nearly 6 months to correct the situation.
Prolotherapy is a lot more expensive in the US has i have read in a few websites, my treatment cost me 50$ for the doctor visite, and 50$ for the mix
3cc dextrose, 6cc xylocaine, 1cc toradol and some iron supplement.
Now depending on the prolotherapist the mix might be different, but almost 90% of the time dextrose will be in the mix.
So 100$ for my prolotherapy treatment, injections are done on the upper back, traps, lower back , hip joint and got a few in the shoulder.
Spineforce, did 4 treatments with a physiotherapist that showed me how to operate the machine and note my score they cost 70$ per treatment, now i do them alone and its 40$ per treatment.
Most clinic will offer a package deal of 10 treatments for around 700$ again this is at my clinic, i am not aware of the price for spineforce in the US.
I have nothing to gain money wise, marketing or advertisement by sharing my story like this with you guys, i know how it feels to live in pain, and most so called professional out there are incompetent idiots that lie to you all the time, chiros are the worst, they have a response for every question and are masters at keeping you with them.
Theses treatments have helped me a lot, saved my life, and put me back in the gym. again i am not 100% i still have some treatments to do, maybe another 6 months of prolotherapy and around 10-15 sessions of spine force but at least the results are there, and each session the pain is a lot better.