Treating Hip, Knee, Ankle and Foot Pain
With Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy and Prolotherapy
Serving the Phoenix Area from Scottsdale, Arizona

You move your hips, knees, ankles, and feet your whole life, and don’t think about these joints much until they start to hurt.

Normal exercise such as running and walking and almost-normal moves like a jump with a hard landing multiply the loads and angles your joints endure. Our doctors use regenerative treatments to alleviate discomfort from joint injuries and pain. Neglecting joint pains may alter your posture or movement, stress your back, strain other joints, and set you up for chronic pain later in life.

Hip Pain

Hip and groin pain may result from arthritic changes to the cartilage and joint capsule of the hip. Hip conditions may also be caused by jumping, running, sports and sometimes auto accidents. Menopausal women who lose muscle mass are particularly susceptible to hip problems. Our doctors use platelet rich plasma and/or prolotherapy injections to treat acute and chronic hip pain. PRP therapy and prolotherapy can be used to effectively treat and heal hip pain caused by weak or injured ligaments.

Hip Pain Causes

• Arthritis (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis)
• Bursitis
• Hip fractures post fracture rehab
• Hip labral tear
• Muscle or tendon strain
• Tendinitis

Knee Pain

Knee pain is common, and can severely limit activities to where it affects heart health and overall wellness. Arthroscopic surgery that removes the meniscus is not advised. Prolotherapy is effective for moderate knee pain, while PRP therapy is used for a torn meniscus, arthritis and patellofemoral joint disease. Our doctors use platelet rich plasma and/or prolotherapy injections to treat acute and chronic knee pain. PRP therapy and prolotherapy can be used to effectively treat and heal knee pain caused by weak or injured ligaments.

Knee Pain Causes

• ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) strain or tear
• Baker’s cyst
• Chondromalacia patella (also called patellofemoral syndrome)
• Gout
• Knee bursitis
• Knee effusion
• Knee osteoarthritis
• MCL (medial collateral ligament) strain or tear
• Meniscal tear
• Patellar subluxation
• Patellar tendonitis
• Patellofemoral syndrome (also called chondromalacia patella)
• PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) strain or PCL tear
• Pseudogout
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Septic arthritis

Ankle & Foot pain

Ankles and feet contain many ligaments and tendons that are involved in hundreds of movements each day. Activities like jumping multiply the force of our body weight. We often land wrong on ankles and may end up with a lateral sprain or strain of the medial ligaments. Acute injuries such as auto accidents often injure the ankle due to slamming on the brakes. Our doctors use platelet rich plasma and/or prolotherapy injections to treat ankle and foot pain. PRP therapy and prolotherapy can be used to effectively treat and heal pain in the ankle or foot caused by weak or injured ligaments.

“Prolotherapy resulted in clinically meaningful sustained improvement of pain, function, and stiffness scores for knee osteoarthritis compared with blinded saline injections and at-home exercises.”

We combine whole health, naturopathic treatments with regenerative therapies to treat joint pain. Contact our naturopathic clinic to schedule an appointment for platelet rich plasma therapy and prolotherapy to treat your hip, knee, ankle or foot pain.