Below are patients stories, organized by pain location. If you would like to contact a patient regarding prolotherapy and their experiences we can help you can in contact with them.

ANKLE

Mikayla, 9 year-old figure skater
I tore the ligament in my ankle last March while figure skating (preparing for a competition). After one month of treatment, I was able to compete doing easier programs. Now, after 10 treatments (and 200 pokes later), I’m competing three levels higher than when I first tore the ligament. Jumps now include: single toe loop, loop, flys, Sal chow, and axel. I’m also learning double jumps! None of this would have been possible without the prolotherapy to the ligament! Thank you, Dr. Wheaton.

BACK PAIN

Larry
It’s probably an exaggeration to say prolotherapy gave my life back, but it certainly has restored my mobility. My chiropractor referred me to ‘prolo’ when my back wouldn’t hold adjustments and my right knee didn’t respond to treatment. I can now comfortably climb ladders and negotiate stairs. I can even run! My chiropractor notes I hold adjustments much better. My lifestyle is active in service to my community: fire fighting and emergency medical response as a volunteer, youth work, and even gardening and yard work. Life’s a lot more fun when I can move without pain.

Cheryln
I am so thankful that God has led me to Dr. Wheaton in my pursuit of living a pain-free life. He helped me achieve that goal. After struggling with pain throughout much of my body for the last ten years, I can finally say I am pain free and feel fabulous! I was having trouble standing long enough to even get through a shower, couldn’t bring my arms up far enough to comb my hair, and had been living with a constant headache for about a year and a half. Life didn’t hold much joy for me anymore, and I had tried every available option through the normal channels of the medical field. My family doctor had told me I was just going to have to learn to live with pain. Well, he was wrong. After six visits to Dr. Wheaton, I am pain free. I have been walking, jogging short distances, riding bike, swimming and even water skiing! I might even try to get back on my roller blades soon. I think my family doctor was quite amazed when I went in for a physical lasts week, and he discovered I was doing so well. Thank you, Dr Wheaton. I am forever grateful.

ELBOW

Roberta
Prolotherapy is the only treatment that has enabled me to continue working-even comfortably- with a history of chronic upper extremity repetitive motion injury. I no longer worry about having to quit work, what job I could possibly do, etc… The occasional, and probably inevitable, flare-ups have been contained and quieted successfully with prolotherapy.

FIBROMYALGIA

June
This was my fourth whole body prolo treatment. It had been two years since the previous shots and I had numbness and tingling on my right side. That is now gone. My fibromyalgia has improved about 70 to 80 percent. I am able to walk more and participate in activities of daily living much easier. I plan to continue even though I have improved to see how much better I can actually get!

HIP

Anne
After six prolotherapy treatments, my progress is almost miraculous. Surgeons had said I needed hip replacement on my left him, but now many beneficial results are evident. My hip is much stronger and I ma putting more weight on my left leg whereas before I leaned almost entirely on my right leg and cane. The pain is tremendously reduced and the spasms in my low back and hip area are gone. For a case that was ‘hopeless,’ I have much hope for continued improvement with prolotherapy. Thank you to Dr. Wheaton and staff.

Courtney
This is my fifth visit with Dr. Mark. Last month, I noticed a huge change in my legs for the first time in four years. I even went to Las Vegas and was pain free walking to all the sites! I am so grateful and happy to be seeing such a pain difference. I will never be able to thank Dr. Mark enough for changing my life. I cry every time I leave here, knowing life will be so much easier for me and my four kids.

KNEE

Sam
Road cycling (training and racing) is my life’s passion and typically during the season, I ride 10-20 hours and compete twice weekly. Last season, my left MCL started acting up from a previous skiing accident. I couldn’t even walk normally- I tried massage, stretching, icing, etc…. but nothing helped. Today I received my fifth and final treatment of prolo and am happy to say I never even notice the pain anymore. The symptoms have disappeared gradually over the past six months.

MIGRAINES

Mitch
I have spent about four years suffering from chronic migraines and seeing every doctor from family practice to neurosurgeon to neurologists. I have had CAT scans, MRI’s, physical therapy, nerves in my neck deadened electronically, and many prescriptions that gave me only minor, temporary relief. Nothing gave me any type of permanent relief at all. I was frustrated beyond what words can even explain. I was suffering headaches so bad and so often that I was in bed for six months straight with little or no relief in sight. With no hope left, I heard about prolotherapy which seemed to address everything I had been trying to convince my doctors was the problem. After having six treatments of prolo, I have gone from one or two good days per month to one or two bad days every month.

NECK

Vicki
Prolotherapy has been the only treatment that has given me relief from my neck pain. I was unable to sleep or do normal activities without burning, searing pain. After four treatments, I can lie comfortably and do most activity with less discomfort. The pain is reduced. When doing more activity, I have less negative effect. I am confident the remaining treatments will improve my condition even greater.

RIBS / THORACIC SPINE

Alex
After my fourth session of prolotherapy, I have noticed improvement in many different areas. I am being treated for a rib dislocation and pain in my back and chest as a result of the rib. I can now do the lifting I could do before the injury with ease. The pain went on for a long period of time and was affecting my physical and mental well-being. On top of my chest and back feeling better, I’m happier than I have been in over two years. Thank you very much, Dr. Mark Wheaton.

SACROILIAC JOINTS

Jean
I’ve had seven sessions now and I feel very much improved. I feel more secure when I walk. I’m in no pain for two to three weeks after the injections and the therapy has corrected a problem I have with SI instability. My overall reaction is extremely positive. I feel like a human being again. Thank you.

WRIST

Alan
Thirteen years ago I had wrist surgery, which degenerated into severe arthritis. The orthopedic surgeon said that my only options were either to fuse the wrist or remove a row of bones with a 70% chance things would grow back together. It is now 14 months since my last prolo treatment to my wrist and I am still completely pain free. I have more range of motion than I have had since the surgery 13 years ago. I am starting treatment on the left elbow with every expectation that the results will be as good as a year ago with the wrist.

Lt. Kevin
After suffering torn cartilage and connective tissue during military combat training, I had to basically eliminate physical training because of extreme discomfort. Medical treatment and therapy brought little or no results. Subsequently, my doctors put me on pain medication. After pursuing physical therapy, I have made an almost complete recovery and have been able to resume physical training. My latest physical assessment with the Army was 270 points out of 300. Prolotherapy has not only restored my physical health but allowed me to bypass most of the soldiers in my unit.