California practice offering prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma injections for joint, tendon and back pain, with offices in Valencia and Alameda.
Prolotherapy.com is the website of the Hemwall Center for Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine, which runs two California offices, one in Valencia in the south of the state and one in Alameda in the north. The practice provides injection treatments for musculoskeletal pain rather than surgery.
Prolotherapy, its core service, involves injecting a concentrated dextrose (sugar) solution into an injured ligament, tendon or joint. The practice also offers platelet-rich plasma (PRP) prolotherapy, which uses a concentrate made from the patient's own blood, and what it calls biocellular stem cell-rich prolotherapy. Diagnostic ultrasound is used to look at the tissue and guide treatment.
The site sets out the technique's history, tracing it to work by Dr. Earl Gedney in the 1930s, and the centre is named after Dr. Gustav Hemwall, a long-standing figure in the field. The site does not publish the year this particular practice was established, its opening hours, languages spoken, or any arrangements for patients travelling from abroad.
Two California offices are listed. In Southern California, the Hemwall Center for Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine is at 28212 Kelly Johnson Parkway, Suite 135, Valencia, California 91355. In Northern California, Hemwall Medical Center is at 2233 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, California 94502. Opening hours, founding year, languages and international patient arrangements are not published.
No prices or consultation fees are published. Prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma injections are often not covered by insurance, so ask for the total cost of a full course rather than a single visit.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.