Can Ozone Therapy Help Manage Chronic Pain? Exploring New Research
Chronic pain affects millions of people worldwide, significantly impacting their quality of life. While conventional treatments exist, they can sometimes have side effects or limited effectiveness. This is where alternative therapies like ozone therapy come into focus.
A new study entitled "Ozone therapy in musculoskeletal medicine:
a comprehensive review" published in the European Journal of Medical Research has reviewed all the best studies into ozone therapy and which conditions have been shown to respond well to different ozone therapy protocols.
They found that ozone therapy has the potential to benefit people in the following areas:
• Promotes bone healing and enhances union, bone formation, and bone
marrow organization in fractures
• Effective in treating challenging cases of human fracture healing, including
extensive wounds and infections
• Comparable benefits in pain reduction and functional improvement
to hyaluronic acid injections in knee osteoarthritis
• Superior efficacy in promoting bone formation compared to low-level
laser therapy
• Potential for personalised therapy based on differentially expressed
genes in avascular necrosis
• Effective in managing chronic osteomyelitis, promoting bacterial clearance
and granulation tissue formation
• Versatile in treating various tendinopathies, including subacromial tendinopathy,
rotator cuff calcific tendinitis, and chronic plantar fasciitis
• Potential applications in managing rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid
arthritis and systemic sclerosis
• Effective in managing chronic pain syndromes, such as cervicobrachial
pain, low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome, and fibromyalgia
• Promising in treating conditions characterized by fatigue and musculoskeletal
pain, such as ME/CFS (chronic fatigue) and fibromyalgia
• Effective in wound management, promoting wound closure, reducing
wound size, and expediting healing, particularly in chronic wounds
and ulcers
While the review also noted certain limitations, they were mainly related to underfunding and under-resourcing rather than problems with the therapies themselves.
If you would like to know more about how ozone therapy may be able to help you or your family, you can book a free consultation or just pick up the phone and give us a call.