If you've been living with chronic pain and feel like you've tried everything—chiropractic care, physiotherapy, massage therapy, exercise, medications, or cortisone injections—without lasting relief, regenerative injection therapy may be the missing piece.

At NEXT Clinic in West Kelowna, Dr. Bryn Bentham, ND offers Prolotherapy and Perineural Injection Therapy (PIT) to help stimulate your body's natural healing response, reduce pain, and improve function. These minimally invasive treatments are designed for patients dealing with chronic tendon injuries, ligament instability, joint pain, and persistent nerve-related pain.

Whether you're an athlete, weekend warrior, or simply want to return to the activities you love, regenerative injection therapy may help you move better, hurt less, and avoid more invasive treatment options.

What is Regenerative Injection Therapy?

Regenerative Injection Therapy refers to treatments that work with your body's natural healing processes rather than simply masking symptoms.

At NEXT Clinic, we offer two types of regenerative injections:

Prolotherapy – designed to stimulate healing in injured ligaments, tendons, and joints.
Perineural Injection Therapy (PIT) – designed to calm irritated nerves that may be driving chronic pain.

Together, these therapies can help restore function, improve stability, and reduce pain without surgery.

What is Prolotherapy?

Prolotherapy (short for proliferation therapy) is a regenerative injection treatment that uses a concentrated dextrose (medical-grade sugar) solution to stimulate the body's natural healing response.

Unlike cortisone injections, which work by suppressing inflammation, prolotherapy creates a controlled healing response in weakened ligaments, tendons, and joint capsules. This encourages new collagen production, strengthens connective tissues, and improves joint stability over time.

Rather than simply masking pain, prolotherapy aims to address one of the underlying causes of many chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

What is Perineural Injection Therapy?

Perineural Injection Therapy (PIT), sometimes called Neural Prolotherapy, uses a very low concentration of dextrose injected just beneath the skin along irritated nerve pathways.

Many chronic pain conditions involve sensitized or inflamed peripheral nerves. By calming these nerves, PIT may help reduce pain, improve movement, and decrease ongoing irritation.

Patients often report improvements in:

Chronic pain
Burning or aching sensations
Tingling or nerve sensitivity
Mobility
Overall function

Conditions Treated with Prolotherapy

At NEXT Clinic, Dr. Bryn Bentham performs prolotherapy for peripheral joints and extremities. This treatment is ideal for chronic tendon, ligament, and joint injuries outside of the spine.

Please note: Deep spinal prolotherapy and deep hip prolotherapy require ultrasound guidance and are not currently offered at our clinic.

Common conditions treated include:

Shoulder

Rotator cuff tendinopathy
Shoulder instability
Shoulder impingement
Chronic shoulder pain

Elbow

Tennis elbow
Golfer's elbow
Ligament injuries
Chronic elbow pain

Wrist & Hand

Wrist ligament injuries
Thumb arthritis
Chronic hand pain
Repetitive strain injuries

Hip (Superficial Conditions)

Gluteal tendinopathy
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
Tendon injuries around the outside of the hip

Knee

Knee osteoarthritis
Patellar tendinopathy
Ligament sprains
Chronic knee instability

Foot & Ankle

Achilles tendinopathy
Chronic ankle instability
Recurrent ankle sprains
Plantar fasciitis
Foot ligament injuries

Conditions Treated with Perineural Injection Therapy

Perineural Injection Therapy can be performed throughout the body and is particularly effective for pain involving irritated or sensitized nerves.

Many patients who have had pain for months or years continue to experience symptoms because the nerves themselves remain inflamed—even after the original injury has healed.

PIT may help calm these nerves and reduce chronic pain.

Spine & Pelvis

Chronic low back pain
Neck pain & headaches
Sciatica
Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain
Chronic whiplash
Gluteal pain
Piriformis syndrome
Thoracic pain
Rib pain
Tailbone (coccyx) pain

Shoulder & Upper Extremity

Rotator cuff pain
Frozen shoulder
Shoulder impingement
Tennis elbow
Golfer's elbow
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Cubital tunnel syndrome
Wrist pain
Thumb pain
Chronic hand pain

Hip & Lower Extremity

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
Gluteal tendinopathy
Hamstring pain
IT band syndrome
Patellofemoral pain
Chronic knee pain
Shin splints
Achilles pain
Plantar fasciitis
Ankle pain
Morton's neuroma

Nerve-Related Conditions

Peripheral nerve irritation
Entrapment neuropathies
Burning nerve pain
Tingling and numbness
Chronic post-injury pain
Painful scar tissue
Post-surgical nerve pain

What Happens During Treatment?

Every patient begins with a comprehensive consultation and examination to determine whether regenerative injection therapy is appropriate.

Your visit typically includes:

A detailed assessment and diagnosis
Discussion of your goals and treatment options
Targeted injections into the affected tissues or nerve pathways
Home care and activity recommendations

Many patients are able to receive treatment during their initial appointment if appropriate.

How Many Treatments Will I Need?

Because regenerative injection therapy stimulates your body's own healing process, improvement is typically gradual rather than immediate.

Most patients require a series of 3–6 treatments, spaced approximately 3–6 weeks apart, depending on the condition being treated.

Some patients notice improvement after their first treatment, while others experience progressive improvement over several months as healing occurs.

Is Prolotherapy Better Than Cortisone?

These treatments have different goals.

Cortisone injections are designed to temporarily reduce inflammation and provide symptom relief. While they can be very effective in certain situations, they do not repair damaged connective tissue.

Prolotherapy takes a different approach by encouraging your body to strengthen injured ligaments and tendons through its natural healing response. For many chronic conditions, this regenerative approach may provide longer-lasting improvements in pain and function.

Is Regenerative Injection Therapy Right for You?

You may be a good candidate if you:

Have pain lasting longer than three months
Have tried chiropractic care, physiotherapy, massage therapy, or exercise with limited improvement
Have chronic tendon or ligament injuries
Want to avoid surgery if possible
Are looking for a regenerative, non-surgical treatment option

A consultation with Dr. Bryn Bentham will determine whether prolotherapy, perineural injection therapy, or another treatment is the best fit for your condition.

Regenerative Injection Therapy in West Kelowna

At NEXT Clinic, we believe chronic pain deserves more than temporary relief.

Dr. Bryn Bentham offers prolotherapy for chronic extremity and joint injuries and Perineural Injection Therapy for nerve-related pain throughout the body. These treatments work alongside chiropractic care, physiotherapy, massage therapy, and rehabilitation to help patients recover from persistent pain and return to the activities they enjoy.

If you're searching for:

Prolotherapy in West Kelowna
Perineural Injection Therapy in West Kelowna
Regenerative Injection Therapy in West Kelowna
Non-surgical chronic pain treatment
Alternatives to cortisone injections
Chronic tendon pain treatment
Plantar fasciitis treatment
Tennis elbow treatment
Sciatica treatment
Chronic low back pain treatment
Nerve pain treatment in West Kelowna

Dr. Bryn Bentham can help determine whether regenerative injection therapy is the right option for you.

Book your assessement today and discover how regenerative injection therapy may help you move better, heal naturally, and get back to living without chronic pain.