ProHealth Clinic

ProHealth Clinic: injection therapy for chronic pain in the UK

ProHealth Clinic is a family-run clinic, led by healthcare professionals, that focuses on treating chronic pain through prolotherapy, prolozone therapy and ozone injections. The clinic presents itself as the UK's leading clinic in these techniques and states it has received several awards. Its owner and clinical director is Oliver James-Eaton; the team also includes William Sharples, senior musculoskeletal injection specialist, Linda Copperwheat, clinic secretary, and Abdullahi Abdinoor, GPhC-registered independent prescribing pharmacist.

Treatments and clinical approach

The care offered is built around three main treatments: prolotherapy, prolozone therapy and ozone injections. The clinic states that these treatments are used for a variety of chronic pain conditions and that its approach combines injection with a detailed biomechanical examination. According to its presentation, each appointment can last up to 75 minutes, allowing time to identify and treat misalignments, imbalances and areas of inflammation that, according to the clinic, are not always visible on MRI or X-ray. When it considers it appropriate, it prescribes tailored exercise programmes to strengthen and stabilise the muscles around the injected area.

ProloSafe® technique and accumulated experience

The clinic has developed its own injection method called ProloSafe®, which uses smaller needles than those typically used by other clinics, with the aim of increasing patient safety and comfort. In its communications, ProHealth Clinic states it has performed over 20,000 injections to date and notes that it has been performing prolozone therapy longer than any other clinic in the UK. It also mentions having treated elite athletes, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallists.

Technology and high-performance sport

Some of the treatment and examination technology used at the clinic is the same as that used by elite professional sports teams, according to the clinic itself, which cites Manchester United FC and the Great Britain Olympic team (Team GB).

Clinic network

ProHealth Clinic operates in four UK locations: London (Harley Street, Marylebone), Bedford (Bromham), Manchester (The Hadley Clinic) and Birmingham (King's Heath). The clinic describes itself as family-run and explains that its owner previously suffered a series of chronic injuries that he resolved using the same therapeutic approaches that he now applies in his centres.

Initial consultation and contact

The clinic offers a free telephone consultation, presented on its website as a 15-minute discovery call, to guide patients before starting treatment. The contact form asks for name, email address, treatment of interest (with options such as knee arthritis, headache and migraine, prolozone and prolotherapy) and preferred clinic location between London and Bedford.

Clinics and locations

London clinic: 104 Harley Street, Marylebone, W1G 7JD

Bedford clinic: Avoca House, Molivers Lane, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8JT

Manchester clinic: The Hadley Clinic, 64 Bridge Street, M3 3BN

Birmingham clinic: 265B Alcester Road South, King's Heath, B14 6DT