Gustav Hemwall
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Gustav Anders Hemwall was a physician at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois
and pioneer in prolotherapy
.
Anders Hemwall I (1887–1956) and Sigrid S. Lawson (1877–1957). His father was a tailor. His siblings include: Anders Hemwall II (1904) who died as an infant; Ruth Elizabeth Hemwall (1905–1993) who married Charles Peter Tiedje I (1912–1980); and Helen Edith Hemwall (1913–1997) who never married. Gustav married Helen M. Moore in 1933.
In 1955, at an American Medical Association
meeting learned of a new treatement for chronic lower back pain by George S. Hackett called prolotherapy
. Hemwall went to Hackett's office in Canton, Ohio
, and was trained in the technique. Between 1955 until his retirement in 1996, he became the main proponent of prolotherapy in the United States.
He died in 1998 of a stroke at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin
, where he had been attending a medical conference. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Chicago area.
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...
and pioneer in prolotherapy
Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is also known as "proliferation therapy" or "regenerative injection therapy." involves injecting an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments for the purpose of strengthening weakened connective tissue...
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Biography
He was born on October 24, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois to the Swedish immigrantsSwedish American
Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885-1915. Most were Lutherans who affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ; some were Methodists...
Anders Hemwall I (1887–1956) and Sigrid S. Lawson (1877–1957). His father was a tailor. His siblings include: Anders Hemwall II (1904) who died as an infant; Ruth Elizabeth Hemwall (1905–1993) who married Charles Peter Tiedje I (1912–1980); and Helen Edith Hemwall (1913–1997) who never married. Gustav married Helen M. Moore in 1933.
In 1955, at an American Medical Association
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
meeting learned of a new treatement for chronic lower back pain by George S. Hackett called prolotherapy
Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is also known as "proliferation therapy" or "regenerative injection therapy." involves injecting an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments for the purpose of strengthening weakened connective tissue...
. Hemwall went to Hackett's office in Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, and was trained in the technique. Between 1955 until his retirement in 1996, he became the main proponent of prolotherapy in the United States.
He died in 1998 of a stroke at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, where he had been attending a medical conference. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Chicago area.
Publications
- Neuropathic Pain: A New Theory for Chronic Pain of Intrinsic Origin, Annals RCPSC, 1989
Further reading
- George S. Hackett; Ligament and Tendon Relaxation