Pain, especially among athletes who use their body for a living, makes it difficult to sleep and affects your energy levels for athletic performance. If you have been experiencing pain, we can help. We specialize in pain control at our clinic, with a focus on how to correct it so athletes like you can perform at the optimal level.
When pain issues get to a certain point, they can also contribute to anxiety and depression. Pain has the ability to affect all areas of your health. We treat chronic pain, acute pain, and subacute pain. If you feel like you have been trying to get help, but have not seen the improvement you want, our team provides the treatments that will make a difference.
What Do Our Pain Management Physicians Do?
We are able to effectively evaluate, diagnose, treat, and prevent the pain you are experiencing. With our expertise, we give you a diagnosis that helps you understand what you have. We then coordinate a treatment plan and provide ongoing care. Using specific testing, we can treat even the most complex pain conditions. Our goal is to use minimally invasive treatments and only use medications when necessary because we believe in fully healing your body, not temporarily numbing the pain.
Through a treatment plan designed just for you, we work hard to get you back to your sport. When necessary, our team will coordinate with additional health professionals to meet your needs, including: surgical specialists, psychologists, nurses, physiatrists and oncologists. Having an expert understand the underlying issues that are causing your pain is the only way to truly stop it from continuing.
Our physical therapists are dedicated to your overall quality of life and treat your entire body, not just one part. Anything we diagnose you with can also be shared with your primary care doctor, effectively resulting in better overall health care for you. We can also advocate if you do need medications.
Why Choose Our Pain Management Physicians?
We have the training, education, and experience to treat your pain issues. We also provide a warm and welcoming environment where you can feel comfortable expressing what you are truly going through. If you are experiencing chronic pain, we are qualified to provide you with a complex treatment plan other facilities are simply not capable of.
To receive our services, you can contact us directly through our website by filling out your information and telling us how urgently you need to be treated. You can also call us during our regular business hours to schedule an appointment. Please let us know if you have high pain levels so we can see you as soon as possible.
What to Expect
It is our mission to understand the cause of your pain in order to take the first steps towards effective treatment. In some cases, the source of pain can be very obvious, other cases point to more than one single cause which makes the diagnosis more difficult. To best serve you, we will ask for your medical history and any physical or neurological examinations you have already had. This helps us not only diagnose you faster, but prevent you from having to take the same tests over again when they did not help you in the first place.
During your first visit, we want to get to know you. We want to know what level you are as an athlete, what you have been going through, and how you feel your pain is affecting you. We will go over your medical history during this appointment as well. If you have had any CAT scans, X-rays, or MRI scans done, we will review those too. If you have information from any of the following, please provide it during your appointment:
Pain Journal: a self written journal that you have used to keep track of your pain, symptoms, pain intensity, and triggers
- Medications: a list of any medications you are currently taking or have taken
- Treatments: an outline of the pain treatments you have tried or are currently trying
- Details: a list of what you have noticed makes your pain better or worse
We are here to listen to your concerns, so the more information you are able to give us the better.
Signs of Needed Pain Intervention
You may be someone who can handle a high level of discomfort and be more apt to pushing through the pain. However, you should not have to feel pain in your everyday life. Treating your pain will allow you to perform at a higher level, which is something every athlete wants to be able to do. Chronic pain should not be ignored because it can cause physical and psychological problems. If you are experiencing the following symptoms, please contact us:
- Pain that has persisted for 2 weeks or longer
- Pain that creates stress, depression, or anxiety in your life
- Pain that you cannot alleviate no matter what you do
- Pain that is stopping you from participating in your sport or workout program
- Pain that has come back even though you are using intervention methods.
Whether this is your first time reaching out for professional help, or you have tried other treatment programs, we are the team you have been looking for. Contact us today, stop your pain, and get your life back.
