Chronic Pain

There are over 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain. Many of these people suffer needlessly because they cannot or have not sought out proper treatment. To make matters worse, there is a shortage of pain management specialists.

Insurance companies often only pay for highly invasive and risky pain procedures, and not for the simpler treatments that often work better. Doctors are afraid to prescribe opiate medications due to the possible legal risk involved, and patients are often afraid to take these medications because of possible side effects. All these things add up to an inadequate pain management system.

At the Center for Advanced Wellness we take a different approach to solving the pain problem. Instead of only attempting to cover up symptoms with drugs, we identify the underlying factors that are causing and/or contributing to the pain. These causes are called perpetuating factors.

These perpetuating factors are often hormonal deficiencies involving the thyroid, adrenal, or the sex glands. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, such as B12, B6, magnesium and potassium are also often to blame for pain conditions. Many times the main pain generators are tender points and trigger points in the muscles.

We treat all the underlying perpetuating factors with a comprehensive approach. The muscle pain is addressed with highly effective cold spray and stretch technique and deep pressure massage. Residual tender points are treated with a safe peripheral nerve block and trigger point injections using only a 1% Lidocaine solution. We never use immune suppressing steroidal injections. Laser treatments to trigger points or acupuncture points are used in some patients with great results. We also address any underlying hormonal or nutritional deficiencies as well.

Our holistic approach is very successful in managing patients with issues ranging from acute pain to complicated chronic pain conditions.