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When Should I Explore More Options Beyond A Chiropractor?

By May 29, 2019June 10th, 2021Blog
Beyond Chiropractor

Back pain – nearly everyone suffers from it at one point in their life. For those with chronic or acute back pain, spinal manipulation treatment from a chiropractor, can be a viable treatment option. Acute low-back pain is one of the most common types of back pain in the U.S. A 2017 study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that people with acute low-back pain can successfully find relief through manual spinal manipulation by a chiropractor.

While back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek chiropractic therapy, people visit chiropractors for a variety of other treatments and symptoms. The top 10 reasons to see a chiropractor are:

  1. Back pain
  2. Neck pain
  3. Pain & Tingling
  4. Headaches
  5. Fatigue
  6. Poor Sleep Quality
  7. Stress
  8. Injuries due to auto accidents
  9. Effort to reduce painkiller
  10. Strengthen Immune System

In addition to, or separately from, chiropractic therapy, people can also seek treatment from a physical therapist to find relief for pain from an injury or chronic health issue. The top 10 reasons to see a physical therapist include:

  1. Reduce or eliminate pain
  2. Avoid surgery
  3. Improve mobility
  4. Recover from a stroke
  5. Recover from or prevent a sports injury
  6. Improve your balance & prevent falls
  7. Manage diabetes and vascular conditions
  8. Manage age-related issues
  9. Manage heart & lung disease
  10. Manage women’s health and other conditions

However, once a patient has exhausted treatment from either or both a chiropractor or physical therapist, and is still experiencing pain and discomfort that disrupts everyday life and impacts well being, what are their options?

Acute Pain Therapies provides unique services for pain, which are typically only available in hospitals. We focus on effective means of controlling pain including nerve blocks, ketamine infusions, and nerve cryotherapy, rather than prescribing addictive medications. These solutions are designed to help a patient overcome the most severe periods of pain and focus on their own self-directed recovery. We focus on making our patients feel as comfortable as possible during and after their treatments.

Acute Pain Therapies offers pain management for the following.

  • Nerve entrapment
  • Nerve pain
  • Shingles pain (herpes zoster pain, post-herpetuc neuralgia)
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Joint pain
  • Meralgia Paresthetica
  • Headaches
  • Neck, shoulder & back pain

To learn more about the non-addictive pain management services offered by Acute Pain Therapies is Bellevue, click here.

If a patient experiences any of the above listed symptoms and neither chiropractic or physical therapy has helped, we encourage them to schedule a consult with either Dr. Fisk or Dr. Julian to explore treatment options from Acute Pain Therapies.

Acute Pain Therapies

Our Mission is to offer the most safe, effective and scientifically proven acute and chronic pain solutions available. Our hope with the pain management strategies we offer is to provide a means for a patient to overcome their pain while devising a way to achieve an improved quality of life of their own making, while trying to minimize the risk of becoming addicted to pain medications.