10 Ways to Treat Your Chronic Pain Symptoms

Millions of people suffer from chronic pain due to progressive conditions like arthritis or fibromyalgia. When persistent pain and discomfort keep you awake at night, it may be time to seek an effective medical solution. Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center offers these 10 different methods for treating your chronic pain.  

The Facts About Chronic Pain

The American Academy of Pain Medicine studies how pain works and affects our current society.  Their research has shown that pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined, impacting the lives of 76 million people each year. Wondering which types of pain are the most common? Their research has found that low back pain is the most common followed by headaches and migraines, neck pain, and facial pain. Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center is equipped to help treat a variety of different kinds of pain with natural, non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical treatment options.

Treatments We Offer for Chronic Pain

• Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials & Implants.  This therapy option blocks pain signals from your arms, legs, and back by using electrical impulses. Patients that benefit the most from this treatment include those suffering from: epidural fibrosis, failed neck/back surgery syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
• Trigger Point Therapy. This therapy alleviates the source of your pain through cycles of isolated pressure and release. By relaxing constricted muscles, you can find immediate relief from pain associated with trigger points and muscle knots.
• Vibration Therapy.  This therapy uses rapid vibration forces to contract and relax your muscles, relieving pain, stimulating your tissues, and increasing blood flow for accelerated healing. Vibration therapy also calms nerves that are irritated due to compression. The powerful vibrations work on tendons, ligaments, muscles, and discs all at the same time.
• Epidural Steroid Injections.  Pain relief is found by a corticosteroid injection into the epidural space of your spine which delivers the relief you need right to the source of your pain. This treatment option is especially helpful for treating: disc herniation, sciatica, degenerative discs, spondylolysis, and spinal stenosis. Beyond these conditions, epidural injections also can benefit patients suffering pain related to injured spinal nerves. These spinal nerves can trigger pain in your neck, back, arms and/or legs.
• Stem Cell Therapy. This revolutionary therapy option works to rebuild damaged areas of your body. It heals and regenerates tissues and joints allowing relief from arthritis, joint injuries and a large variety of other conditions. Each injection also has hyaluronic acid–a naturally occurring substance in your body–that helps to relieve pain, restore mobility and lubricate your joints.
• Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy. Utilizes platelets from your own blood to repair tissue damages. This therapy works to boost your body’s natural stem cell production helping with tissue regeneration and healing. PRP therapy is often used to help reduce inflammation and relieve pain without resorting to narcotics.
• Facet Joint Injections. Restores joint mobility while relieving pain via a steroid injection in the problem facet. (Facet joints provide stability and movement of your spine, but can be the cause of chronic pain or injury when they aren’t functioning properly.)
• Percutaneous Discectomy. This 30-minute, out-patient procedure is used to successfully treat disc herniation where other treatment options have failed. Termed minimally-invasive, this treatment method reduces the material around the herniated disc relieving associated pressure pain.  It is commonly offered for degenerative conditions and osteoporosis.

• Kyphoplasty. Spinal compression fractures can cause a great deal of pain and dysfunction and have to be treated with care. Kyphoplasty is a surgical procedure that stabilizes the vertebra and restores their proper alignment and function. Osteoporosis patients can benefit from this treatment, but whether or not you are a candidate for it will be determined during your office evaluation.

• Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation. Chronic pain associated with arthritis, neck, joint, and back pain can be relieved with this treatment option. Radio waves heat the affected nerve tissues helping to relieve pain and discomfort.

Why Choose Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center for Treatment?

Finding success with your chronic pain treatment relies heavily on who you choose for your treatment–their skills and experience. Becoming a patient of Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center means that you get not just one, but two experts to help diagnose and treat your needs.  Dr. Fukshansky has been board certified by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the area of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the subspecialty of Pain Management. He has performed thousands of successful procedures in the areas of pain management and regenerative medicine. Our Austin clinic director and chiropractor, Dr. Bart Atencio D.C., has been in practice for over 15 years. He is dedicated to providing his patients with the latest non-surgical options and advancements in technology to help them fully recover and avoid more invasive procedures.  Together, these providers can treat you neurologically, orthopedically and metabolically to diagnose and eliminate your pain and dysfunction.

Call for a Chronic Pain Consultation

Selecting a state-of-the-art facility to treat your chronic pain symptoms can help guarantee your success.  After a thorough evaluation in our clinic, we can determine which treatment options, or which combination of treatment options, will work best for your symptoms.  Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center provides you with the team approach you need to get to your desired goals safely and efficiently.  Conveniently Located Near Seton Hospital on 38th Street in Austin, Texas, our team of multidisciplinary providers are trained and skilled at providing you the pain relief you seek. Call us at (512) 806-0015 today to make an appointment.