Living with chronic back or neck pain can lead to depression, feelings of stress, anxiety, sadness, and other mental health-related symptoms.
Nonsurgical Options
Pain Management
A pain medicine specialist is a medical or osteopathic doctor who treats pain caused by disease, disorder, or trauma.
Physical Therapy
Poor strength might be a contributing factor to the development of a spine-related disorder if the demands placed on the spine exceed a patient’s strength capacities.
Physical Therapy for Prevention
Physical therapy is effective in improving balance, reducing falls, controlling osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and neck and low back pain.
Postural Training
Environmental loads, stresses, and strains (associated with gravity, or even the furniture you rest on) can be balanced and contained by optimal posturing.
Sleep Is Therapeutic
Chronic pain can cause mental and emotional issues, and its complex nature can come between you and a good night’s sleep.
Spinal Bracing
A spinal brace may be prescribed by your doctor to help stabilize one or more levels of your spine, stop or control spinal movement, lift pressure off an area of the spine, help prevent re-injury while you heal, and relieve pain.
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has become a standard of care for people with chronic back and neck pain.
Traction
Regardless of the equipment used, the purpose of traction is to decompress neurovascular structures by separating vertebral segments through the progressive application of a pulling force.