Nonsurgical Treatments for Neck, Back & Joint Pain
Are you suffering from back or neck pain? Pins and needles or other symptoms in your arms or legs? Are you unable to move without pain?
Don’t wait a minute longer to get the pain relief and healing help you need. At St. Louis Sports Medicine, board-certified chiropractic physician Dr. Anthony Miller has more than 20 years of experience providing effective, comprehensive care to patients with a wide range of orthopedic injuries and conditions.
Dr. Miller will examine you and conduct a thorough assessment of your condition before exploring possible treatment solutions. Together, you and he will decide on the regimen best suited for you and your wellness goals. Treatments offered at St. Louis Sports Medicine may include any combination of the therapies below.
Hands-On Therapies
These are the type of treatments most commonly associated with chiropractic care. Hands-on care includes spinal manipulation, physiotherapy, soft tissue release, guided exercises, and targeted therapy. For the most part, these therapies work by applying just the right amount of pressure at the precise points needed to realign vertebrae in your spine, release knotted muscles, or help you regain muscle strength and range of motion after trauma to the body.
Spinal Traction
For many patients with back pain, therapies that can relieve pressure on the vertebrae of the spine can offer significant pain relief. Traction offers this type of spinal decompression – and can be implemented manually or with the assistance of a special device. Spinal traction is used to treat pinched nerves, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, sciatica, and more.
Laser Therapy
The use of laser light can have dramatic therapeutic effects – especially for patients suffering from chronic pain. The laser targets cells deep under the skin to stimulate tissue repair inside the body. This can reduce your pain and swelling, improve circulation, and speed up your recovery time. Laser therapy is noninvasive, painless, and relatively quick to get done. At St. Louis Sports Medicine, we utilize a class IV laser for this type of therapy.
Post-Surgical Rehab
To obtain the best results from your surgery, your doctor will most likely recommend you undergo some type of physical therapy and rehabilitation. This can help you regain muscle strength and reestablish proper mechanical functioning of a joint or other area after the trauma of an operation. Our post-op rehab programs include specific exercises that can restore pain-free movement as you recover from surgery. We treat patients recovering from a range of orthopedic surgeries such as elbow, foot and ankle surgery, knee surgery, shoulder surgery, and spinal surgery. The reasons for surgery vary greatly, but may include:
- Achilles tendon tears
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear
- Arthroscopic debridement
- Bursectomy
- Carpal tunnel release
- Fracture repair
- Labral repairs
- Meniscus tears
- Patellofemoral realignment procedures
- Repair of a ruptured tendon
- Repositioning of pinched nerves
- Rotator cuff repairs
- Spinal decompression surgeries (e.g., laminectomy and microdiscectomy)
- Spinal fusion
- Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) surgery
- Trigger finger release
- Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tear
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Contact Dr. Miller, Chiropractic Physician and Sports Medicine Doctor in St. Louis
Have you explored all your nonsurgical treatment options to get rid of your back pain, neck pain, joint pain, or other orthopedic issue? Make sure you know all the facts when it comes to therapies that can heal you. Schedule your appointment with board-certified chiropractic physician Dr. Anthony Miller at St. Louis Sports Medicine today by calling (314) 682-6448. You can also request an appointment now.
