Our team take a holistic approach to back pain, providing conservative care that reduces pain and improves function. Back pain is common and may cause a wide range of symptoms, from a dull ache to severe, debilitating pain that makes movement impossible.
Though the pain may affect any part of the back, most people experience discomfort in their lower back or lumbar spine. This part of the spine supports most of your upper body weight and allows you to bend, twist, and lift.
Most back pain resolves on its own within days or a few weeks. However, many people have chronic back pain, which lasts three or more months.
Key Spine Care provides primary care management of spine-related disorders (SRD) like back pain, making sure you get the best care that provides lasting relief.
You can incur back pain following a bad fall or a car accident, or the pain may develop slowly over time due to degenerative changes that affect the structure and function of your spine as you get older.
Common causes of back pain include:
Sciatica is a common cause of lower back pain that most often develops from spine-related problems like a herniated disc or DDD.
You should see the certified primary spine practitioner (PSP) at Key Spine Care any time you have back pain, whether it’s from an unexpected accident or something that developed over time.
The team at Key Spine Care specializes in diagnosing and treating spine-related disorders (SRDs). The PSP has advanced training so they can diagnose spine conditions after a history and physical exam, without additional testing or referrals.
However, they can also determine when X-rays or CT scans are necessary and when it’s time to see a specialist.
The team at Key Spine Care customizes your back pain treatment plan based on the cause of your pain and the severity of your symptoms. Treatment may include:
Taking a full-body approach to health and wellness, the team may provide nutrition guidance and mental health services to boost your mood and well-being, as well as specific exercises, which helps ease back pain.
A chance for you to come down, meet us, get all your questions answered, and determine if we’re a good fit for what you need – completely FREE of charge. It’s a no-pressure, no-obligation appointment with a specialist, and there’s no prescription or referral required. If you’d like to “discover” what’s causing your problem first, BEFORE you invest any more of your time or money on treatments that don’t work, then Request a Discovery Session.
Everyone is different, so why should everyone get the same cookie-cutter treatment plan? At Key Spine Care, we take the time to conduct a thorough examination and learn what are your unique wellness goals. ONLY AFTER these two steps are completed, and we have determined your individualized diagnosis, do we create a comprehensive and individualized plan to help you resume doing what you love — without the use of rest, pills, injections, or surgery!
At Key Spine Care, we focus on ACTIVE over passive treatment plans, and for good reason. Expert doctors and therapists all agree: An ideal treatment approach encompasses more active than passive methods. If your doctor or therapist is heavily reliant on passive methods such as massage, electric stimulation, heat/ice, kinesiotaping, and posture correction, that is a red flag. In our opinion, treatment plans that rely primarily or exclusively on passive methods such as spinal adjustments, massages, vibration beds, etc. are NOT addressing the underlying issue but rather are masking the symptoms and providing short-term symptom modification.
This is why we proudly and exclusively only offer 1:1 care (e.g. no assistants or PTAs, just you and the doctor for the entire appointment, every time), we work together as a team to implement our shared plan to treat and prevent your symptoms.
While we love our 1:1 time with our patients, we also do NOT want you to be locked into a never-ending treatment plan of 2-3 visits per week for life! Most of our treatment plans are 12 visits or less as we prioritize teaching you how to:
