Pain Doesn't Have a Curve to Flatten: Don't hesitate to be referred!
A
pain management rehabilitation specialist is a licensed occupational or
physical therapist with advanced knowledge, training and experience in treating pain. Southwest Therapy Specialists' therapists are highly skilled in pain management and are experts in the valley. They work under the prescribed services typically ordered by the Pain Management physician, for example to reduce the use of opioid medication.
These
specialists use pain management techniques to teach the person with pain how to
cope and manage their painful condition rather than the pain controlling
them. The causes for the pain may be due to an injury, trauma, neuropathic issue, headache, a surgical procedure, cancer
or another illness.
Pain Management treatment provided at Southwest Therapy Specialists, includes but is not limited to:
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- Aquatic Therapy to unload and suspend the area in pain;
- Wound management;
- Scar management;
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- Edema control, lymphedema control, compression therapy;
- Manual therapy;
- soft tissue mobilization;
- lymphatic drainage;
- Tender Point Therapy, Trigger Point Therapy, Positional Release Technique;
- Mind-Body techniques;
- Mindfulness training;
- Primal Reflex Release Technique;
- Relaxation management;
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| - Stress management;
- Breathing exercises (chest vs. abdominal);
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- Home program instruction, patient education, wellness education;
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- Sensory re-education, desensitization;
- Weight loss, Bariatric support for unloaded pool exercises;
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| - Joint protection instruction, arthritis management, energy conservation instruction;
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- Modalities: electrical stimulation, FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation), TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), iontophoresis, heat and cold.
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