We Focus on Rapid & Effective Natural Pain Relief.

Things you need to know about pain relief.

Nobody wants to be in pain. That’s why we have spent the last 35 years helping people with fast pain relief using natural treatment approaches that are gentle and effective But pain and pain management can be tricky. For example, we have known for years that pain can actually become patterned into the nervous system (known as central pain or neuropathic pain), which means that the initial cause of the pain can be removed and the pain continues anyway. We also know that pain has a toxic effective int eh nervous system, and becomes “noise” that the nervous system has to deal with in sensory-motor function. This can alter movements and movement pathways abnormally, but can persist after pain resolves. The sooner the cause of pain is identified and helped, the better off you are.

Sadly, the trandiotnal medical system has not done such as great job wroth pain management. That’s how we landed in the opioid crisis, which was tragic. It is not a coincidence that over 50% of opioid prescriptions were written for low back pain. And now that opioids are discouraged, pain management has turned to gabapentin, an anti-seizure medication, but gabapentin has been linked recently been linked to dementia. Some, medical procedures have been developed to burn the nerves (ablations) to shut off pain signals, which carry their own negative side effects. Fortunately, there are naturally effective alternatives to drugs and surgeries.

At Proactive Spine Care, we focus on proven, natural options for pain relief, such as chiropractic and manual therapies, laser therapy (photobiomodulation), and pain resolution reconditioning.

Other problems related to pain relief.

Another issue impacting pain relief is relate dot perpetuating factors – those things that might be contributing to pain or pain recurrence. If these re missed pain relief is typically incomplete and temporary. At ProActive Spine Care, our patient evaluations include screening for perpetuating factors to help speed relief and target longer-term improvements.

It is also important to understand that pain can trigger a cascade of negative effective effects that can compound the initial problem and contribute to recurrent pain.

Occasionally, pain relief need more than natural options can provide. In those cases, Dr. McMillin has a network of highly qualified medical providers for referral to assist with more interventional or invasive options that might be indications. He has the training and expertise to identify patients that might need these additional steps, and our patient care coordinators at ProActive Spine Care help coordinate those referrals for you when necessary.

We are your pain relief chiropractor in Tacoma.

Our patients that come to us for help with headaches are happy to find out that Dr. McMillin is highly qualified and experienced in pain management. He has been a liaison to Washington State on non-pharmacological pain management options, and had been a requested presenter for multidisciplinary groups on topics of non-opioid pain management. He has also worked with introducing pioneering technologies such as laser therapy for pain management, and better targeted rehabilitation protocols to address common perpetuating factors related to weakness and functional compensation. We havre helped thousands of patients with pain relief as a pain relief chiropractor in Tacoma, Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Gig Harbor, Spanaway, Parkland, Puyallup, and surrounding communities.