Related Topics

• Back and Neck Pain
• Arthritis
• Migraines / Headaches
• Asthma
• Disc Injuries
• Hip, Knee & Foot Pain
• Poor Circulation
• Diabetic Wound Care

Post-Surgical Pain

Post surgical pain syndrome refers to painful episodes that an individual experiences following surgery. While the surgery was done to correct a problem, it didn't alleviate the problem in whole or in part. It is quite common for people to have PSP and for them to have their physician give them advice that essentially means the patient will "just have to live with it." Since "learning to live with it" means to cover up the symptoms of pain with drugs, in time, serious health problems and issues can result from complications of the medication. Furthermore, since many chiropractors have neither the experience nor the tools to gain the experience, they are reluctant to accept these types of patients.

Our practice has devoted over 20 years of practical experience to gaining a keen insight into helping people with these unique problems. For example, if you were traumatized and fractured a vertebrae, you will most likely have received enough trauma to misalign other vertebrae immediately above and below that fracture. Often this misalignment is so close to the fracture that doctors are reluctant to address this injury. Therefore the residual pain that follows surgery is almost always a result of this unattended injury. The misalignment does two things: 1) creates nerve interference and 2) produces irritation in the soft tissue that drives swelling and advances joint degeneration.

We have state-of-the-art equipment and technology that allows us, with pinpoint accuracy, to reduce nerve interference, restore normal joint motion, alleviate scar tissue effects, and realign vertebrae around the surgery site without "popping" or "twisting" the neck.