The opioid crisis has impacted every community across our country, including Roanoke, Virginia. Even when used as prescribed, these pain medications carry with them extremely addictive qualities and the overdose rates are incredibly high. One of the most disturbing facts of these drugs is that many of these patients started the use of these drugs from a prescription written by a patient’s medical doctor for a legitimate problem.

Despite the documented awareness of the addiction rates, opioids are still being prescribed for chronic pain. There are many alternatives to pain medications that have been shown to be just as effective, but opioids are still being given to patients. Given the very real concern for addiction, it is our belief that prescribing these medications without first exploring less invasive options is irresponsible and the prescribers should be held responsible.

The first critical step to keeping pain management responsible is consideration of all avenues for helping a patient – in particular, avenues that bear lower risk for the patient. This may include the doctor revisiting the initial diagnosis to make sure it was correct. Incorrect diagnosis leads to incorrect treatment and the incorrect treatment creates chronic conditions.

It also includes considering all alternatives other than just traditional medical approaches to produce the best solution with the least possible side effects. Many pain management centers are often focused on certain medications or surgical procedures with patients still ending up on addictive drugs when their treatments do not work.

You do not have to worry about being prescribed anything addictive when you come to Balance Wellspace Integrative Medicine for pain management. As an integrative team of both medical and non-medical providers, we will recommend the most advanced and effective natural plan possible. Rather than simply addressing the symptoms, the treatments we offer are designed to get to the cause of the patient’s problem. We use only safe, non-invasive, non-addictive procedures and therapies in our practice.

The providers at Balance Wellspace Integrative Medicine have focused their careers on helping joint pain patients find pain relief, optimize function, and avoid surgery. If you have chronic pain that requires on-going management, the team at Balance Wellspace are specialists you will want on your team.

All the treatments we recommend at Balance Wellspace Integrative Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia are natural, minimally invasive, non-addictive, have no adverse effects, and require no down time.