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.

The treatments we offer at our Roanoke, Virginia practice are designed to address the root cause of the patient’s problem, not just mask or temporarily reduce symptoms. As an integrative practice, we have providers from several different disciplines of healthcare, all with experience in the treatment of both chronic and acute pain from joint problems. We offer the best array of alternative solutions for natural relief and management of chronic pain, such as:

These injections are used to help address knots in the muscles, which help relax and balance out the body’s musculature. For management of chronic pain from back or joint issues, this treatment offers great relief and works exceptionally well when combined with chiropractic and comprehensive physical rehabilitation.

Regenerative medicine offers an advanced natural approach to pain management. These treatments use human cellular tissue products derived from the placenta and/or umbilical cord after a live, healthy birth. This alternative method is best for management and pain relief for chronic ligament problems or joint degeneration.

The physical rehabilitation programs we offer at Balance Wellspace Integrative Medicine take a comprehensive approach where we look at the entire person to determine any muscle imbalances that could be contributing to the patient’s chronic pain. This wholistic approach is extremely effective for not only strengthening joints during recovery, but also less invasive management of chronic pain.

Our Doctors of Chiropractic are specialists in chronic pain - including disc conditions. For many pain management patients, this treatment is an extremely effective alternative to surgery and offers natural relief for both back and joint problems.

Spinal decompression therapy is an innovative therapy that has been proven effective in treating pain associated with disc related issues.
Spinal Decompression Therapy works by reducing the pressure inside the disc that caused the bulge or herniation, allowing for the flow of the vital fluids and nutrients that are essential for the disc bulge to heal. Decompression therapy helps to rehydrate the disc, relieve nerve pressure, and pain.

We have several advanced therapies available in our Roanoke, Virginia practice to help address inflammation, pain, and improve cellular signaling. The tools often used with our patients could include Shockwave Therapy, Sanexas Horizontal Therapy, Frequency Specific Microcurrent, Pro-neurolight Therapy (Low-Level Light Therapy). These modalities are safe, non-invasive, and are some of the most advanced alternative treatments available.

In many cases of chronic joint pain, we recommend specific medical braces that offer pain relief and provide help with the management of ongoing pain. The braces we recommend at our Roanoke, Virginia practice are designed to help decompress the spine, stabilize the spine, and slow down degenerative damage.

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.