Something happened — a collision, a fall, a lift that went wrong, a season that caught up with you. What you do in the first week or two has more effect on how this ends than almost anything that comes later. Mountain View Pain Center evaluates injuries at our clinics across Colorado and Arizona, usually within the same week, and documents them properly from the first visit.
Two things go wrong when an injury is left alone. Clinically, tissue that is not moved properly heals short and stiff, and pain that is not addressed early is more likely to still be there months later. Practically, a gap between the incident and the first medical record is the single most common reason an injury claim gets argued down — the longer you wait, the easier it is for someone to say the injury came from something else.
Neither of those is a reason to panic. Both are reasons to be evaluated rather than to wait and see. An evaluation is not a commitment to treatment; it is a baseline, and if nothing is wrong we will tell you that. After a collision the timing is fairly predictable: most crash injuries appear within three days.
The biggest single category we see. Symptoms often arrive a day or two later, low-speed collisions cause more injury than people expect, and how the care is billed is different from ordinary health care. Start at car accident injury treatment, or go straight to whiplash, car accident Chiropractic care, or the metro pages for Denver, Phoenix and Colorado Springs.
Lifting, repetitive strain, a fall on site. We treat workers' compensation cases at every clinic in both states, across Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Chiropractic and Acupuncture. In Colorado that includes Pinnacol and US Department of Labor claims for federal employees, and we document return-to-work status as part of the plan rather than as an afterthought. In Arizona, ask us about your specific claim when you call.
Spine, hip, shoulder and wrist injuries, and the ones people dismiss because they were embarrassed rather than hurt at the time. If there is a liability claim involved, see personal injury Chiropractic care and personal injury Pain Management.
Sprains and strains, tendon problems like tennis and golfer's elbow and plantar fasciitis, and overuse injuries that built quietly until one session made them obvious. Mostly a Physical Therapy problem, sometimes with dry needling for the muscle that will not release.
Not every injury has a moment. Desk posture, a long commute, a job that loads one side of you — these produce the same tissue problems more slowly. Those are on the conditions we treat page, organized by where it hurts.
The first visit is an examination and a history, not a treatment plan handed to you at the door. What happens next depends on what that finds.
All four run in the same clinic and work from one chart, which matters more with an injury than with anything else: the plan changes week to week, and it changes faster when nobody has to wait for records.
Your care is delivered by a team — board-certified Pain Management physicians, the advanced-practice providers they supervise, chiropractors and physical therapists — all working from one chart, so the record your adjuster or attorney receives is complete and consistent.
Cost is the reason most people wait, so here it is plainly.
Health insurance. We accept most major plans in both states — see insurance we accept — and verify your benefits before your first visit rather than after.
Auto insurance and med-pay. After a collision, care is usually billed to auto insurance or medical payments coverage, which applies regardless of who caused the crash. A lot of people do not know they carry it. Ask your auto insurer whether it is on your policy and for how much.
Workers' compensation. Handled directly at every clinic in Colorado and Arizona, for every service line, with the documentation the claim needs.
Treating on a lien. In many personal-injury cases the cost can be settled out of your claim rather than paid up front. Ask and we will walk you through how it works in your state.
Every clinic below has Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture and Pain Management on one chart, so care can move between them without a new referral.
Downtown out through the north, west, south and east suburbs.
Academy, InterQuest and Tenderfoot cover the north, central and south of the city.
Harmony in Fort Collins and our Greeley clinic serve Larimer and Weld counties.
Across the Valley, from the West Valley through Phoenix to the East Valley.
After a collision or a fall, yes — worth an evaluation. Adrenaline masks a great deal for the first day or two, and the injuries that surface late are exactly the ones that get argued about later. If nothing is wrong, we will say so.
Within the first few days where you can. Early active treatment is associated with better outcomes than resting and waiting, and it puts a record in place while the link to the incident is obvious.
No. Late is worse than early, but it is not too late — we treat people months and years out. Bring whatever records and imaging you already have.
No. You can request an evaluation directly in Colorado or Arizona for any of our services.
No, and you do not need one to be treated. If you do have an attorney, we work with them and provide the records the claim needs. If you do not, get evaluated anyway — the medical record comes first either way.
Go to an emergency room, not to us, for loss of consciousness or confusion, a severe or worsening headache, weakness or numbness that is not improving, chest or abdominal pain, or any change to bladder or bowel control. We will handle the recovery afterwards.
Yes, and you can move between clinics mid-course. There are 22 across Colorado and Arizona working from one chart, so your record follows you — see the full clinic map.
Yes. We treat workers’ compensation cases at every clinic in both states, across Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Chiropractic and Acupuncture. In Colorado that includes Pinnacol and US Department of Labor claims for federal employees, and we document return-to-work status as part of the plan rather than as an afterthought. Lifting injuries, repetitive strain and falls on site are common reasons people come in. No referral is needed to be seen.
Our clinics across Colorado and Arizona — see the full clinic map, Colorado or Arizona.
