Our Glendale clinic sits at 91st Avenue near Westgate, a few minutes off Loop 101, which puts it within reach of Peoria, Sun City, Arrowhead, Litchfield Park, Avondale, Goodyear and the rest of the northwest Valley.
The caseload here follows the work: hospitality and events around the stadium and arena district, retail, warehousing and construction. A lot of standing, a lot of lifting, and shifts that do not leave room for a low back to recover on its own schedule. Low back pain that has been managed for months and then fails on an ordinary lift is the most common story we hear at this clinic.
Low back pain is a location, not a diagnosis, and the four usual sources behave differently. A facet joint tends to hurt on standing and arching backward, and often first thing in the morning. A disc tends to hurt on sitting and bending forward. The sacroiliac joint produces pain that sits low and to one side. Muscle guarding can sit on top of any of the three and mask which one started it.
The first visit is built around telling these apart, because the plan that helps a facet joint does little for a disc, and treating the wrong one wastes the weeks that actually matter.
Because so much of this clinic's caseload is on its feet for a living, the plan usually includes a specific plan for the job itself — how to lift, how to stand, and when a brief change in duties is worth asking for while the low back settles.
Where conservative care has not been enough, the next step follows the examination: a medial branch block and then radiofrequency ablation for a facet joint, an epidural steroid injection where a nerve root is involved, or a joint injection for the sacroiliac joint.
These are performed in office at this clinic — Westgate has fluoroscopy on site, so patients from Glendale, Peoria, Sun City and Arrowhead do not need to travel across the Valley for the procedure itself. The physician who examines you is the one who performs it.
Most major commercial plans are accepted and most Medicare Advantage plans are in network in Arizona. AHCCCS is accepted for Pain Management only. Benefits are verified before the first visit.
Back pain from a collision is billed to auto insurance or med-pay, to a health plan, or to a lien held until the case settles where an attorney is involved. No referral is needed and appointments are usually available within the same week.
The general low back pain page goes further, and our Glendale clinic page covers the full range of what we treat here.
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.
6622 N 91st Ave, Suite 230, in the Westgate area of Glendale, just off Loop 101.
In office at this clinic. Westgate has fluoroscopy on site, so nobody needs to cross the Valley for the procedure itself.
For Pain Management only. Most major commercial plans are accepted and most Medicare Advantage plans are in network in Arizona.
Standing, lifting and shifts with little recovery time load the low back in a way that adds up. The pattern we see most is months of low-grade discomfort that then fails on an ordinary lift.
By pattern. Standing and arching point at the facet joints, sitting and bending at a disc, and one-sided low pain at the sacroiliac joint.
Not at the start for most people. It is ordered when there is weakness, when a course of care has not helped, or when a procedure needs a target confirmed.
No, for any of the services. Appointments are usually available within the same week.
Prolonged rest usually slows recovery. Graded movement inside limits that do not flare it is what shortens an episode.
Mountain View Pain Center treats low back pain in Glendale, with Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Chiropractic and Acupuncture in the same clinic and on the same chart. No referral is needed and appointments are usually available within the same week.
