Deer Valley and North Phoenix on the I-17 corridor, Peoria on Thunderbird Road, Glendale at Westgate, and Mesa and Chandler in the East Valley. Each runs Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Chiropractic and Acupuncture in one building.
Neuropathy is managed over a series of appointments, and for older patients in particular a long valley drive is the thing that ends a course early. Pick the clinic in your own quadrant.
Burning and pins and needles are what people describe. Numbness is what carries the risk, because a foot that cannot feel the ground changes how you walk and what you trip over.
In this metro that is compounded by heat. Reduced sensation and hot surfaces are a combination that produces injuries people do not notice until later, which is why foot protection is part of the conversation here in a way it is not everywhere.
A nerve can be compressed at the spine, trapped at a point further down the limb, or affected diffusely in its smallest fibres. Each gives a different distribution and each leads to a different plan.
The examination tests sensation, reflexes, strength and balance along the whole path rather than at the one place the symptom is felt.
Where pain persists, a spinal cord stimulator trial or a nerve block is considered. Both are performed in office at Mesa or at Westgate, and you go to whichever is on your side of the valley.
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.
No referral is needed for any of the services, and appointments are usually available within the same week.
See neuropathy for the broader picture, and Pain Management in Phoenix and Chiropractic care in Phoenix for the services.
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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.
Because reduced sensation and hot surfaces produce injuries people do not notice until later. In this climate it is a practical part of the plan.
The one in your own quadrant. Neuropathy is managed over a series of appointments and a long drive is what ends a course early.
It carries more risk. A foot that cannot feel the ground changes how you walk and what you trip over.
By testing along the whole nerve rather than only where the symptom is felt — sensation, reflexes, strength and balance.
For Pain Management only.
A spinal cord stimulator trial or a nerve block is considered, performed in office at Mesa or Westgate.
No, for any of the services. Appointments are usually available within the same week.
Sometimes. Where the nerve is irritated rather than lost, sensation can return as the irritation settles.
Mountain View Pain Center treats neuropathy across the Phoenix metro, 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.
