Pain Management Doctors in Greeley, CO

Non-surgical pain care on 16th Street, near North Colorado Medical Center. A Weld County clinic, with the caseload that implies: a lot of people whose pain came from work and whose work will not wait for them to recover.

Pain That Came From the Job

Greeley works with its hands more than most of the Front Range does. Agriculture, food processing, energy, construction, haulage.

That produces a specific kind of patient: someone with a genuine mechanical injury who has been managing it for months because stopping was not realistic. By the time they book, the original problem has usually acquired a second one on top — compensatory pain elsewhere, deconditioning, sleep that has been broken for so long it is now part of the picture.

We treat that differently from a desk-worker's neck. The plan has to survive contact with a job that involves lifting, and a plan that assumes six weeks of light duty when light duty is not on offer is not a plan.

Workers' Compensation, Properly Documented

A work injury needs two things and most clinics do one of them well.

It needs treating, and it needs documenting — accurately, contemporaneously, in the form your claim actually requires. Both happen here. If your case is disputed, the notes matter as much as the injections.

We also see auto and lien cases, which have similar documentation demands.

Your Care Team

Alycia Edwards, PA-C and Samantha Brune, PA-C provide pain management at our Greeley clinic, working with Kenneth Lintner, DC for chiropractic and Daren Eccles, DPT for physical therapy.

Four clinicians, one chart, one building — which for a working patient mostly means fewer appointments in different places and fewer half-days lost.

The First Visit

An examination, not a procedure. History, physical examination, imaging where the findings call for it.

That sequence matters because pain is often generated somewhere other than where it is felt. A lumbar disc referring into the hip. A facet joint producing a headache. A nerve root that shows up as a weak foot with no back pain at all. Treating the site without identifying the source gives you relief that runs out on a schedule.

What We Treat

Low back pain, including the disc, facet joint and sacroiliac problems that present alike and need separating before treatment.

Sciatica and radiating leg pain — a symptom with several causes, each treated differently, which is why it so often fails to settle.

Neck pain and cervicogenic headache, particularly in people who spend their days looking up or overhead.

Shoulder, hip and knee pain, including the question of whether the joint is the problem or the spine is referring into it.

Conservative Care, Then Interventional

Most pain here resolves without a needle — physical therapy, manual care, load management, time. All available in this clinic without another referral.

Where it is warranted: epidural steroid injection, medial branch block and radiofrequency ablation, sacroiliac joint injection, peripheral joint injection. Each answers a diagnostic question as well as treating a symptom.

If we do not think a procedure will help you, we will tell you.

Insurance, Referrals and Cost

Our Greeley clinic accepts Aetna, ASH, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (Pathway), Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, OptumCare, Optum Physical Health, Humana, Medicare, Colorado Medicaid, Devoted Health, First Health, Columbine, Tricare, ATA Holista, workers' compensation and auto/lien cases.

No referral required to book. Benefits are verified before the first visit so the cost is known in advance. Call (720) 749-5599.

Getting Here

1900 16th St, Suite 400, Greeley, CO 80631 — near North Colorado Medical Center, parking on site.

Monday to Thursday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Serving Greeley, Evans, Windsor, Eaton, Kersey and Weld County, with a sister clinic in Fort Collins. For walk-in adjustment, see chiropractic care in Greeley. Directions are on the Greeley clinic page.

Greeley Pain Management FAQs

Do you take workers' compensation? Yes, and a substantial share of this clinic's work is work-related injury. We document for the claim as well as treating.

Do I need a referral? No. Some plans require one for coverage rather than for access; we verify that in advance.

Can you work around a job I cannot take time off from? That is most of what we do here. Tell us what your work actually involves and the plan gets built around it.

Will I be given an injection at the first visit? Usually not. The first appointment is for diagnosis.

Do you take Colorado Medicaid? Yes, along with Medicare, Tricare and auto/lien cases.