Pain Management Doctors in Highlands Ranch, CO

Non-surgical pain care on Plaza Drive, in Highlands Ranch Town Center. Diagnosis first, conservative care by default, and interventional options in the same building when the examination justifies them.

The Appointment That Starts With Questions

A first visit here is diagnostic. You will be asked what makes it worse, what makes it better, what you have already tried and what happened when you did — then examined, then imaged only if the findings call for it.

That sequence exists because the site of pain and the source of pain are frequently different structures. A lumbar disc referring into the hip. A facet joint producing a headache. A nerve root showing up as a weak calf and no back pain at all. Treating the site without identifying the source produces relief that expires, which is how people accumulate a history of injections that each worked for a fortnight.

Two Presentations We See Constantly in Douglas County

The desk and the commute. A large share of Highlands Ranch works seated, often with a drive to the Tech Center on either end of it. That combination produces a recognisable pattern: mid and upper back pain, neck pain that arrives mid-afternoon, and headaches that begin at the base of the skull and get treated as migraine for years before anyone examines the cervical spine that is generating them.

Youth and recreational sport. The other half of the caseload. Overuse rather than trauma — the knee that hurts after a growth spurt, the shoulder that has thrown too much, the low back of a teenager in a sport with rotation in it. These need a diagnosis rather than rest and hope, because the ones that get labelled growing pains are the ones that come back at twenty-five.

Your Care Team on Plaza Drive

Lawrence Elwell, DC covers chiropractic. Jennifer Keep, DPT handles physical therapy. Pain management is delivered by Hanna Kozina, PA-C and Alison Smith, PA-C, supported by our medical directors.

Four clinicians, one chart, one building. When the plan changes, the next person to see you has already read what the last one found.

The Conservative-First Rule

Most pain treated at this clinic is resolved without a needle — therapy, manual care, load management and time. All of that is available here without a new referral or a new intake.

What conservative care is not is a delaying tactic. If six weeks of it has not moved your symptoms, that is information, and the plan changes rather than repeating.

What Interventional Care Looks Like Here

When the examination and imaging agree on a structure, the options are epidural steroid injection, medial branch block and radiofrequency ablation, sacroiliac joint injection and peripheral joint injection.

Each of these is diagnostic as much as therapeutic. A medial branch block that relieves your pain has told us which joint is responsible, and that determines whether ablation is worth doing. A block that does nothing is also useful — it rules a structure out.

We will tell you when we think a procedure is unlikely to help.

Insurance, Referrals and Cost

Our Highlands Ranch 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 needed to book. Where a plan requires one for coverage, we identify that when we verify benefits before your first visit. Call (720) 749-5599.

Getting Here

640 Plaza Dr, #270, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 — in Highlands Ranch Town Center, parking on site.

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

Serving Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Lone Tree and Douglas County. For same-day adjustment, see chiropractic care in Highlands Ranch. Clinic details and directions are on the Highlands Ranch clinic page.

Highlands Ranch Pain Management FAQs

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

Will I be given an injection on the first visit? Usually not. The first appointment establishes what is being treated.

Do you treat teenagers and young athletes? Yes. Overuse injuries in growing athletes are a routine part of the caseload here.

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

How long before I am seen? Most patients are seen within the week.