Pain Management Jefferson Barracks, MO. Living with pain is not easy and, unfortunately, not uncommon. When chronic pain impedes you from being is getting in the way of your ability to enjoy life or do the activities you want to do, you need a sound pain management plan.

Axes Physical Therapy’s team of Jefferson Barracks, MO movement experts has years of experience successfully guiding patients to freedom from pain. We are able to address pain effectively by tailoring the treatment to each individual patient, based upon their needs, goals, condition, and lifestyle. At Axes Physical Therapy, your Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management therapist draws from their clinical experience and the most current understanding and techniques to put together a perfect pain management plan for you.

Contact Axes now or make an appointment online to get started on your journey to freedom from pain. Select any of our physical therapist-locally owned and operated facilitieslocations throughout Greater St. Louis and Eastern Missouri for convenient pain management from leading Jefferson Barracks, MO movement experts.

Pain Management: How Common is Pain?

Pain affects many, many all kinds of people — large and small, young and old — in Jefferson Barracks, MO and across the country. If you are in Jefferson Barracks, MO suffering from chronic pain, you are not alone.

Axes Physical Therapy has a team of Jefferson Barracks, MO physical and occupational therapists who treat pain patients every day. Our pain management doctors and therapists know all too well how pervasive pain is, but fortunately we have the skill required to eliminate your pain, as we have done for countless others.

The Facts about Pain

• Chronic pain costs patients in excess of $560 billion every year in medical treatment, lost income, and other expenses and losses. The true cost is likely much hire, with calculations from the National Institutes of Health putting the figure as high as $635 billion per year.
• In a single day, approximately 50 million adults in the United States are living with pain.
• Over 20% of adults live with chronic pain and 7.4% deal with debilitating chronic pain that impedes their daily activities.
• Of those living with chronic pain, 89% have been actively feeling pain for at least one year.
• Pain accounts for one of the leading causes of missed work, costing $61.2 billion a year in the United States in lost productivity alone. 76.6% of that loss can be attributed to decreased efficiency of workers dealing with pain while working, not work absences related to pain.

All this is to say that at Axes Physical Therapy, we take our Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management duties seriously. We respect the magnitude of the problem and have years of experience designing and executing therapies and treatments to free our patients from pain.

Proper, empirically supported, results-driven pain management is imperative for adults in the Jefferson Barracks, MO area and all over the country. Our qualified team of Jefferson Barracks, MO movement experts is on a mission to eliminate pain and optimize mobility for every patient who comes through our doors. Trust your Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management needs to the professionals at Axes Physical Therapy.

Pain Management Jefferson Barracks, MO: Getting to Know Your Pain

Pain is a sensation we experience when our peripheral nervous system communicates information from the receptors throughout the body to the brain. Understanding the nature of your pain can help your Jefferson Barracks, MO physical therapist or other pain management doctor effectively address the source of your pain and allow you to regain peak movement health.

As someone living with pain and a perspective pain management patient, it is important to understand the topic of pain and the type of pain you are experiencing. Pain is usually described as either acute or chronic.

• Acute pain: limited in duration, usually due to injury or damage to tissue in the body
• Chronic pain: persistent pain, more often originated from explanations other than damage such as chronic inflammation, nerve sensitivity changes, strong emotions, previous traumatic injury, and changes that occur in the brain

Symptoms of acute pain include:

• pain that does not last more than 3 months
• the sensation of pain is local to the injured area
• accompanied by swelling, warmth, and redness
• associated with an injury or specific event
• pain that worsens when agitated, and resolution of pain when the irritant is removed; if you have an ankle injury, you may feel additional pain when putting pressure on that leg, but find that the pain is lessened or alleviated when you take your weight off of that leg with crutches or when elevating it

Symptoms of chronic pain include:

• pain that lasts for longer than 3 months
• not directly or immediately related to an injury
• widespread pain
• fluctuating degrees of pain that cannot be explained by a specific motion or activity
• hypersensitivity to even minor pain triggers
• may be accompanied by mental factors like depression, fear, or anxiety

If you were recently injured and are suffering from acute pain, talk to our Jefferson Barracks, MO physical therapists about treating your injury to swiftly alleviate your pain and address your injury, helping you heal properly to avoid chronic pain issues in the future.

If you suffer from chronic pain, it can feel like it will never end. Work with our pain management team to determine and engage in the most effective Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management solutions that will return you to your beloved everyday activities without debilitating and unpredictable pain.

You need an effective pain management solution from someone you can trust in Jefferson Barracks, MO. Axes Physical Therapy understands how urgently you need treatment to target your pain. Contact us today to speak to a movement expert near Jefferson Barracks, MO about your pain management treatment.

Jefferson Barracks, MO Physical Therapy for Pain Management

Life with pain is limiting, often to the point of debilitating. Pain affects us psychologically as much as it does physically. It is easy to feel desperate or hopeless when you have lived with chronic pain for years or what feels like an eternity. Our physical and occupational therapists’ job is to give you hope and help you make a complete recovery and return to life as you want it to be. A good Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management plan like physical therapy will target the source of your pain and help you process the psychological pain.

Physical therapy is increasingly one of the first and best recommendations for individuals living with pain. Physical therapy is an evidence-based practice of movement health, based on the mastery of kinesiology and the musculoskeletal system. As the American Physical Therapy Association puts it, a physical therapist is a movement expert who elevates their patients’ quality of life by prescribing exercise, administering hands-on care, and providing patient education. Axes’ Jefferson Barracks, MO physical and occupational therapists are zealous about getting patients back to the activities they love and eliminating pain by treating the patient holistically. Trust us to help you manage and eliminate your pain.

In addition to pain management, our Jefferson Barracks, MO physical and occupational therapists offer:

• Stroke Rehabilitation
• Hip Replacement Physical Therapy
• Workers Comp' Physical Therapy
• Migraine Relief
• Sprain and Strain Treatment
• Geriatric Physical Therapy
• Injury Rehabilitation
• Pain Management Services
• TMJ Treatment
• Herniated Disc Treatment

Physical therapy addresses pain by doing do the following:

• Reduce tightness and inflammation
• Strengthen muscles, tendons, and ligaments
• Restore balance to the body
• Extend range of motion
• Manage scar tissue
• Improve overall functioning

Pain Management Treatment Methods in Jefferson Barracks, MO

Our Jefferson Barracks, MO physical therapists are seasoned practitioners in a wide range of treatment types and specialties. You will work with your own personal pain management physical therapist who will design the right treatment plan for you. Some of the treatment methods we might employ are:

• Manual therapy
• Exercise and movement
• Graded exposure
• Heat/Cold applications
• Trigger point dry needling
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS)
• Ultrasound
• Massage therapy

We cannot provide meaningful pain management unless we understand your experience. To design the safest and most effective treatment, before beginning treatment your physical therapist will perform a comprehensive evaluation, investigate your medical history, and perform a physical exam.

You are an integral part of getting an accurate picture of the condition you are dealing with. When you get a Jefferson Barracks, MO pain management evaluation, be open and offer as much information as possible. Your physical therapist may ask you questions such as:

• How long have you had pain?
• How did it start?
• Where is the pain located?
• When do you experience the pain?
• What types of activities bring it on?
• How long does it take for it to go away?
• What does the pain “feel” like?
• What can make the pain feel better (lessen)?
• On a scale of 0 to 10, can you rate how much pain you are currently experiencing?
• What do you think is causing the pain?
• What is your past medical history?

Pain Management Near You in Jefferson Barracks, MO

When you are living with pain, you must have a trusted medical expert on your side who understands your condition and has the tools and experience necessary to provide you with the pain management solutions you need. Axes Physical Therapy is home to a vast network of physical and occupational therapists that are among the best in their respective specialties.

Trust a pain management professional at Axes Physical Therapy near Jefferson Barracks, MO for a customized pain management plan based on proven treatment methods. Call us today or find the Axes location that is most convenient for you.