We are not “pain management doctors,” but at Dr. Moscow & Associates, we do have some pretty awesome treatment methods for treating and managing acute to chronic pain. We only treat our patients the way we would want to be treated ourselves.
At Dr. Moscow and Associates, we specialize in treating pain in several different ways outside of Chiropractic Care including MDT, Massage Therapy (Manual Therapy,) Laser Therapy, Custom Orthotics, and Physiatry.
Today, if you need or want a massage, you can choose from among 80 massage therapy styles with a wide variety of pressures, movements, and techniques.
These all involve pressing, rubbing, or manipulating muscles and other soft tissues with hands and fingers. Sometimes, even forearms, elbows, or feet are used.
Massage is generally considered part of complementary and alternative medicine.
Studies of the benefits of massage demonstrate that it is an effective treatment for reducing stress, pain and muscle tension.
Some studies have found massage may also be helpful for:
At Dr. Moscow & Associates, we are proud to make custom-made Foot Levelers Orthotics that are individually designed for your feet – helping achieve a balanced foundation and stabilized pelvis.
Our Custom Orthotics are handmade for your unique feet based on a 3D laser foot scan and Dr. Moscow’s Orthotics exam.
Whether you’re visiting your Sarasota Pain Management Clinic for pain, preventive care or to improve your athletic performance, Foot Levelers’ custom-made functional orthotics may help.
Why does Dr. Moscow choose Foot Levelers?
Generic, off-the-shelf insoles risk worsening your symptoms because they address only general conditions, and with questionable results. Your feet are as unique as your fingerprints. Only Foot Levelers custom-made orthotics are built specifically to meet your individual feet, body and health needs.
Over-the-counter insoles may initially cost less, but they only support one arch in your foot. When only one arch is being supported, it may not maintain the structure of your plantar vault, and problems can start in other parts of your body. In fact, “over-supporting” just one arch of the foot may actually cause pain and symptoms, not relieve them.
Foot Levelers custom-made orthotics are designed to provide the best possible support for all 3 arches of your feet:
This allows us to correct leg length asymmetry as well as correcting the 3 arches of your feet. Don’t settle for less!
Having collapsed arches and unequal leg length can cause decrease and/or release stress on your body and can lead to aches and pains of not only your feet, but also of your knees, hips, lower back, neck, and can even cause headaches and migraines.
In addition, having collapsed arches of the foot and asymmetric leg lengths can cause early onset degenerative arthritis. What happens if you drive your car on misaligned tires? They wear out unevenly! Same thing happens to our bodies.
Our custom-made orthotics can be a vitally important part to wellness!
We have a Sarasota MD on staff to assist our patients with Physiatry.
What is Physiatry?
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, also known as Physiatry, is a branch of medicine that specializes in diagnosis, treatment, and management of disease for the musculoskeletal system – the muscles, bones, and associated nerves, ligaments, tendons, and other structures- and musculoskeletal disorders that cause pain and/or difficulty with functioning.
A physiatrist’s treatment focuses on helping the patient become as functional and pain-free as possible in order to participate in and enjoy life as fully as possible.
Physiatrists strive to treat the whole patient – not just the specific injury or condition – in order to improve overall recovery and prevent recurrence of back pain or other source of dysfunction.
The goals of physiatry for pain management treatment are always to restore the patient’s normal function and improve the quality of life for our patients from a physical, emotional, psychosocial, and vocational perspective.
Physiatrists diagnose injuries and problems of the musculoskeletal system by taking a thorough medical history of the patient and performing a complete physical exam. Further diagnostic testing may include laboratory testing, X-rays, MRI scans, electromyography, and nerve conduction studies.
Electrodiagnostic medicine may be employed in order to detect areas of nerve and muscle damage. This includes electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies [NCS], which are used to measure the condition of your nerves and muscles in their relaxed and stimulated states.
The treatment offered for pain and injury is a multifaceted approach that may include one or some combination of:
We have the latest and greatest in X-ray technology. We are fully digital which allows us to produce the best images with minimal radiation.
An X-ray is a common imaging test can help us view the inside of your body without having to make an incision. This can help us diagnose, monitor, and treat many medical conditions.
Dr. Moscow may order an X-ray to:
Conditions that may call for an X-ray include:
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