Pain Control Clinic in Centennial, CO: Same-Day, Hands-On Care

What a Pain Control Clinic in Centennial, CO Offers Under Colorado Law

All care in our office is chiropractic, and Colorado law sets out what that includes. The state defines chiropractic as adjusting or manipulating the body's joints and nearby tissue, by hand or with an instrument, together with diagnosis and nutritional and physical measures. Only a chiropractor licensed in Colorado may lawfully practice it.

The law also sets limits. C.R.S. 12-215-117 states that a chiropractic license does not cover surgery or obstetrics and does not permit prescribing, compounding or administering drugs or anesthetics. That is why every plan here is built on hands-on treatment.

Your first visit follows a set order. Dr. Butler takes your history, checks how your spine and joints move, and then explains what he recommends. Imaging may be needed when pain is chronic. Depending on what the exam shows, the plan can combine adjustments with shockwave therapy, Remy Class IV laser therapy or spinal decompression.

Daily routines here put their own loads on the body. Interstate 25 splits the city roughly in half, and between it and Arapahoe Road, plenty of local days include a long stretch behind the wheel.

Back Pain Treatment for Tech Center Desks, Lifting Shifts and I-25 Drives

About 8 in 10 people get back pain at some point, according to MedlinePlus, which advises calling a provider if the pain is severe or no better after three days. Once you reach that point, same-day appointments are open.

The Denver Tech Center, a business park along I-25, counted more than 35,000 workers in 2023, so a lot of local backs spend the day in an office chair. Others lift and carry for a living at stores such as IKEA Centennial, open since July 2011.

Back pain treatment in Centennial starts by testing how each section of your spine moves and where the pain changes. An ache across the base of the spine that builds on the drive home points to lower back pain treatment in Centennial, CO. Tightness between the shoulder blades that sets in by mid-afternoon at a monitor is the focus of upper back pain treatment in Centennial.

For patients set on avoiding surgery, non-surgical back pain treatment in Centennial relies on hands-on care. Spinal decompression, Class IV laser or shockwave sessions join the plan if your exam calls for them.

Neck Pain, Whiplash and Injury Care After a Centennial Crash

Busy routes crisscross Centennial: I-25, State Highways 88, 83 and 177, and U.S. 87. A neck that has been stiff or sore since a collision on any of them is a reason to start with whiplash treatment in Centennial. Your first visit is an exam of your symptoms and of how your neck moves.

When neck pain crept up over weeks with no crash involved, see neck pain treatment in Centennial, CO. A 2021 analysis of six studies found that spinal manipulation reduced pain in neck pain under six weeks old. For long-term neck pain, the evidence is rated low to moderate.

Personal injury chiropractic treatment in Centennial covers injuries beyond the neck. We accept auto accident, personal injury, slip and fall, and workers' compensation cases, and we handle auto accident claims. Keep the legal clock in mind as well. In Colorado, a bodily injury lawsuit over a motor vehicle crash has to be filed within three years after the claim accrues. A lawyer can tell you how that applies to your situation.

Sciatica, Disc and Piriformis Treatment in Centennial

Pain that shoots from the buttock down the back of the thigh usually means something is irritating the sciatic nerve: a disc, a joint or a tight muscle. Your exam shows which one. If long retail or restaurant shifts at The Streets at SouthGlenn, at South University Boulevard and Arapahoe Road, send leg pain home with you, begin with our sciatica treatment in Centennial. The same applies to pilots and crews at Centennial Airport, a reliever airport in operation since 1968, who feel it after hours in the seat.

A herniated, bulging or worn disc can press on the same nerve, but each needs its own plan. If you have been told a disc has ruptured, see herniated disc treatment in Centennial. A disc that bulges calls for bulging disc treatment in Centennial, and discs changed by age fall under degenerative disc treatment in Centennial, CO. When the exam supports it, spinal decompression therapy is one option for disc pain.

Deep pain in the buttock that gets worse on a hard seat can come from the piriformis muscle pressing on the nerve. Piriformis syndrome treatment in Centennial works to relieve that pressure.

Nerve Pain, Numbness and Carpal Tunnel Care for Centennial Office Workers

Arrow Electronics, Comcast, UnitedHealth Group and RingCentral are among Centennial's large employers, and city staff work out of the Centennial Civic Center at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road. When long keyboard days in offices like these, or in the Denver Tech Center, leave your hands, wrists or arms buzzing by evening, an exam can pinpoint where the nerve trouble begins.

Nerve pain treatment in Centennial is for pain that burns, shoots or feels electric. The first job is finding the spot along the nerve where the irritation sits. If a disc, a joint or tight tissue is pinching a nerve along its path, nerve compression treatment in Centennial, CO targets that squeeze. Pinched nerve treatment in Centennial centers on a nerve pressed at the point where it exits the neck or low back.

Pins and needles in the feet, legs or hands are covered by numbness and tingling relief in Centennial. Numbness that travels down one or both arms leads us to the neck, where the arm's nerves start, through arm numbness treatment in Centennial. For a numb hand or wrist, carpal tunnel syndrome treatment in Centennial may include shockwave therapy if your exam supports it.

Chronic Pain Chiropractic Care When Pain Lasts Past Three Months

Pain is called chronic once it has lasted three months or more. For chronic low back pain, a 2019 review of 47 studies with 9,211 people found moderate-quality evidence that spinal manipulation gives short-term relief similar to other recommended therapies, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. That is a modest, honest goal. Dr. Butler will be straight with you about what your exam suggests.

Adjustments form the core of chronic pain chiropractic care in Centennial, and Class IV laser or shockwave sessions are added when your case calls for them. Your exam and your response set the number of visits. There is no fixed package.

Plans often include staying active. The High Line Canal Trail stretches about 66 miles across four counties and is open all year to walkers, bikers and joggers. Closer to home, Centennial has the Lone Tree Creek, Big Dry Creek and Willow Creek trails, plus events at Centennial Center Park.

Symptoms That Need a Medical Doctor or the ER Before Chiropractic Care

Pain severe enough that you cannot walk calls for your primary care doctor or the emergency room. See a medical doctor promptly for:

• loss of bowel or bladder control
• new numbness, tingling or weakness in an arm or leg
• back pain that follows an injury

If weakness, numbness or pain gets worse after an adjustment, contact a provider right away. Tell your primary care physician about any pain as well, including pain that has lasted more than three months, so serious causes can be checked. When those are ruled out, Dr. Butler can examine you and set up your care.

Reasons to Book Our Pain Control Clinic in Centennial, CO

Dr. Butler completed his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1996 at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, Missouri, and has been in practice ever since. Our office is rated 4.9 stars on Google across more than 70 reviews, and a common theme is that he listens. "From the very beginning, I felt listened to, cared for, and never rushed," one patient wrote. Another said, "I have been coming to Dr Butler for 20 years and I would never go anywhere else."

You can book a same-day appointment or simply walk in, and shockwave, Class IV laser and spinal decompression are all available under one roof. We are a preferred provider for most major health plans. If you have no insurance or a high deductible, ask about our cash plans.