Non-Surgical Solutions

As a subsidiary of Virginia Spine Institute, Virginia Therapy & Fitness Center (VTFC) provides their patients with the very best in rehabilitative care for all types of orthopaedic conditions. This is done through the unique and comprehensive all under-one-roof treatment model.

Injections of medications to decrease pain and inflammation have long been used in pain medicine as additional, adjunctive treatment to medications. Traditionally, it has always been a combination of a steroid and a local anesthetic agent. The steroid acts to interrupt the inflammatory cascade that leads to pain and swelling. The local anesthetic provides immediate pain relief to provide diagnostic confirmation of the pain generator as well as to break the pain cycle in certain chronic pain syndromes like Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and trigger points.

In the United States, acupuncture has found its greatest acceptance and benefit in the treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain. Acute musculoskeletal and myofascial conditions such as sprains, strains, spasms and contusions are among the problems most frequently and successfully treated to resolution with acupuncture. In such cases, acupuncture can be legitimately considered as a first line treatment.

At Virginia Spine Institute, your first visit is comprehensive and thorough. Your first appointment gives us the necessary framework to customize your treatment plan. As part of that comprehensive initial evaluation for back or neck pain, it is important to obtain a detailed health history and pain story, a comprehensive physical examination, and appropriate imaging studies.

Our comprehensive team at the Virginia Spine Institute can help patients prioritize what important diagnostic testing they need to help them through their diagnoses and treatment options. At our facility, we have the ability to do a lot of diagnostic tests in-house.

At Virginia Spine Institute our team may suggest other treatments. These other treatments are part of your customized treatment plan created by you and your specialist.