Take Control of Your Pain
We have amazing patients at Advanced Healthcare and Sports Injury! We love seeing all of you; however, our goal is to empower you to take control of your pain and help you get back to the life you love! We want to help you recover from your pain and injury and teach you skills to prevent or manage recurrences of pain.
Dr. Iodice is trained in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) for musculoskeletal pain. The McKenzie Method is used to evaluate and treat pain in the back, neck, arms and legs. MDT is an exercise-based approach to assess and treat a wide variety of conditions such as sciatica, arthritis, degenerative disc disease, muscle spasms and numbness in the hands or feet.
Most musculoskeletal pain is “mechanical” in origin, which means the pain is a result of abnormal forces occurring in the tissue. This means that a position or movement caused the pain to start. This often indicates that moving in one direction may worsen the pain and moving in the opposite direction will eliminate the pain. With careful assessment, Dr. Iodice can identify which positions or moves aggravate your symptoms and which ones help relieve your symptoms. What is awesome about the MDT approach is that once you learn these positions and exercises you will have the ability to self-manage your pain!
The McKenzie method begins with Dr. Iodice taking a detailed history about your symptoms and how they behave. You will be asked perform certain movements and rest in certain positions. The main difference to most other musculoskeletal assessments you may have had is the use of repeated movements rather than a single movement. For example, you may be asked to touch your toes and return to standing multiple times to determine if your pain levels get better or worse. Don’t worry, Dr. Iodice is always very considerate of pain and will never keep having you do something that is clearly aggravating your symptoms.
After your MDT evaluation, Dr. Iodice will be able to prescribe specific exercises and postural advice to decrease and eliminate your pain. A major aspect of the McKenzie Method is patient involvement in their own care. This approach emphasizes education, enabling you to take control of your condition by learning exercises and postures that alleviate your symptoms. MDT can be used in conjunction with traditional chiropractic manipulations, dry needling and soft tissue work to ensure the best outcomes!
Once you have learned the specific exercises and postures, they will be used to prevent recurrence. This is important because research has shown that spinal pain has a tendency to recur. You will also have the skills to rapidly deal with symptoms if they do recur so you are in control of your pain!
The McKenzie Method empowers you to manage your own pain. By educating you on the underlying causes of your discomfort and teaching you how to self-treat using exercises, the method helps reduce the need for frequent clinic visits. At Advanced Healthcare & Sports Injury we want to enhance your confidence in your ability to control your symptoms and improve your function.
Reference: McKenzie Institute
