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Our Mission

We promote injury prevention and offer non-surgical, natural care for spine-related injuries.

Injury Prevention and Non-Surgical Relief of Spine-Related Injuries

The Pro-Care Spine Center specializes in prevention and healing of spine-related injuries. We apply non-surgical, natural techniques to reduce and eliminate pain as well as eliminate the CAUSE of the pain. Major forms of treatment include non-surgical spinal decompression, physical therapy and chiropractic. These treatments are supplemented by laser light therapy, electrical stimulation and several others. Since opening our doors in 2004, our center has successfully treated 1000's of Central Texans with various spine-related injuries, and we continue to grow that number every day. Our patients have learned that there are more options than ever before to eliminate back and neck pain. Come to see what we can do for you because life is too short to live in pain.

The Back and Neck Pain Dilemma

One third of all Americans over age 18 have had a back problem in the past five years severe enough for them to seek professional help. For many of these Americans, spine surgery is their doctor’s recommended treatment; leading to approximately 500,000 back surgeries being performed each year. Too often, spine surgery is not necessary and does not lead to the intended result, elimination of pain. Or, just as bad, you decide to live with the pain.

Recent studies have shown that almost 40% of back surgery patients report virtually no difference in back pain one year after having back surgery; even after their surgeons predicted 99% would see minimal to vast improvement. In fact, less than 10% of patients with back pain are appropriate surgical candidates, according to Jeffery Wang, MD, spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

Why are Americans so willing to go under the knife? Most of us don’t know how ineffective back and neck surgery is, but we are also impatient. We live in a fast-paced world which requires a pill or surgery for every ailment; regardless of whether it is the most appropriate treatment. The fact of the matter is most surgical or medicinal treatments for back and neck pain only mask the symptom, allowing the cause of the problem to worsen over time. Fortunately, due to recent medical advances and time-tested techniques, there are natural, non-surgical means to heal many causes of back and neck pain. For most conditions, these techniques are over 30% more effective than surgery. They are more effective because they heal the cause of the pain, not mask the symptom.

The Back and Neck Pain Solution

The Pro-Care Spine Center offers a non-surgical multi-disciplinary approach which is extremely effective for most types of back and neck pain, even after failed surgery. Our approach typically takes the form of three stages, which are listed below.

The first stage of treatment at the Pro-Care Spine Center focuses on healing the cause of the pain. We have several modalities at our disposal to do this, the most common being non-surgical spinal decompression and chiropractic. Non-surgical spinal decompression is FDA cleared and has been proven over 86% effective for ailments including bulging or herniated disc(s), sciatica, degenerative disc and several others. Chiropractic has been time-proven to relieve many back and neck disorders through physical manipulation of the spine.

Once the healing process has begun, the second stage of treatment begins. Typically, the pain has begun to subside, but a combination of limited flexibility and/or poor muscle control, which most likely caused the problem initially, is still present. Through chiropractic care and physical therapy, we can return control and endurance to the muscles that stabilize the spine and extremities. This is essential to long-term pain relief.

The last stage of care focuses on strengthening the areas that were causing the problem. We work on in-office and at-home resistance training and core exercises. Teaching you the day-to-day exercises, behavior, and lifestyles changes keep the problem from coming back. Remember, we don’t just mask the symptom; we want you out of pain permanently. We take a multi-faceted approach to back and neck problems, combining non-surgical spinal decompression, chiropractic care, and physical therapy.