What Working Together Actually Looks Like
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How I Think About Chronic Pain
Pain is a danger signal — a protective response generated by your brain when it senses that you're under threat. Your brain is constantly calculating where you are on a spectrum of threat versus safety, taking in information from your body and your life to determine whether you're safe or at risk. Injuries, inflammation, poor sleep, stress and even the fear of the pain itself can all add to your brain’s sense of danger. Even after injuries have healed your brain can learn to stay on high alert and continue to generate pain.
My job is to help you figure out what's driving your brain's danger signal — and what’s needed to address it. That means looking at the full picture of your health and your life. For some people this means working to reduce muscle tension and improve your mobility. For others it means working on your diet, sleep and lifestyle. The missing piece for many people in chronic pain is to address the thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that may be keeping your brain on high alert. Wherever you are in your chronic pain journey — we’ll work together as a team to discover what you need to move toward greater comfort, freedom and safety in your body.
Getting Started
Healing from chronic pain is a process. To start — we’ll have two sessions dedicated to understanding your pain, your history, your life circumstances and mapping out a plan for your care.
In your first visit we’ll spend time talking through your health history and pain story in detail — what you’ve tried, what’s helped and what hasn’t. A physical and neurological exam will give us a clearer picture of the structural or mechanical factors that may be contributing to your symptoms and if appropriate we’ll order blood work to evaluate your metabolic health. We’ll close the visit with a treatment — to start supporting your body to heal and your nervous system to shift from threat to safety.
During your second visit we’ll review your exam findings, answer your questions, discuss your specific goals, and map out a personalized care plan built around your unique needs. From there we’ll work through your pain recovery process together one step at a time.
I’m Here To Help
My approach to chronic pain care is centered around understanding the unique combination of factors driving your symptoms. Rather than chasing a single cause, we'll take the time to look at the full picture of your health and your life — then build a plan that is specific to you.
My background in chiropractic, functional medicine, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) gives us a diverse set of tools to address the various factors that could be driving your pain. Sometimes we may focus on releasing tension and helping your body move better. Sometimes we'll look more closely at your diet, sleep and lifestyle. And sometimes the most important work is reducing fear and helping your brain remember that movement and sensations are safe. Through my own journey with chronic pain I understand how difficult it can be to find a real solution. Chronic pain is a whole person problem —I’m here to take this journey with you as we discover what you need to resolve your pain.
What Patients Are Saying
“Dr. Jesse has been an incredible help with unraveling some of my more challenging health mysteries. He came highly recommended from a personal referral for chiropractic care but my challenges with gut health, fatigue, brain fog, and a variety of other symptoms led me utilize his functional medicine expertise as well. I had been working with another functional medicine practitioner for a few years with some successes and a large amount of supplements in my regime. Within two appointments Dr. Jesse got me down to a very reasonable and minimal pill count and completely cleared up my issues. I’m not kidding, it was like a light switch. Within a week my energy was better, I was sleeping at night without waking and my brain feels clear. I’m pretty surprised by the results and can’t recommend his functional medicine treatment strongly enough! I’ll definitely continue to work with him in this regard and recommend him to all of my family and friends!”
“Dr. Jesse is the best! I initially went to see him for an injury to my neck. After working through that, he’s helped me with so many random aches and pains over the years, including a frozen shoulder that hurt so badly I couldn’t even lift my arm. It is totally pain free now. In addition to his chiropractic work, as a functional medicine practitioner he has helped me eliminate a number of symptoms that I previously thought were completely unrelated to one another including skin rashes, nerve pain, congestion, a racing heart, inability to sleep past 4am, etc. I love how Dr. Jesse treats you as a whole person and looks for the root cause of the symptoms. After literally decades of doctors’ visits and being prescribed various drugs and creams for each symptom, I finally found someone who took a different approach, listened to me, ordered lab work, analyzed it, and suggested a metabolic care plan that actually works. I have since brought my children and my husband to see Dr. Jesse. We highly recommend!”
Getting Started Is Simple
Book An Appointment
Getting started with your care is easy and convenient. You can either contact my office to book your new patient visit or simply click the button below to book online. You'll receive a comprehensive health questionnaire to complete before your visit. Understanding your current symptoms and health history before your initial visit will give us a head start at uncovering what's driving your pain.
Your Initial Visit
During your initial visit we'll dive deeper into the details of your pain. We'll explore your health history and perform an exam to better understand the factors contributing to your specific symptoms. This is a space for you to ask questions and express your concerns. We'll plan the next steps to take together as we work towards resolving your pain. I look forward to hearing your story.
Your Personalized Plan
Based on everything we discuss and discover from your initial visit we'll craft a personalized plan to resolve your pain. Every person has their own unique combination of factors that contribute to keeping their pain stuck. We'll map out what's driving your pain and work through it together one step at a time. Chronic pain doesn't have to be forever pain. I'm here to help.