Chronic Pain Specialist

Lynx Healthcare Services

Long term pain, also called chronic pain, can worsen if you don’t find an effective way to manage it. At Lynx Healthcare in Spokane Valley, Kennewick, and Richland, Washington, the pain management team can help you maintain your mobility and relieve your day-to-day discomfort with a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan. To find out more about chronic pain and chronic pain management, call Lynx Healthcare, or book an appointment online today.

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Chronic Pain Specialist

Lynx Healthcare Services

Chronic Pain Q & A

What is a vertebral compression fracture?

Vertebral compression fractures occur when one or more vertebrae collapse because they’re too weak to support the typical amount of stress sustained by your spine. Vertebral compression fractures most often occur in your thoracic spine, which is the upper or mid-part of your back.

It only takes a small amount of force to cause a vertebral compression fracture. Simply twisting, bending over, or even sneezing can cause weak vertebrae to collapse.

What causes a vertebral compression fracture?

Osteoporosis most often causes compression fractures, but a bone infection or a tumor can also weaken the vertebrae enough to lead to the same problem. 

Though rare, young adults can sustain a vertebral compression fracture from a high-energy injury, such as falling from a significant height or during a car accident.

What symptoms develop due to a vertebral compression fracture?

In most cases, you experience sudden pain when the vertebra collapses. However, vertebral compression fractures can develop gradually, causing back pain that’s mild at first and gets worse over time.

Any of these symptoms signal a vertebral compression fracture:

  • Sudden, severe mid-back pain
  • Limited spinal movement
  • Pain that gets worse when walking
  • Pain that feels better when lying down
  • Round-back deformity
  • Loss of height

Compression fractures force the front side of the vertebra to collapse, while the backside stays the same height, resulting in a wedge-shaped bone. When several adjoining vertebrae have a wedge-shape, they cause a curvature in your spine and create a noticeably rounded shape.

How are vertebral compression fractures treated?

The team at Lynx Healthcare specializes in two minimally invasive procedures that effectively treat compression fractures:

Vertebroplasty

To perform vertebroplasty, your Lynx Healthcare provider inserts a hollow needle into the affected vertebra. During the procedure, they use fluoroscopy, which is a real-time X-ray that shows your spine and the movement of the needle.

Using this imaging technique, your provider precisely places the needle into the center of the vertebra and injects bone cement into the compression fracture. The bone cement quickly hardens, which stabilizes your spine and alleviates your pain.

Kyphoplasty

Kyphoplasty is similar to the vertebroplasty procedure, with one change. After inserting the needle, your provider inflates a balloon inside the fractured vertebra.

After the balloon restores the bone’s natural height and shape, your provider removes the balloon and injects bone cement. The cement restores the bone’s natural shape, strength, and stability.

Don’t wait to get help for a vertebral compression fracture. Call the office nearest you, or book an appointment online today.

Health conditions that can be treated with Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can be difficult to manage and deal with. Chronic pain can seriously impact your life and last for years. Individualized pain management pain is needed to treat and deal with chronic pain.

Peripheral neuropathy
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Complex regional pain syndrome
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Chronic migraine
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Sciatica
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Phantom limb
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Cancer pain
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Myofascial pain
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Back pain
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Neck pain
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Arthritis

Conditions we treat.

You don’t have to live your life in pain. Let us help you get back to enjoying the things you love to do again.

  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Facial Pain
  • Joint Pain
  • Head Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Knee Pain
  • Nerve Pain
  • Sports Injuries
  • Vertebral Compression Fractures
  • Chronic Pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Neuropathy
  • Post-Surgery Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Arthritis
  • Migraines
  • Herniated Disc

Treatments we provide.

We offer a variety of cutting-edge treatment options to treat a wide range of pain conditions.

  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Epidurals
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Opioid Therapy Management
  • Interventional Pain Medicine
  • Telehealth
  • Behavioral Health

About Lynx Healthcare.

We are a multi-disciplinary group that is changing the face of in person and telehealth health care.

Lynx Healthcare is a multi-disciplinary group that is dedicated to building and linking health centers in a way that creates more in house services than other healthcare providers.

Lynx Healthcare currently consists of multiple treatment centers, providing the highest quality care throughout Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Lynx Healthcare covers a wide variety of specialties.

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