Comprehensive Pain Relief - Back Pain, Pain Relief, Physical Therapy, Electronic Acupuncture, Fibromyalgia

A New Era in Pain Management

          Back pain, neck pain, leg pain, knee pain, migraines, arthritis pain, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel… what causes you pain? Sleepless nights, trouble getting out of bed in the morning. Sound familiar? You are not alone. According to one report, nearly 80 million Americans suffer from some type of pain disorder, ranging from irritating to debilitating. The question is, "What do you do about relieving your pain so you can lead a normal life?"

          Standard procedure for pain management has traditionally been medication, administered either orally or by injection. However, the use of medication can have undesirable results: Most medication is general or systemic, meaning it travels throughout the body and relies on the body's organs for transportation and elimination. Over time, medication can cause damage to those organs and may deteriorate vital tissue making the problem worse. Medication may cause drowsiness and impair normal function; it may also lead to chemical dependency. More importantly, pain medication does not address the root cause of pain; it only masks it for a short amount of time.
For these reasons, many people have turned to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM refers to any healing practice that falls outside of traditional medicine and includes but is not limited to: acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy, meditation and eastern medicine. Reports show that between 34 and 40 percent of adults used some form of CAM last year alone.
The latest and perhaps greatest of these CAM practices is Electro-Therapeutic Point Stimulation (ETPS). Developed by Bruce Hocking, D.Ac., M.D., M.A., ETPS Neuromechanical Therapy is the world's first integrative therapy developed exclusively to fight pain. ETPS therapy is based on sound medicine, firmly grounded in the concepts of acupuncture, modern neurology, microcurrent stimulation and myofascial release (muscular relaxation) techniques.   ETPS is a non-invasive (no needles) therapy that applies concentrated, low frequency, DC stimulation to special combinations of acupuncture points, trigger points, and contracted motor bands. ETPS Therapy has been remarkably successful in the fight against chronic pain. The results are so impressive using ETPS that complete or substantial relief from pain may often occur in the first or second treatment.

           Good News for Central Florida! ETPS Therapy has come to Osceola County! Comprehensive Pain Relief, founded by Ruth M. Pandolph, PT, is a comfortable and friendly facility devoted to eliminating chronic pain. Ruth has been a Physical Therapist for over 15 years in South Florida and has been mentored in ETPS Therapy by Dr. Hocking. Ruth currently assists Dr. Hocking in teaching ETPS courses around the state. Dr. Hocking declares of Ruth Pandolph, "I have trained over 20,000 therapists and Ruth is definitely one of the best. She is extremely passionate, has a good heart and excels at the art of ETPS." But perhaps the best endorsement Dr. Hocking gives of Ruth is this, "She is one of the few people in the world that I would want to treat me personally."

          Ruth Pandolph is accepting new patients by appointment only. Comprehensive Pain Relief is conveniently located 3 miles east of the Florida Turnpike at 305 Commerce Center Dr. in St. Cloud (behind the Wal-Mart and Home Depot). We are a Drug-Free, Needle-Free, Pain Relief facility. Office Hours are 9am - 6pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call 407-556-3905 to take your first step toward Pain Free Living.