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Patient Reviews - Of Backstrong Non-Surgical Rehab Clinic - Physical Therapy Decatur

I first went to see an orthopedic doctor several months ago for severe pain in my left knee. Xrays of my knee showed nothing that would be causing the pain. The doctor told me that the pain in my knee was most likely referral pain from my lower back. That made sense to me because I have had lower back and left hip pain on and off for several years. The doctor prescribed pain and anti inflammatory medicine. He also prescribed four weeks of physical therapy. None of these helped. I than had an MRI taken of my lower back because I was still having pain in my knee. Pain level was at an 8 level. After reviewing the MRI of my lower back the doctor suggested shots to my lower back. I did not like that option. I researched online and found Backstrong. What a blessing this has turned out to be. Dr Craig is not only very knowledgeable about problems of the spine but he cares about his clients. After five non surgical decompression treatments I am free of the pain in my knee. Thank You Dr Craig.

Bonnie Nehring

I arrived at Backstrong Non - Surgical Rehab Clinic as the result of a low back, lumbar more right side pain and cervical discomfort. I had no idea how that experience would absolutely change my life. Dr. Craig not only worked to help me heal physically, but more importantly, allowed me an ability to relax, and come into a place of balance which facilitated my body’s ability to heal itself. After one adjustment, I felt a lot better. After five treatments for my lumbar part of spine and only two treatments for neck, my pain was totally gone! I highly recommend starting and finishing treatments with Dr. Craig. Dr Craig is so caring and he will teach you to take care of your body! In Gratitude!!!

Vesna Vujinovic

Why Choose Dr. Craig Castanet ?

35 years + experience, including orthopedics, physical medicine, physical therapy and neurosurgery. Does this matter? Sometimes not, but sometimes it makes all the difference. To have experience in all these clinical settings is very rare among any healthcare provider. And the more you see in a variety of medical settings, the better for patients.
Specialist in herniated discs, sciatica, pinched nerves, and auto accidents. These problems can be very difficult to get better. They often prove intractable for healthcare providers to get better. What you want is a specialist who commits to these problems, provides the best, non-surgical treatments for them, and knows when you need injections or surgical treatment. And Dr. Castanet will probably explain to you, better than other providers, becasue of his broad experience what is your problem, and why you need other treatment, like injections or surgery.
Participated in the treatment of more than 40,000 patients. Yes, this matters too. The more thousands of clinical presentations your doctor or provider sees, the less likely he/she will make a mistake in diagnosis, treatment and referral, when appropriate.

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What Types of Conditions Are Treated by Physical Therapy?

Physical therapy is an extremely broad field, and most physical therapists choose some specialties. Physical therapy patients include neck, back, shoulder, knee, post-operative, gait, post-stroke, pelvic pain, and much more. I have had the privilige to work with many physical therapists over the years, and each of them had particular interests that they pursued to improve their patient care. There is essentially no part of the human anatomy and physiology that is not addressed, when pathological, by some specialty of physical therapy. For this, we all have to give kudos to this profession and the medical profession which works hand-in-glove with physical therapists.

Why Is Physical Therapy Important?

The benefits of physical therapy, when indicated, are numerous. These include reducing or resolving your pain, improving your function back to normal, teaching you about your problem, teaching you how to do your normal activities so that you don’t exacerbate your symptoms, and teaching you what exercises you can do at home to improve and manage your problem. Make sure that you communicate well about every conceivable relevant issue with your physical therapist. Many times a serendipitous question or comment gave me a new insight that was important to improving patient care with a particular patient. One example, is when patients tell me that they have been using a heating pad every night for a chronic pain. Most of the time a physical therapist or doctor will not think to ask you that directly, but it can turn a mild problem into a severe and chronic one. In fact, this question about heat application is one I put to every patient who has, what in my judgement, is disproportionate pain to the objective pathology.

How Does Physical Therapy Work?

An important component of physical therapy is teaching you how to manage your problem, and how to be independent of providers, and self-sufficient in your pain management after physical therapy. Of course, the first thing to do is to share an understanding of your problem, how it will be treated, the rationale for such treatment, the expectations for your treatment, what defines successful treatment for your problem, what, if anything, you may need to continue to do for yourself after you are released from treatment, and if treatment does not sufficiently resolve your problem, what is next to do, diagnostically, or treatment-wise.

How physical therapy works is to use a combination of passive and active treatments to encourage tissue healing and recovery of your normal function. That is accomplished through a combination of treatments, education, exercises, ergonomic discussion, and home exercise instruction.

* As a disclaimer, Dr. Castanet is not a physical therapist, but for neck and back problems, he offers many of the same treatments, and superior spinal decompression treatment for back and neck pain, herniated and degenerated discs, sciatica, hip and shoulder pain, and more. If you will be better served by a physical therapist, he will encourage you to see one. But for neck and back problems, he provides faster, more effetive treatment, in his clinical opinion. The purpose of this web page is. not to mislead patients, but to provide patients with a faster, and more effective treatment alternative for their neck and back problems.

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Backstrong Non-Surgical Rehab Clinic
2771 Lawrenceville Hwy #101,
Decatur, GA 30033

Phone: +1 404-558-4015
craigcastanet@gmail.com

Monday 8 AM–6 PM

Tuesday 8 AM–6 PM

Wednesday 8 AM–6 PM

Thursday 8 AM–6 PM

Friday 8 AM–6 PM

Saturday Closed

Sunday Closed