For patients
Spine Solvers was created to answer a need. People living with chronic pain need help understanding their condition and getting the care that will actually reduce or resolve their symptoms. All the pieces of the puzzle exist in the medical field to manage pain. They are rarely put together intelligently, or at all, for the benefit of the patient.
Surgeons know how to operate. Pain management doctors know how to medicate. Physical therapists know how to manipulate for best results. Specialization has worked against the integration of complementary disciplines that should take place to address the complexity of chronic pain. Our job is to educate, communicate, cooperate, and facilitate.
For chronic pain patients, our mission is to provide a comprehensive physical therapy assessment, deliver excellent and convenient physical therapy, and, where necessary, bring in other excellent practitioners who communicate and cooperate toward a common goal, which is your optimal health.
We treat patients in their homes or offices for convenience and comfort. Concierge physical therapy lets a therapist work one to one with you for as much time as the visit needs.
For healthcare professionals
Kinesio Taping has been a specialty of this practice since 2001. It is a powerful, elastic therapeutic taping modality with very few contraindications, used for pain reduction, edema control, myofascial release, scar management, tendon and ligament support, and muscle re-education. Applied properly, it extends the effect of manual treatment well beyond the visit.
For businesses
Spine Solvers can help reduce workers compensation exposure by training staff who are at high risk for injury in workplace safety practices, and by conducting ergonomic assessment and correction of the work environment. We are also available to serve as an expert witness in civil actions involving other physical therapists.
The practice today
Spine Solvers is now part of Concierge Pain Relief, Home Physical Therapy, NYC. The founder, Andrea Wolkenberg, PT, DPT, has retired from practice. The standard she set, one therapist and one patient in the room where the pain happens, continues.
