Baptist Union City physical therapist Gina Ragan offers a way to diagnose and treat neck and back pain that does not rely on expensive diagnostic imaging, medication, heat, cold, ultrasound, needles or surgery.
The treatment, known as the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, is exercise based and promotes the body’s potential to repair itself.
Gina is certified in the McKenzie Method and works with patients with spinal and musculoskeletal disorders. She evaluates range of motion, comfort positions, stresses in a typical day, sleep patterns, posture and how long symptoms have been present to develop a treatment plan.
The long-term goal of the McKenzie Method is to teach patients suffering from neck and back pain how to treat themselves and manage their own pain for life using exercise and other strategies. Other goals include reducing pain quickly, returning to normal functioning in daily activities, minimizing the risk of recurring pain, and minimizing the number of return visits to the spine specialist. For more information, please call Baptist Rehabilitation-Union City at (731) 885-9099.