Chronic Back Pain Treatment in Greenville, SC
Chronic Back Pain Treatment at IHP Greenville — expert acupuncture for chronic pain and musculoskeletal issues. Dr. Hendry, DAOM. Call (864) 365-6156.
Chronic back pain — pain persisting beyond 3 months — is a complex, often multifactorial condition that frequently involves central sensitization, structural changes, psychological components, and constitutional factors beyond the original injury. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry's chronic back pain treatment protocol addresses this complexity: it is not merely a longer course of the same treatment given for acute pain. Chronic pain requires an integrative strategy that addresses the sensitized nervous system, the inflammatory environment, the constitutional vulnerabilities, and the lifestyle and psychological factors that perpetuate pain.
How Chronic Back Pain Treatment Works
Chronic back pain treatment at IHP combines acupuncture (for central and peripheral nervous system desensitization and constitutional correction), dry needling (for persistent myofascial trigger points), electroacupuncture (for deeper neuromodulation in central sensitization), functional medicine assessment (for inflammatory markers, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal factors), and Chinese herbal medicine. The protocol is designed not just to reduce pain but to restore function and address the root biological conditions that prevent the back from fully healing.
Conditions Treated with Chronic Back Pain Treatment
Your First Appointment
Bring a complete timeline of your back pain history — onset, prior treatments (conservative, surgical, interventional), medications, and current functional limitations. Functional ability (walking distance, sitting tolerance, sleep quality) is as important as pain severity in assessing and treating chronic back pain.
Why Dr. Hendry for Chronic Back Pain Treatment
Dr. Hendry's Prisma Health opioid alternative research — which examined needling in acute pain settings — has direct application to the nervous system science underlying chronic pain. His functional medicine expertise allows him to address the systemic inflammatory and nutritional factors that maintain chronic pain states.