One of the most helpful factors in chronic pain treatment is having a reliable support system. Whether you have a supportive family or a great group of friends you can count on to help you out when you need, a support system of any kind is advantageous to your health. Chronic pain can affect numerous facets of your life, from the time you wake up in the morning and all throughout the night.

At Southwest Spine and Pain Center, our physicians provide each patient with all the information and tools they need to live normal lives. We have multiple treatment options available at any of our four Utah locations, to coping methods that can be implemented at home. A lot of times, people do not understand chronic pain, often associating misinformation with a serious medical condition....

Smoking is bad for you. That is not new information. Advertisements, commercials, and campaigns are swirling around the Internet and social media informing people about the causes of inhaling cigarette smoke. Smoking is definitely linked to increased risk of cancer, but not many people know that smoking will also increase your risk of developing chronic pain.

At Southwest Spine and Pain Center, our treatments do not only improve patients’ chronic pain conditions, but their entire lifestyles as well. St. George, Richfield, Cedar City, and Logan are home to Southwest Spine and Pain locations, giving suffering patients better access to our care. One of the first suggestions to kicking chronic pain is kicking smoking in the butt.

People who smoke are more likely to:

When you experience pain, exercise and physical activity is probably the last thing that you want to do. However, yoga and mindful meditation may help relieve chronic pain without making you feel worn out and tired. At Southwest Spine and Pain Center, our specialists encourage patients to do research. Alternative medicine such as acupuncture, tai chi, and yoga can be successful in managing chronic pain.

Patients who seek care from any of our four Southwest Spine and Pain Center locations can expect the most attentive and compassionate care. We want patients to feel comfortable in their treatment journey, which may involve looking outside the box for viable treatments. With four locations across Utah, Southwest Spine and Pain Center is the leading pain practice in the southwest...

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and Southwest Spine and Pain Center is taking this time to remind patients to stay physically active. Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that often leaves patients devoid of motivation. However, physical fitness or any form of activity can actually help relieve painful symptoms.

At Southwest Spine and Pain Center, we treat a number of chronic conditions from low back pain and fibromyalgia, to acute pain and neuropathy. Nerve pain is a common development in people with diabetes. This enervating symptom can certainly turn anyone into a couch potato and Southwest Spine and Pain is here to prevent that from happening. With four locations across Utah (Richfield, Logan, St. George, and Cedar City), our specialists can better...