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6 x September 17 — 30, 2020 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com
“Surgery” is a scary word, especially
when it comes to a knee, shoulder,
hip or any other body part that
has been causing nothing but pain.
However, when most people visit an
orthopedist for that pain, surgery is
usually the solution they’re given.
Troy D. Yeomans, D.C., majority
owner of Phoenix Integrated
Medical and a chiropractic physician
for 20 years, has made it his
mission to educate people and explore
every nonsurgical option available
before resulting to a surgical
solution.
Surgery Isn't
Always the Answer
Dr. Yeomans opened Phoenix
Integrated Medical in January of this
year to give patients the best options
on the market to relieve their pain
and heal its source, integrating multiple
medical specialties under one
roof for the benefit of the patient.
“When someone is experiencing
pain — whether it’s in the knee,
back, hip, shoulder — their first step
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is typically to see an orthopedic surgeon,”
he said. “They could be offered
temporary relief; but ultimately,
they are told to wait until the pain is
bad enough to have surgery.
“This motivated me to start looking
to the treatment options that were
available to people, not only in the
chiropractic realm, but in the medical
realm. Many times, a person can
fix the problem instead of jumping
straight to surgery.”
Along with the possible complications,
there are long recovery times
associated with surgery when dealing
with joint or tissue damage. It
can take months or more than a year
to regain full functionality. Although
most surgical patients can expect
to resume relatively normal activities
within six weeks, it takes up to
a year to fully recover from a knee
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Solutions Without Surgery
Phoenix Integrated Medical Offers Nonsurgical Solutions
replacement, shoulder surgery or ACL
reconstruction, to name a few of the
most common orthopedic surgeries.
Dr. Yeomans and his staff believe
in exhausting every option from a
chiropractic and medical standpoint
before resorting to surgery. If nonsurgical
treatments fail, surgery is a last
resort.
“I saw this increased desperation
in our patients on options they
weren’t given by their orthopedists,”
Dr. Yeomans said. “There are so
many other things people can do,
very effective things people can do
when done correctly.“
What Dr. Yeomans found was
that these alternative treatments
aren’t fringe treatments. They are
mainstream options, covered by
Medicare and most insurance plans,
that people are just not given or that
are performed incorrectly. However,
when they are done correctly, the
treatments are very effective.
“It’s that old saying, ‘When you’re
a hammer, everything looks like a
nail,’” Dr. Yeomans said. “When you
go to a surgeon, they give you surgical
treatment options. We try to save
your knee, save your shoulder. We
give you every nonsurgical option
we can to restore function. We don’t
even have a surgeon on staff.”
He encourages his patients to get
the whole picture and decide from
there what they think best fits their
needs. People educate themselves
on everything else in their lives, from
where their eggs are farmed to the
safest vehicle to drive. But, when
it comes to being told surgery is
needed, most people take that declaration
at face value and don’t seek
other treatment options.
Regenerative
Medicine Is the Future
Dr. Yeomans and his team keep
abreast of new developments in
the world of regenerative medicine
Troy D.
Yeomans,
D.C., exhausts
every nonsurgical
solution for
his patients
at Phoenix
Integrated
Medical.
— whether it’s the use of stem cells,
platelet-rich plasma, amniotic tissue
or any other source of true healing.
“It’s very exciting to me, because
we’re talking about regenerating
tissues,” Dr. Yeomans said. “We’re
talking about true healing — not
stopping pain for a few months, but
real healing.”
There are treatments that can regenerate
and restore tissue back to
its original health. Procedures and
medicines are coming out and being
developed every year that use different
regenerative technologies to heal
arthritis, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis
and more.
Dr. Yeomans excitedly recalled a
patient who received a knee injection
and was complaining of itching.
As he explained, tissue that is healing
itches.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “The
response was amazing. She was
getting itchy in her knee, because it
was healing better than it ever could
on its own.”
There are many nonsurgical procedures
in dealing with orthopedic
pain, and more advancements are
being made every year. Surgery
is one option, but it is certainly not
the only one. The staff at Phoenix
Integrated Medical review all the
treatments available and help patients
make the best decisions for
their bodies.
The staff is taking extra precautionary measures to
protect patients from COVID-19. Every day, all staff
are screened for temperature and given pulse oximetry
tests for oxygen saturation. Advanced cleaning
procedures are being done to sterilize treatment
rooms between patients, and masks are required by
everyone in the building.
Phoenix Integrated Medical is located in
Suite 137 at 1936 Lee Road in Winter Park.
For a complimentary consultation, call 407-
637-8300 or visit phoeniximc.com. ª