If you suffer from fibromyalgia, or chronic pain in several areas, you should consider this program to get immediate relief, and move towards lasting results. Whether you choose a regional or a whole-body treatment, Dr Nahas will use a unique approach to locate points where gentle, targeted regenerative injections target tension, inflammation and sensitive nerves that can persist for many years after any injury or disease.

Your first visit will include both consultation and treatment, and may include injections targeting myofascial trigger points, entrapped nerves, inflamed or damaged joints, ligaments or tendons. Treating these lesions affects the body as a whole, reducing pain, helping you move better, get things done, get some rest and get your life back on track. This pain vacation will give your mind and body an opportunity to return to balance naturally.

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Dr Nahas has developed a novel physical examination technique, as part of a therapy system he calls the Seekers Method.   Using light touch, or palpation, he is able to precisely locate points on the skin which trigger the stress response in your nervous system.  He may combine his palpation technique with ultrasound, to visualize and target deeper structures as needed.

Your treatment may also include acupuncture or acupressure, using the same palpation technique to find specific ear points that target disturbed pain circuits in the brain and spine.  This unique, holistic approach will deliver immediate results, changing the way you feel, the way you move, supporting recovery and healing.

You will be encouraged to focus your awareness throughout the procedure, feeling what he feels, paying attention to the sensations created by the needle, and the immediate release that follows.  Dr Nahas will deliver targeted manual therapy to the myofascial chains affected by your procedure.  Combining movement and touch, breath and awareness, this will further release tension in sensitive or inflamed tissues.  This can be adapted to specific exercises, to create a personalized regimen with your physiotherapy or rehabilitation provider.

How does it work?

Dr Nahas’s mission is to advance medicine by advocating for a paradigm shift in healthcare, which he calls blockage-based care. This is based on the idea that there are traces left behind after any trauma or injury. It presumes that these traces, which can include scars, can be inflamed, tight, numb, stiff or swollen, or they may be totally silent. These are the weak links in your anatomy, and the hot spots in your physiology. The hypothesis is that tissue tension, sensitized nerves and local inflammation in these areas contributes directly to chronic sympathetic activation, chronic inflammation, neurodegeneration and all of the chronic diseases of aging.

While most patients and providers are focused on finding the specific structures or tissues that are causing their pain, chronic pain is now seen as a disease of the nervous system, which includes the nerves, the spine and the brain. Cutting-edge research in mind-body medicine has revealed that this is just one part of a regulatory network, which has been described as the Psycho-Immuno-Neuro-Endocrine (PINE) system, affecting your hormones, your immune system, and your behaviours, thoughts and emotions.

The epidemic of chronic pain that afflicts most Western societies reflects the gaps in our current scientific understanding. Many advanced treatments can target specific painful lesions, but a significant majority of people are not ideal candidates for these procedures. Many people with chronic pain have already tried these approaches, unfortunately without success. While other factors may limit your response, this program will benefit most patients, even those with severe, chronic pain.

Dr Nahas believes that a blockage-based approach is a missing link in medicine, and is developing tools and programs with the ambitious goal of curing chronic pain. Just as a broken bone must be immobilized for several weeks to allow the fracture to heal, the brain, spine and nerves needs time to heal. If you are able to commit to regular physiotherapy, manual or movement therapy and self-care, a blockage-based approach will deliver more long-term results.

We work with most insurance providers, but we do not accept Medicare. Treatment is usually repeated every 2-4 weeks as needed. Prescription medications may be used to help manage your symptoms, but more commonly these are discontinued as your healing progresses. To find out more about his approach, or to schedule a consultation with Dr Nahas, call 929-575-7788 or email nycoffice@richardnahas.com.