The Center for Manual Medicine and Regenerative Orthopedics

Oct 2023

This was too many characters for Google so I am sharing it here! I am absolutely blown away at the level of care that I have experienced here and I have so many things I could say. In May of this year, I had a sudden onset of the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life in my shoulder and neck on one side. After months of trying everything else I could think of, including seeing an orthopedic specialist, who immediately recommended surgery without proper cause, I finally found this practice. During my first visit with Dr. Frye, he did an ultrasound of my shoulder, in which I almost passed out 3 times during. That was a doozy, and apparently the first time that's ever happened to them! Josh and Dr. Frye took great care of me that day and Dr. Frye took that as a very serious happening. He Proceeded to call my primary care doctor directly that same day. This shocked my primary care doctor because apparently doctors don't normally call other doctors directly, and my primary care Doctor called Dr. Frye back on his day off because Dr. Frye made a point to indicate how serious of a matter this could be. Dr. Frye also made several direct calls to me to check-in during this time which, again shows me the level of care that he has for the people that he is helping. He then recommended that I start seeing the Tamra, the Occupational Therapist in the practice. Upon my first visit with Tamra I knew that I was being taken care of by someone who truly cares and has a combination of experience and expert level problem solving skills. She took all the time that she needed to get my full history and do the most in depth exam that anyone in the world of OT/PT has done of me since this happened. It only took one visit for her to find the cause of my issues. Which happens to be a seemingly major muscle imbalance that is causing my shoulder blade to not sit in the correct position. Which is causing severe chronic pain in my shoulder, pinching a tendon in my shoulder, and also causing sever chronic pain and tension in my neck. AKA, I have had the worst posture for years probably and have never used some of these muscles in my life. I was absolutely shocked that she took the time to put on her problem solving hat for me and took all the time that she needed that day to get a good idea of how my body was working. It shows me that she truly cares about what she does and her goal is to find a way to help people feel better. We are not done with treatment, and I only happen to be in the very early stages of my treatment however, I have no doubts that Tamra along with anyone else that I may have care with in this practice, will continue to help me get back to a mobile and healthy life. At this point we are 4 full therapy appointments in and I am already feeling so much better emotionally, mentally, and physically. The edge has been taken off at this time, which seems like a big deal to me because it's been 5 months of constant extreme chronic pain and nothing else has helped bring the pain level down nor help with my extreme depression and lack of zeal for life. Not only has Tamra been addressing the muscular imbalance and helping with that, she has also been giving me general advice on some other things that I can do to help myself start feeling better. And while telling someone they need to make sure to drink at least half their body weight in ounces of water each day is a seemingly small thing, it's something no one has ever told me in my 30 years of living. She even suggested getting a bottle big enough to hold all that water for the day, which I have done and it has been an absolute life changer for me in the few days that I have been using it. It is just an example of how the people that are offering their care in this practice are more than just experts in their field, they are truly caring and kind and want to ensure that they are sharing their knowledge and trying to help in any way they know how to. I cannot say enough good things about the people that are caring for our community through this practice, an