Inspire Med Spa has quite literally changed by life, and I cannot recommend them enough. If you don't want to read the novel below, then just know they do wonderful work, are run by people with genuine compass for their patients and passion for their work. I went from a wheelchair to walking with a cane for the first time in years because of them, which means so much to me.
I have a degenerative disease called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and a severe case of it. By age 16, I was in a wheelchair part time, and could only walk with mobility aids for short periods of time. When I was around 23, I heard about something called prolotherapy which, while not covered by insurance, had show promise for people with my condition.
To be honest, I was worried that this was, well, snake oil, since my disorder has no cure. But my father insisted that there was no harm in trying so we booked an appointment at Inspire Med Spa, because Dr. Knifechief is a practicing orthopedic surgeon when she isn't at Inspire Med Spa. Honestly, every aspect of my first appointment was pleasantly surprising me for!
When you first enter the clinic, it's clean and well decorated, with a friendly and welcoming receptionist who is honestly a wonderful and extremely helpful person. From there, you rarely have more than a few minutes to wait, the clinic better organized then some Warren Clinic doctor's offices. I always get prolotherapy, which does involve needles, but honestly isn't very painful. If topical anesthetic works on you, I'm sure it's painless even. Dr. Knifechief is very professional, and always does great work.
After the procedure, I tend to hurt worse in that join for anywhere to 2 days to a week, after which I see huge improvements in my joint stability, and general pain. I had a bad ankle which wasn't weight bearing after a bad fall a few years ago go from my worst joint to one of my best after about three appointments. I cannot overstate who life changing this is for me, and while not everyone with EDS does as well with prolotherapy as me, it might work as for you if you haven't tried it. If you're in Oklahoma, and you have EDS, Inspire Med Spa could be one of the best things you can ever do for yourself. read more