RSI
Oregon Health Care Providers
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Patient Recommendation
Dr. Ruth Lowengart, MDOM
786 State Street
Medford, OR 97504
(541) 776-5111
She used to be chief physician at the
Alta Bates Occupational Medicine Clinic in Berkeley . . . and an
assistant clinical professor
at the University of California, San Francisco. She was overloaded with a
lot of the cases (from all over the Bay Area) that no one else knew what to
do with. Her specialty is occupational medicine, and she's had some
osteopathic training; she also acknowledges learning from a wide range of
other sources, including "alternative" health practitioners and listening to
her patients (a novel idea for most doctors I've run into in treating RSIs).
She has a holistic view of the body and thus has an excellent undertanding
of the relationship between RSI and other things going on in one's body,
especially in (but not limited to) the back/neck, and is very good at
recognizing and treating thoracic outlet syndrome as well as myofascial
stress. She's also a hands-on physicianvery rarewho does some
manipulation for both diagnosis and relief, and very good at giving
appropriate exercises and educating her patients. I wish she were still here!
Patient Recommendation
Rick Lockwood
Research Associate
Portland Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation Center
NoEndo@AOL.com
Patient Recommendation
Jeanne Dunnewind, PT Feldenkrais practitioner 690-7914 Beaverton, OR
Patient Recommendation
Either of the Western States Chiropractic College's outpatient clinics.
These clinics are in the Portland, OR area. You can contact the college
at 1-503-251-5734, or 1-800-641-5641.
Patient Recommendation
I've been going to Dr. Buehler, who is an Arm/Hand specialist and
Orthopedist. He is the only one who has listened to me, and specializes in
micro-surgery of the arm and hand. His offices are located in the
Providence Medical Center adjoining Providene hospital. Good Luck!
Patient Recommendation
(Portland area)
Try Dr. Robert Berselli 503-692-0610.
Try Dan Carter in Portland. He is very knowledgeable. I have known him for a few years now.He is a Naturopathic doctor who teaches at the Naturopathic college there. He is a Bowen practitioner and Instructor as well. I don't have his number infront of me but his data is on the www.bowenacademy.com website.
Patient Recommendation
The Portland Oregon RSI Support Group
is attempting to rate local health care providers. As their web page
indicates, you have to contact the support group to get the recommendations as they do not
post the actual ratings on their site.
Patient Recommendation
I'm in that area and haven't found a great doctor yet, but a very good
chriopractor and a very good Physical Therapy place. Doctors just get
me in to the PTs - I ended up dx'ing myself and then had to tell them
what I thought I had - and I was right. TOS !
But I would have liked to be wrong as long as it wasn't something worse!
Chiro is in Hillsboro, and PT place is in Newberg.
PT website :http://www.chehalempt.com/CTD/TOS-CTD_rehab.htm
Bud ,the owner operator did an independant eval for me and was the only
one to find exactly where my compression areas were and relieve one of
the trouble spots instantly.
Patient Recommendation
Sylvan Hill Physical Therapy Dr. Nafziger 5415 SW Westgate Drive Portland, OR 97221 (503) 297-3003 Great Doctor with high success rate treating RSI/CTS w/out surgery!!
Patient Recommendation
liked Dr. Francisco Soldevilla he is part of Northwest neurosurgical
Associates. The last phone number I have for him is 503-885-8845. His
office is located in Tualatin Oregon.
. . . Dr. Soldevilla seemed to believe my problem was not thoracic
outlet syndrome but just a standard overuse repetitive stress injury. He
was one of the only doctors who actually prescribed rest rather than
drugs and more of the same.
He also mentioned that there's really no good definitive test for
thoracic outlet syndrome. The only true way to know if you have it and
it is causing problems is to do the surgery and if the problems go away
you must have had it. However he said you are just as likely to have new
problems after the surgery and that the success rate is extremely low.
West Virginia Health Care Providers
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Hellerworker trained by Sharon Butler:
Susan Clarke, Norwich, VT 802-649-5244
Hawaii Health Care Providers
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PASIG Affiliate
Eve Colley, PT 547 Halekauwila Street #116 Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: (808) 531-0272 Fax: (808) 262-0279 e-mail: etimco@aol.com Available: Clinic; Screening/Prevention/Education
Bonnie Prudden Myotherapist
Lezlie Campbell Bignami
Myotherapy of Hawaii
P.O. Box 37984
Honolulu, HI 96837
808-524-3221
808-524-2575
gsb@aloha.net
Hellerworker trained by Sharon Butler
Clare Apana, Certified Hellerwork Practitioner, P.T., Honolulu, HI - 808-737-3313
Self-Referred
Scott McCaffrey, MD Workstar Occupational Health 91-2139 Ft. Weaver Road Suite 202 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 Tele: 808-676-5331 Fax: 808-671-2931 Web: www.workstar.com
Missouri Health Care Providers
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Self-Referred
I work for WorkHealth Solutions, an occupational medicine clinic run
by Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. Liberty is considered part of the
greater Kansas City metropolitan area, located at the upper northeast corner
of the KCMO metro area. We primarily treat work-related injuries at this
location, but that will be changing within 6 months - we are moving all
outpatient physical and occupational therapy from the hospital to this
location. Our clinic physicians are well-versed in assessing and diagnosing
musculoskeletal disorders and are very pro-rehab oriented. Our web presence
is somewhat abbreviated at this time, but you can link to us at
http://www.libertyhospital.org/services.html and then click on the
Occupational Med. link (it opens a pop-up java window so I don't know how to
give you the direct link).
Patient Recommendation
I would like to recommend Dr. Charles Conrad, a neurologist with Neurology Consultants.
He is a very caring doctor and treated me for carpal tunnel syndrome to both hands. He
does not perform surgery, but I would recommend on work comp cases that you keep him
as "treating physician". He will do whatever is necessary to get you better, and will help
you battle through the work comp maze. He is very caring and would recommend him to one
and all. The organization he works for has their own web site:
http://www.cinpc.com and phone number is 800-753-6992. They have four locations in Kansas
City and multiple outreach offices in Kansas and Missouri.
MSM Appendix B
Medical Program for the Performing Arts
Jewish Hospital
216 S. Kingshighway
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 454-STAR
Director: Dr. Jerome Gilden
MSM Appendix B
Neurologic Restoration Center
Bethesda Hospital
3655 Vista Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 776-8100
Director: Dr. Simon Horenstein
Bonnie Prudden Myotherapist
Patricia Trout
Myotherapy Pain Relief of Missouri
7415 Hazel Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63143
314-644-3360
Ottawa Health Care Providers
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Patient Recommendation
I have suffered and have been off work for 5 years with rsi in both
elbows. I have tried physio, chiro, acupuncture and finally had surgery.
Nothing helped. Then I found an ad for structural therapy so decided to
try it. I was desperate and in pain constantly. This therapy worked
great. I am 95% pain free. Structural therapy is in Ottawa, Canada and
it works. The therapist is Hyatt Saikin at (613)567-5781
Wisconsin Health Care Providers
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Patient Recommendation
Katie Morrison, RMT, NCTMB Lickteig Chiropractic, SC 11649 N. Port Washington Rd. Suite 100 Mequon, WI 53092 (262) 240-2273 Excellent for work on trigger points related to RSI.
Patient Recommendation
For Milwaukee area people I strongly recommend Dr.
Jeffrey B. Gorelick, a specialist in
Physical Rehabilitation, 2826 North 76th Street # 105, Wauwatosa WI 53213,
(414) 771-2707 and also at 400 West Silver Spring drive #212, Milwaukee Wisconsin
53217 (414) 964-6666.
Hellerworker trained by Sharon Butler:
Mark Ensweiler, Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Hellerwork Practitioner, Plover, WI - 715-345-0655
Bonnie Prudden Myotherapist
Bettie Myers
2109 41st St.
Two Rivers, WI 54241
414-794-8343
Patient Recommendation
"I am a computer programmer. I had a hand surgeon from University of
Wisconsin do the surgery. Here is Dr Ablove's information:
http://www.orthorehab.wisc.edu/Ortho/faculty/ablove.shtml
I had surgery on both my left and right trigger thumbs - both hands at
the same time. It was a 1\2 inch incision below the thumb to release
the tendon. I didn't even need the pain meds very long. My hands were
bandaged, but my other four fingers could move without pain or
restriction. I took care of myself. The hardest thing was that I had to
keep my hands and the bandages dry until the stitches came out 7 days
later. So, this limited showering or washing my hair by myself. I just
stuck around home. They did give me some plastic gloves to put over the
bandages if I wanted to shower, but they weren't easy to use. I used
them to shower the day I went back to get the stitches out. The
incisions healed quickly. After two weeks it was difficult to even see
where the incisions were."
Alabama Health Care Providers
AOEC Member
Occupational & Environmental Medicine Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham
930 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-2042
AOEC Contact: Victor S. Roth, MD, MPH
205-934-7303 FAX 205-975-4377
Patient Recommendation
Dr. J. Markus Carter at Alabama
Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, HealthSouth
Hospital, Birmingham, Al (205) 939-9011.
Dr. Carter relieved my pain with medication and referred me
to a wonderful physical therapist. After months of everyday
pain, I finally have relief. Dr. Carter is knowledgable,
experienced, and caring. I highly recomend him to anyone
with RSI.
Hellerworker Health Care Providers
Hellerworker trained by Sharon Butler
Sharon Butler is the author of
"Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain
Injuries: A Self-Care Program ". She writes:
"The Hellerwork technique for releasing soft tissue injury is the best I've
seen yet - and I've seen a lot of it in my 10 years doing this work. At the
same time, Hellerworkers are skilled in teaching clients about making
effective changes in how the body is used, how to avoid future soft tissue
injury by using the body in a structurally balanced way, etc. In addition to
being the best form of myofascial release available (in my opinion), it can
also be some of the most effective ergonomic education as well. . . .
Not all Hellerworkers will be adept at treating patients with RSI, just as
not all Physical Therapists are successful with RSI. It is up to the patient
to ask the therapist beforehand if they have any experience in this area.
I saw the need to create a continuing education program for Hellerworkers so
they could help more people around the country with their RSI injuries .
. . They would be a great
place to start if you choose Hellerwork as a form of treatment for your RSI."
You can learn more about Hellerwork by checking out their web page.
Montana Health Care Providers
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MSM Appendix B
Dr. George Saari
925 Highland Blvd.
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 567-5533
Try Dr. Marc Harris. He's all the way in Bozeman, but he may be able to recommend someone.
His email is kiluba@yahoo.com
PASIG Health Care Providers
PASIG Affiliates
PASIG is the
Performing Arts Special Interest Group of the
Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. These clinics are
listed on their website
here with the notice, "This list
was compiled from the respondents to the
PASIG 1998 survey, who reported 10% or more of their patient population as performing artists,
and who have confirmed that they are currently taking students.
The salient features of their practice, as reported, are included here.
This is the most accurate information at the moment,
but the list will be continually updated and expanded as new information comes in. " Because it
is being updated, you are strongly urged to check
their site to confirm
that these are current. The
listings reproduced here for your convenience include clinics serving musicians, but not the clinics concentrating on
dancers.
