Pain rarely arrives with a label on it. You know the leg goes numb on the drive up I-95, or the shoulder has quietly stopped letting you reach the top shelf, and what you want first is someone to tell you what it actually is.
These are the 19 conditions treated most often at the Bowden Road clinic in Jacksonville.
Where Does It Hurt?
Start with the part of you that is complaining. Each condition below has its own page explaining what drives it, how we treat it, and how long that usually takes.
Back, Hip and Leg
- Sciatica and lumbar nerve root pain, the electric line from the low back into the leg.
- Herniated and bulging discs in the lower back, with or without leg pain.
- Hip bursitis and hip labral tears, outside the hip or deep in the groin.
- Pulled, strained or torn hamstrings from a sprint or a kick.
- Joint pain that has outlasted rest and medication in the hip, knee or shoulder.
- Osteoarthritis and cartilage wear, including the stiff first hour of the morning.
Neck, Shoulder and Elbow
- Neck pain, pinched nerves and cervical disc pain, including pain into the arm.
- Whiplash and post-collision neck pain that arrived a day or two after the crash.
- Tech neck from long days at a screen, with the ache building by mid-afternoon.
- Rotator cuff tears and shoulder impingement that wake you at night.
- Tennis and golfer's elbow, gripping pain on either side of the elbow.
Knee, Ankle and Foot
- Plantar fasciitis and first-step heel pain that bites before your feet hit the floor.
- Tendonitis in the shoulder, elbow, knee or heel that a rest week never fixes.
- Sprains and muscle strains that will not settle weeks after the original injury.
Whole Body, Nerves and Recovery
- Peripheral neuropathy and burning feet, numbness, or pins and needles at night.
- Inflammation that will not switch off long after the injury should have healed.
- Chronic fatigue and lost daily capacity when the workup keeps coming back normal.
- Post-surgical rehabilitation for the strength and control an operation cannot restore.
- Stiffness and restricted range of motion that stretching alone has not touched.
What Happens Before Anyone Treats You
Pain is the most common reason people seek medical care, and it is also the one most often handed a prescription instead of an explanation. Care here starts the other way around. Your first appointment is a history and a full movement assessment, above and below whatever hurts, because the tissue that complains is often not the tissue that is failing.
Conditions are treated by the whole team at the full physical therapy and medical practice at Bowden Road, so the next step in a plan does not need a new referral.