SL_ChesterCountyPainProfile_0219Final_Layout 1 2 / 14 / 19 11 : 37 AM Page 1 D PROFILE by Lindsey Getz | photography by Jody Robinson Team Effort At Chester County Pain and Primary Care , a team of skilled physicians takes an integrated and collaborative approach to Chester County Pain and Primary Care’s medical team includes ( left to right ) Joseph patient care , offering relief for everything from migraines and R . Verna , D.C . , Maria Lepore , MSN , CRNP , Carl E . Hiller , D.C . , and Scott Massey , M.D . back pain to chronic pain and related syndromes . a better feel for what else may be needed in tions such as injections ; and general and internal ho do I see to help ease my back pain ? ” terms of injections or additional treatment . It im - medicine . Patients will notice a distinct differ - Using Google to ask such a question can “ W proves the overall efficacy of the treatment . ” ence , Dr . Massey says , particularly in the amount yield so many results that it can make a person’s of time practitioners spend with each individual head spin . Should someone start off with a chi - who walks through the door . ropractor or primary care physician , or just do A One - of - a - kind Approach “ It’s a common complaint that patients only physical therapy ? Maybe a pain management Once a diagnosis is made , Dr . Hiller says he and got to have face time with their doctor for five specialist ? In the end , an individual might end his colleagues utilize “ many tools in the toolbox ” minutes , ” Dr . Massey says . “ It’s fair to say the up seeing as many as four different providers , to provide effective treatment . He’s quick to add , way we do it is pretty unheard of in the world of none of whom are coordinating and effectively though , that there is no one - size - fits - all ap - primary care . We block out 25 minutes for an managing the patient’s care . As a result , there’s proach , particularly when it comes to pain man - established patient — longer , of course , for new simply no direct route to the best possible care agement . Options may include traditional ones . This gives us the unique opportunity to re - and treatment . chiropractic care , injection therapy , and physical ally educate our patients , clinically collaborate , But it doesn’t have to be that way . therapy and rehabilitation , as well as options in and offer unique treatment options and proto - Through the glass doors of a building at The the burgeoning field of regenerative treatment . cols to each patient . ” Commons at Oaklands on West Lincoln High - The practice also offers treatment utilizing Education is a core differentiator , too . The way in Exton , something quite extraordinary is the Axiom Worldwide DRX9000 True Spinal De - doctors at Chester County Pain and Primary happening : Doctors are proactively collaborat - compression System , which is an FDA - cleared Care truly take the time to get to the bottom of a alternative to surgery for chronic neck and lower ing to provide the best possible care treatment diagnosis and then educate their patients on not back pain . Simply put , the treatment helps to re - options for their patients . Instead of the isolating only what’s wrong but also on the available duce pain and symptoms by decompressing a experience often associated with seeking out treatment options . patient’s lumbar discs and reducing inflamma - treatment for pain — seeing different specialists tion of the facet joints . in different offices — patients discover the true If more conservative options fail , Chester Working Together coordination of care , according to Carl E . Hiller , County Pain and Primary Care offers more ad - Of course , sometimes reaching a diagnosis is no D.C . , who co - founded Chester County Pain and vanced pathways to relief . An affiliation with small feat . In fact , some doctors may prescribe Primary Care with Joseph R . Verna , D.C . , and MIT - and Harvard - educated Andrew Freese , pain medications to ease patients ’ back or neck Scott Massey , M.D . M.D . , Ph.D . , chief of neurosurgery at Tower pain without ever understanding what’s causing This innovative practice has pioneered a Health’s Brandywine Hospital , means patients the pain . But Dr . Massey says Chester County platform designed to integrate patients ’ medical are in good hands should surgery become their Pain and Primary Care’s collaborative approach and chiropractic care , with highly skilled physi - best , or only , option . can facilitate an accurate diagnosis . cians all under one roof . As a full - service pain In the end , this level of involvement is what “ We are truly a group of providers that are management practice , as well as an office of makes this practice so unique . The doctors ac - working on cases together , ” he says . “ That general and internal medicine , Chester County tually get to know their patients , follow their means lots of communication , case coordina - Pain and Primary Care aims to revolutionize the cases closely , and are able to secure the best tion , and clinical discussions about what’s best way patients receive treatment . care possible . For patients , that often means res - for the patient . In fact , the team reviews the daily olution to a problem they thought would never cases together to ensure best practices . Many A World of Benefits come . For Drs . Hiller , Massey , and Verna , that’s times , it’s a multidisciplinary approach , with The benefits to the patient are manifold . The ob - the best part of what they get to do every day . more than one treatment modality , all happen - vious benefit is the efficiency and the convenience “ There’s nothing quite like being able to ing under one roof where we can continue to of not having to travel to so many different offices . help a patient find relief from debilitating pain , ” consult with one another . ” More importantly , this arrangement provides pa - adds Dr . Hiller . “ It’s a great feeling that will never In Dr . Verna’s words , patients achieve better tients with high - quality , truly integrated care . get old . ” outcomes when physicians truly work together . At Chester County Pain and Primary Care , ? “ Looking at the complexity of patients ’ con - patients are commonly seen for joint pain , mi - ditions , this model of care is so much more ef - graines , and back pain , though many other con - Chester County Pain D fective than the specialist who is working in ditions are treated as well . By adding primary isolation and doesn’t truly know what other care and internal medicine into the mix , Dr . and Primary Care , P.C . treatments the patient is receiving or how their Hiller says it’s truly an all - inclusive practice . The Commons at Oaklands progress is going , ” he adds . “ But Dr . Massey can Dr . Massey and Maria Lepore , MSN , CRNP , 760 West Lincoln Highway walk into the rehabilitation center with me , see handle the primary care and internal medicine Exton , Pa . what exercises I’ve prescribed and how the pa - aspect of the practice , comprising two core serv - ( 610 ) 594 - 5502 tient is moving biomechanically , and then have ices : medical pain management , with interven - SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM FEBRUARY 2019 16 |