Physical & Manual Therapies
Integrated Multidisciplinary Care for Chronic Spine & Joint Pain
If you’ve been struggling with chronic neck pain, low back pain, sciatica, or joint injuries that never fully healed, you’re not alone — and you’re not without options. At Essential Health Group, we combine medical management, physical therapy, chiropractic care, regenerative medicine, and psychiatric support into one unified treatment plan. It’s what leading medical societies now recommend as the gold standard for chronic pain.
● VA Preferred Provider ● One Team, One Plan ● Medical Lake, WA
What we combine for results
✓ Physical Therapy & Functional Rehab
✓ Chiropractic Adjustments
✓ Regenerative Injections (PRP, Ozone, Prolotherapy)
✓ Massage Therapy
✓ Psychiatry & Counselling
✓ Nutritional & Supplement Support
✓ Home Exercise Programmes
✓ Psychiatric Support for Pain & PTSD
What the experts say
Gold-Standard Care — What Leading Medical Bodies Recommend
“The most effective treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain is multimodal, team-based, and active — combining physical rehab, manual therapies, mental health support, and coordinated care.”
— NIH, APTA, ACSM
Active Rehabilitation
NIH guidelines recommend active rehabilitation as the cornerstone of chronic pain treatment. At EHG we deliver customised physical therapy and home exercise plans that keep you moving and engaged in your own recovery — because passive treatment alone rarely produces lasting results.
Coordinated Specialty Care
Clinical guidelines call for coordinated care between specialties. At EHG, your medical providers, physical therapists, chiropractors, and psychiatric team share records and communicate directly. No more repeating your history at every appointment or receiving conflicting advice from disconnected providers.
Minimising Surgery & Opioids
The CDC and ACP now recommend conservative, multimodal care as the appropriate first line for most chronic musculoskeletal pain. Our non-surgical regenerative medicine options — PRP, prolotherapy, ozone, perineural injections — provide meaningful alternatives to surgery and opioids for the majority of our patients.
Why integrated care works
One Team. One Plan. No Gaps.
Unlike traditional care — where you bounce between different offices and disconnected providers — our model is centred around you. At EHG, your physical therapist, chiropractor, medical provider, and regenerative medicine specialist share notes, discuss your case, and work from a single unified care plan. There is no gap between the person doing your adjustment and the person designing your rehabilitation. This level of coordination is rare — and it produces better outcomes than treating each discipline in isolation.
We also offer more treatment modalities under one roof than almost any other clinic in Spokane County — family medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, regenerative medicine, psychiatric services, TMS therapy and ADHD treatment. This breadth means we rarely need to refer you elsewhere for treatments we can provide ourselves.
Benefits of our all-in-one model
✓ Faster diagnosis and clearer care plans
✓ No repeated imaging or redundant appointments
✓ All providers communicate and align on your goals
✓ Care adapts as your body responds
✓ You stay active in your own recovery
✓ Physical and mental health treated together
✓ No referrals out for treatments we provide ourselves
✓ Serving veterans, first responders & civilians
Not just physical
We Treat the Whole Person — Including Mental Health
Many chronic pain conditions have a significant psychological component. Pain-related depression, anxiety, and PTSD — especially common among veterans and first responders — can amplify pain perception and slow recovery when left unaddressed. At EHG, our psychiatric providers work hand-in-hand with your physical rehab team to ensure nothing gets missed.
Pain-Related Depression
Chronic pain and depression are deeply interconnected — each making the other worse. Our psychiatric team works alongside your physical care providers to address the mental health dimension of pain, which is frequently the missing piece in treatment programmes that haven’t worked elsewhere.
PTSD & Trauma
PTSD — particularly common among veterans and first responders — profoundly affects how the body experiences and processes pain. Our psychiatric team, led by retired USAF veteran Dr. Candie Wellwood DNP, PMHNP, specialises in PTSD treatment including TMS therapy and ADHD care, coordinated directly with your physical care plan.
Anxiety & Injury-Related Distress
Fear of re-injury, anxiety about disability, and the psychological toll of chronic pain are real barriers to recovery. By treating these factors in the same integrated plan as your physical rehabilitation, we improve outcomes across the board — and help you feel like yourself again, not just physically.
Real patients. Real results.
What Our Patients Say
“I have never known a medical professional that was more willing to work with a patient to deal with a problem; nor have I experienced one with more capacity to do so. Dr. Wellwood has spent his life developing various tools that he brings to the patient. Dr. Wellwood has also surrounded himself with a caring, competent staff with a sense of humor. This office only gets better.”
— John N.
“They talked to each other. My chiropractor knew what the physical therapist was doing. My psychiatrist was in the loop. That made all the difference.”
— Rodney J.
The integrated advantage
Why Essential Health Group — What Makes Us Different
There are many places in the Spokane area where you can get physical therapy, chiropractic care, or pain management. What makes Essential Health Group different is not any single treatment — it’s the integration.
One Team, One Plan
Your physical therapist, chiropractor, medical provider, and regenerative medicine specialist share notes, discuss your case, and work from a single unified care plan. There is no gap between the person doing your adjustment and the person designing your rehabilitation. This coordination is rare — and it consistently produces better outcomes than treating each discipline in isolation.
Breadth Without Dilution
We offer more treatment modalities under one roof than almost any other clinic in Spokane County — family medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, regenerative medicine, psychiatric services, TMS therapy and ADHD care. This breadth means we don’t have to refer you out for treatments we can provide ourselves, and we can serve the complexity of real chronic pain cases that rarely fit neatly into one clinical box.
Veterans & First Responders
We are a VA-preferred provider for depression and mental health services, and our team has extensive experience treating the physical and psychological dimensions of pain in veterans and first responders. Chronic pain and trauma often co-exist — and our integrated model means both can be addressed in one place, with providers who understand the culture and challenges of service.
Serving Those Who Served Us
Our psychiatric and pain management teams understand the weight that veterans and first responders carry. We’ve built our services around helping you carry less of it. Our psychiatric team is led by retired USAF Staff Sergeant Candie Wellwood, DNP, PMHNP – a veteran who has walked the same path.
Ready to Feel Better, Together?
Your body was designed to heal — with the right support. If you’re looking to avoid surgery, get off pain meds, and finally feel like yourself again, let’s put your care team in sync and get you moving. One team. One roof. One goal: get you pain-free.
Medical Lake, WA · (509) 299-6900 · Serving All of Spokane County