To Get You Moving Without Pain
When every movement is painful, you might feel like you’re missing out on life’s important moments. But you aren’t alone. For the rheumatology team at AdventHealth, improving your quality of life is more than their job; it’s their mission.
To Help You Find Relief From Chronic Pain
- Rheumatology Conditions We Treat
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Our rheumatology team will work with you to create a plan to manage your rheumatic condition. We treat both autoimmune diseases and musculoskeletal conditions to help ease chronic pain from:
- Arthritis
- Autoimmune disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Gout
- Lupus
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (muscle pain and stiffness in the shoulders and hips)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma (hardening and tightening of the skin)
- Uveitis
We’ll help you find the balance of medications that work for you and offer treatment options to regain as much of your function and mobility as possible.
Call Call785-229-8438 to make an appointment.
- Rheumatology Signs and Symptoms
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If you visit your doctor and you wonder, “why am I being referred to a rheumatologist?” it’s likely because the pain you’re experiencing could be caused by arthritis symptoms or psoriatic arthritis symptoms, such as:
- Anemia (lack of red blood cells)
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Foot pain
- Joint pain, tenderness, swelling, stiffness or deformity
- Limping
- Loss of joint function or range of motion
- Lower back pain
- Rash
- Swollen fingers and toes
Our team diagnoses rheumatic diseases and offers proven treatment of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, as well as other issues. Treatment options can be as simple as trigger point injections for muscle pain, or more complex, depending on your condition.
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment
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Getting you back to feeling whole is our main goal. With that in mind, we work as a team to treat and manage rheumatic disease, autoimmune disease and musculoskeletal conditions. Team members include:
- Board-certified rheumatologist
- Board-certified orthopedic surgeons
- Pain management specialists
- Physical and occupational therapists
Together, we give you options to treat and manage your rheumatic condition so you can move about more comfortably and as pain-free as possible.
Rheumatology Care You Can Count On
When chronic rheumatic disease keeps you from being active, healthy and happy, we’re here to help. For you to feel whole again, it’s important we get to know you, so our skilled doctors can not only treat your rheumatic disease, but also heal and strengthen your mind and spirit.