DO YOU TAKE MY INSURANCE? This is one of the most common questions I get asked. It has become the expectation that all medical services are covered by insurance in some way. The idea of paying out of pocket is so foreign. I mean, it HAS to be best for you to see someone covered under your insurance policy, right? Consider this… The decisions on what treatments are covered & valued by insurance companies are not made by anyone with a medical degree. It is a business - period. There was a time one insurance agent actually told me I would be paid more to slap on a pack of ice or electrical stim and walk away than I would to give an additional 15 min of hands-on, 1-on-1 nerve-muscle retraining...for a patient who just had a NERVE surgery! Here’s why this matters to YOU. If your specialist is being paid by some externally-derived paradigm, they are often tempted to treat you according to that paradigm. Even though it is often NOT necessarily the optimal treatment plan fo...