Where to find arthritis treatment Surprise residents can reach

What to do before you make the drive

Call first and explain which joint is bothering you. You'll want to ask which records the clinic needs. A current medicine list helps staff prepare for the visit.

Write down how long the soreness has lasted. Note whether rest helps and which movement makes it worse. You won't need medical words to explain the trouble.

Seek prompt care if the joint is hot, swollen, or injured. A routine office visit isn't the right stop for an emergency. Treat sudden trouble like a fire alarm and act quickly.

Where to find arthritis treatment west valley residents can reach

The Peoria QC Kinetix office is near Surprise. It is at 13128 N. 94th Dr., Suite 205. You'll find it on the Plaza del Rio medical campus.

From central Surprise, travel east on Bell Road toward Loop 101. The clinic is near Thunderbird Road and 94th Drive. Leave more time when Bell Road is busy.

One number reaches the clinics: (602) 837-PAIN. Ask which office is easiest for you to reach. Confirm the address before you leave home.

What the nearby clinic offers

QC Kinetix provides regenerative treatment options for ongoing soreness. That means non-surgical care that can use prepared parts of your blood. Medical providers are the people who examine your joint and give the chosen care.

Your first consultation has no charge, so bring questions. You'll want to ask what goes into your joint. Also ask about cost, timing, risks, and needed rest.

Learning about care doesn't commit you to treatment. The exam may show that primary care or a surgeon fits better. You'll decide after hearing what the visit found.

Sources

1. The Cochrane review of land-based therapeutic exercise for knee osteoarthritis extracted data from 54 studies, with high-quality evidence from 44 trials (3,537 participants) that exercise reduces pain immediately after treatment, and further high-quality evidence that it improves physical function. Benefit attenuates but persists for at least two to six months after the programme ends.

   Fransen M, et al. — Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004376.pub3.

2. The 2019 ACR/Arthritis Foundation guideline makes STRONG recommendations for exercise, weight loss in people with overweight or obesity, self-efficacy and self-management programmes, tai chi, cane use, hand orthoses for first-CMC joint OA, tibiofemoral bracing, topical NSAIDs for the knee, oral NSAIDs and intra-articular glucocorticoid injections for the knee; acupuncture, thermal modalities, radiofrequency ablation, acetaminophen, duloxetine and tramadol are only conditional.

   Kolasinski SL, et al. — 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee.. Arthritis Rheumatol, 2020. DOI: 10.1002/art.41142.

3. The Lancet Seminar on osteoarthritis states that diagnosis is clinically based despite widespread OVERUSE of imaging, that management should focus on core treatments - self-management and education, exercise, and weight loss where relevant - and that surgery should be reserved for people who have not responded appropriately to less invasive methods.

   Hunter DJ, et al. — Osteoarthritis.. Lancet, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30417-9.