I am the mother of a very active family and was quite depressed about my pain when I finally met Dr. "Ratana" Ratanasiripong and his team. I fell down my stairs in September of 2017 and later was in a car accident this year which made my back pain literally umbearable at times. Dr. Ratanasirpong is a kind and compassionate doctor who told me he would quarterback my care. I needed to hear that as I had gone from one person to the next. With a combination of drug therapies, imaging, Physical Therapy, and steroid treatments, I am now relearning to use understand my body differently, where support braces when needed, excercise differently using isolation techniques, and have hope for the first time that I might just be able to loose the pain med weight, go for walks, hike, and join my kids on the ski slopes eventually. But first things first. Having a doctor I trust that is thoughtful and diagnostically superior is priceless. For my part, I am learning to be super consistent, patient with the process, and deliberate with what I do outside of the office to follow his and the PAMF care team's instructions carefully. There is hope!