At NOVA Pain and Rehab Center we are committed to relieving your pain and restoring you to good health. Our goal is to provide you with lasting pain relief and to educate you on how to prevent the recurrence of the problem.
We are able to do this by combining expert medical advice with the highest quality chiropractic and physical therapy care currently available. At our offices you will experience the benefits of a dynamic team approach and receive a level of care which is virtually unmatched elsewhere. Expert medical attention combined with the most advanced rehabilitative treatment available is a powerful combination that can dramatically improve your quality of life. Below is a summary of our services.
Weight Loss
There have been several anti-obesity medications that help to suppress appetite and achieve weight loss, but GLP-1 for weight loss performs on a whole new level. GLP-1 medications are a peptide-1 receptor agonist that helps to control blood sugar levels and works by decreasing appetite. LEARN MORE…
Chiropractic
Dr Erik Ward is NOVA Pain & Rehab Centers Chiropractor. Dr. Ward has been noted in the who’s who of Northern Virginia in 2004 and 2008 for his practices with the Washington Redskins, the Washington Wizards and the Potomac Professional Rugby League. Dr. Ward not only treats athletes but is an athlete himself. He is an L-2CrossFit coach, has completed 3 Iron-Man triathlon’s, qualified for the 2017 USA Triathlon National Championship and raced in the 2019 – 2020 Spartan World Championship. LEARN MORE…
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Physiology is a dynamic profession in the field of sport medicine that is concerned with injuries in athletic endeavors including their prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The profession has expanded in the recent years and exercise physiologists can specialize in athletic performance, cardiac rehabilitation, nutrition, older adult population, occupational health, orthopedics, education, research and administration. LEARN MORE…
Physical Therapy
Jeannie Koulizakis is NOVA Pain & Rehab Centers Physical Therapist. Ms. Koulizakis has extensive experience working with runners, particularly marathonians and triathletes, and their common injuries, including ankle instability, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis/tears, chronic shin splints, iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome, knee pain, groin strains, chronic hamstring tightness, chronic psoas tightness, pelvic floor dysfunction, hip and back pain. LEARN MORE…
Functional Medicine
A functional physician is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. A functional physician treats a wide range of problems from sore shoulders to spinal cord injuries. They see patients in all age groups and treat problems that touch upon all the major systems in the body. These specialists focus on restoring function to people. LEARN MORE…
Dry Needling
Pain medication is used to reduce pain, but what about tissue healing and function after an injury? Dry needling, a relatively new medical treatment option, is something to consider to treat muscle, tendon and other soft tissue pains. Dry needling is a unique procedure designed to specifically target and restore muscle function, with an emphasis on improving tissue healing and restoring normal tissue function. LEARN MORE…
ART (Active Release Techniques)
ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. LEARN MORE…
Joint Regenerative Therapy
As practitioners, we try to take full advantage of any time we can harness the power of natural healing. That’s a reason why the field of regenerative medicine is so exciting. It presents us with drug-free, natural treatments that can boost your body’s healing abilities and aid your recovery after an injury or surgery.
Joint Regenerative Therapy for the Knee – LEARN MORE...
Joint Regenerative Therapy for the Shoulder – LEARN MORE...
Joint Regenerative Therapy for Elbow Tendonitis – LEARN MORE...
Joint Regenerative Therapy for Ankle Sprain – LEARN MORE...
Joint Regenerative Therapy for Thumb Pain – LEARN MORE...
Therapeutic Peptides
Therapeutic peptides are a unique class of pharmaceutical agents composed of a series of well-ordered amino acids. Research into therapeutic peptides started with fundamental studies of natural human hormones, including insulin, oxytocin, vasopressin, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), and their specific physiological activities in the human body. The development of peptide drugs has thus become one of the hottest topics in pharmaceutical research. LEARN MORE...