Dodson Pain Consultants

Welcome to Valley Medical and WellnessValley Medical and Wellness is a premier clinic for chronic pain management and addiction medicine. Our mission is to help people like you get back to loving and enjoying life.Our offices are conveniently located in Burnsville, Minneapolis, Woodbury, Rochester, and Bemidji, Minnesota. This enables us to serve patients throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area and across the state, including Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Bloomington, St. Paul, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Maple Grove, and Brooklyn Park.Effective Pain ManagementDo you need help managing uncontrolled chronic pain? Are you recovering from a motor vehicle accident or work injury? Are you continuing to experience pain following surgeries and physical therapy?At Valley Medical and Wellness, we treat a variety of chronic pain conditions, including back, neck, joint, headache, and arthritis pain. Our unique multi-therapy approach integrates medication management with physical and interventional therapies to improve your daily function and quality of life. We personalize pain management strategies for each individual patient and offer Suboxone as a safer and more affective alternative to other prescription painkillers.Medication-Assisted Addiction TreatmentDo you or a loved one suffer from chemical, opioid, or alcohol dependency? The right treatment is crucial to achieving freedom from dependency, and we want to help you succeed.Valley Medical and Wellness provides a variety of effective therapies to help you overcome addiction and restore your independence and quality of life. To help stabilize cravings and withdrawals, our providers prescribe proven medications such as Buprenorphine (Suboxone) that let you taper off without adverse symptoms. We focus on both the treatment and the cause of substance abuse.Customized Treatment for Both Chronic Pain and AddictionValley Medical and Wellness is known throughout the state of Minnesota for its chronic pain and substance addiction treatment. Under the guidance of Svetlana Zaydman, DO, andAshwin George, MD, VMW patients receive customized treatment that identifies their pain or addiction problem at its source, creates achievable goals, and puts a plan into action that helps achieve these goals.We work with CREATE, INC in Hennepin and Dakota counties, Canvas Health in Washington and Chisago counties, and Recovery is Happening and NuWay in Olmstead county to provide addiction counseling and recovery services for our patients. We are also a member of the Fairview Physicians Association (FPA) and can refer out a full range of medical services.The goal is to help our patients improve their health and comfort so they can return to being their best selves.Flu and COVID-19 Testing and TreatmentIn addition to fighting chronic pain and the opioid epidemic, Valley Medical and Wellness is also fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer drive-thru COVID and flu testing with same-day results. If you test positive, we provide convenient telehealth appointments to prescribe Paxlovid and Tamiflu to relieve COVID and influenza symptoms. VMW is also a COVID-19 testing referral lab for community providers.STI and Sexual Wellness Testing and TreatmentVMW also offers testing for the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and women's sexual wellness issues, including fungal infections. Our STI testing is fast and completely confidential and we can prescribe treatment via a remote telemedicine visit.Our Goal: Improve Our Patients' Quality of LifeAt all five of our clinics, we strive to improve the quality of life for those suffering from pain, addiction, and other issues. We offer a comprehensive approach that focuses on overall wellness along with progressive and knowledgeable medical treatments. We work closely with our patients and recognize that dealing with pain and/or addiction can impact every aspect of their lives, including their self-worth, physical health, job, relationships...

CentraCare Clinic-River Campus provides Primary Care and Specialty Medicine. We offer full Imaging and Laboratory services and have a nearby pharmacy with a drive-up window. We are conveniently located next to St Cloud Hospital. Specialty services include Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Nephrology (Kidney Disorders), Neurology (Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerve and Muscle Disorders), Neurosurgery (Surgery for Brain and Nerve disorders), Pulmonary Medicine (Chest, Lung and Breathing disorders), Rheumatology (Arthritis, Muscle and Skeletal disorders), Surgery (General, Thoracic, Vascular, Laparoscopic, Oncology and Trauma) and Weight Management (Medical and Surgical).