The Welcome Back Clinic is a very unique private medical facility located in Kamloops, British Columbia. It was opened in 2008. It has a number of services that make it ideal for people who are in pain and want to determine the source of their pain and relieve their pain within a short period of time. We have the only open, upright MRI machine in Canada that allows us to image the spine in people while they are lying down, sitting or standing. People can watch television during their scan. It is ideal for someone who suffers from claustrophobia.

We can also perform MRI scans on the brain and joints (hips, knees, shoulders, etc). People who have pain that occurs when they are upright and goes away when they are lying down may have abnormal movement of the spine called instability, which is often not seen in the conventional MRI machines where images are only taken with the person lying down.

We provide expedited Neurosurgery and Orthopedic consultations. The clinic has a fluoroscopy suite that allows us to perform injections under x-ray guidance to determine the source of a person’s pain. We can perform procedures under local anesthetic such as cortisone injections and radiofrequency neurotomy of the facet joints in the spine and the sacroiliac joints, which can relieve pain for 1-2 years or longer. It is possible to obtain an MRI, a specialist consult, diagnostic injections and treatment all in the same visit. The services can often be obtained within 2-4 weeks. People who want to travel or enjoy life but are restricted by pain in their neck, back or joints can obtain services in Canada rather than travelling to the USA, Mexico or Germany.

Kamloops has flights that arrive from Calgary and Vancouver several times per day. In the summer there are also direct flights to and from Toronto and Edmonton. Most of our clients come from Kamloops, Kelowna, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Prince George, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal. Because of the expedited and unique services we see people from across the country, especially British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Canada's only Upright MRI

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