Integrated Rehabilitation

I have been a patient of Dr. Kane’s for a while now. Always easy to set up an appointment, the staff are always friendly and Dr. Kane is exceptional. It’s rare to find a doctor with such a kind, respectful and not judgmental bedside manner. There’s a few out there and Dr. Kane is one of them.
Highly recommended.

On December 9, 2013 I was organizing the storage closet at work. I was lifting and moving a lot of very heavy bins, and in the midst of this, I ruptured two discs in the lumbar and sacral regions of my spine. The next day I went to work and I got to the parking garage stairs and I went to step down the stair and I just couldn’t do it. The pain in my back was excruciating and it felt like a lighting bolt was shooting down my leg! I had to file a worker’s compensation claim.
I went to the ER that day and they took an x-​ray and gave me «a whopping dose of Tylenol.»
I went to my PCP and she sent me to physical therapy. The PT told me to do back arches in my bed to «squeeze the disc back into place.» I never went back.
Then I tried an occupational medicine doctor, thinking they were experts in these kinds of things…
By this time my pain is a 12 on a scale of 0 – 10. My dad has come up from another state to take care of me because I can barely walk, bathe, cook, drive, or dress myself. I can’t put my own socks on.
At my first visit, I quickly realize that Dr. Ploss knows very well how to navigate the L&I system, something the previous doctors failed at. She recognizes my pain, and gives me an injection of toradol, excuses me from work for a week, gives me a prescription for opiates and muscle relaxants, and diagnoses me with a lumbar strain (ugh), and sends me to physical therapy (again, ugh!).
I went to physical therapy, was told to do abdominal exercises, was electrocuted, and my pain went to 15.
I continued to go to Dr. Ploss in Seattle for a year. She insisted I just had strained my back and that I was depressed and that’s why I was feeling pain. She released me to work. She told me to do yoga.
July 2014. I have become completely disabled. I cannot work. The measly compensation from L&I does not cover the rent and I lose my house. I lose my job. I must move to Portland and live with my dad so he can take care of me. I look like a question mark when I walk. Yoga… seriously?
When I get to Portland I have to find a new doctor, and that’s when I found Dr. Kevin Kane, DO. By the time I had my first appointment with him, I had been to 5 different emergency rooms, getting steroids that gave me seizures, all kinds of medicines that did nothing, doctors refusing to give me opiates because of unfounded fear of addiction and laws that tie doctors hands behind their backs and prevent them from being able to manage pain in patients who legitimately need it.
I was a mess when I met Dr. Kane. At my first appointment in October 2014, he properly diagnosed me with ruptured discs, insisted I needed a MRI (something I had been fighting to get for 10 months) and surgery. He told me he would take care of me through this entire process and I felt validated and reassured for the first time. He has exceptional bedside manner. Dr. Kane also has a great sense of humor. He always makes me feel comfortable.
As promised, I got a MRI, validating Dr. Kane’s exam, that I had 2 herniated discs and needed surgery. He found me a wonderful surgical team, and had successful surgery and I was almost completely healed in 3 days post-​op. Dr. Kane got it all covered by L&I.
I give my highest recommendation to Dr. Kane and his team: Brandi, Dom, Sarah, Maria and Angela. Dr. Kane gave me my life back.
Chandra Wajdik

I have been suffering with a bad back (four bulging lumbar discs) for over 16 years. As you can imagine, I have pursued therapy from many providers, both Physical therapists and D.O.s, M.D.s and acupuncturists, including Cortisone injections, platelet and prolo-​therapy. The level of relief has been minimal at best. I received a referral to Dr. Kevin Kane, who gave me a thorough evaluation and referred me on to the P/​T offices of Integrated Rehabilitation on Ladd Circle. I was skeptical at first until I began my evaluation with Sean, what he said made perfect sense and the plan to get me to a comfort level seemed achievable. I have just completed my fifth visit and I can honestly say that I feel better than I have for the last ten years. Sean and Greg have taken an approach, to my care, that no one before has. I am convinced that I can achieve a better state of health with the tools they are providing me. I am not a paid spokesperson, have no affiliation with any employee or company that would benefit and I have received no compensation for this review other than the satisfaction of saying, thanks for all that you have done so far. Five + stars.