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Take Back Your Life
At ISP Health PLLC, our mission is to accurately diagnose the cause of pain, use minimally invasive image guided therapies to treat pain at its source, and create a plan to correct the underlying problem that caused the pain, enabling our patients to achieve the best of health and live their best lives.
About Dr. John S. Michels, MD
John S. Michels, MD, of ISP Health PLLC - Integrated Solutions for Pain in Dallas, serving greater Dallas/Ft. Worth, Highland Park, University Park, Preston Hollow, and surrounding areas, is a former first-round NFL draft choice and Super Bowl champion with the Green Bay Packers. After an injury ended his football career, he decided to take his experience as a patient and use it to drive his passion as a doctor of interventional pain management.
As a result of his road to healing, Dr. Michels possesses a deeper level of empathy and compassion and a new understanding of the complex challenges of pain. This motivates him to help each patient return to optimal health.
He’s now an expert in interventional pain medicine. At his practice, his goal is to ensure that pain and injury don’t stop his patients from living out their passions in their own lives.
Dr. Michels received his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, where he became a dean’s list scholar and member of the medical school admissions committee. He then went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to complete a residency in diagnostic radiology.
Following his residency, Dr. Michels completed an ACGME-accredited, multidisciplinary fellowship in interventional pain management at the University of California, Irvine. He’s now double board-certified in diagnostic radiology and pain medicine.
Dr. Michels is recognized by his peers and patients for his compassionate and high-quality medical care. He has received numerous awards, including D Magazine Best Doctors, Texas Super Doctors, and the Healthgrades Honor Roll. He has also been honored with the Vitals Compassionate Doctor, On-Time Doctor, and Patients’ Choice Awards.
"Injury stole my ability to live my dream as an NFL athlete. The focus of my practice is to keep people living out their passions, pain free."
Pain Mapping
Revolutionary interventional treatments and procedures
Dr. John Michels continues to provide the most advanced diagnostic techniques and treatments of back pain through comprehensive physical examination along with spinal pain mapping procedures. When physical examination or imaging studies fail to determine the etiology of pain, Dr. Michels will provide spinal pain mapping techniques.
Conservative Management
A multidisciplinary approach to patients’ chronic pain
Through conservative and interventional procedures, my goal as a pain management doctor is to minimize dependence of opioids, improve quality of life, improve function, and improve pain coping skills so the patient may better adapt to their daily activities and get back to their normal daily function.
We accept all insurance except Medicaid, Workers Comp, or Personal Injury. If you have any questions regarding insurance, please give our office a call.
John Michels, MD
So, pain is pain, right? If you’ve ever dealt with pain, you already know that the answer is “no.” Pain comes in all shapes and sizes. Our pain management team explains the differences between bone and nerve pain and why it matters.
You may not think about facet joints very often — until they malfunction. The resulting pain and stiffness can make even simple moves like twisting at the waist difficult. Our team explains how joint injections can help with that.
Characterized by the gradual breakdown of cartilage in the joints, osteoarthritis can lead to pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. There’s no cure for osteoarthritis, but pain management strategies can reduce discomfort and stall its progression.
" I can tell you I've seen Pain, I can also say Dr. Michels has been the ONLY Physician that has helped me get my pain Level below a "3" on a normal scale of Pain."
"We absolutely trust Dr Michels! That same week he performed the procedure and it worked! Yay, Dr Michels!"
"He is vastly qualified, thoroughly professional and experienced. And he is also a great, friendly guy! "
"Dr Michels and his staff took the time to listen and respond expertly. The injections were a success and the followup everything we could hope for. "
"Dr Michels is a Godsend. I was at end of my rope with severe sciatic pain, left lower back all the way to toes. He has given me hope and abilities I thought were lost."
"Nicest doctor we have ever worked with. Genuinely cares about his patients."
"Dr Michels is the most caring doctor I have been to. He is always optimistic about finding relief for you."
