Dr. Tyler Panko, DC
Dr. Tyler Panko’s mission is to change the view of what highest quality healthcare is in Wichita. He believes in treating each person as a human first, not just someone coming in for treatment for pain. Every person is unique and has a different overall history and presentation of their pain. This, along with different hopes, wants, desires, and fears, means every case needs to be approached with care appropriate for them. Healthcare outcomes keep getting worse and there is a massive lack of physicians who know how to put the pieces of health together. The biggest gaps in healthcare today are a proper detailed assessment, up-to-date education on conditions, and a realistic plan to not only get patients out of pain long term without the use of drug or surgery, but also improve the underlying cause going forward.
This is why Dr. Panko strives to be a great physician first and a rehab specialist second. This means being able to listen, assess history and movement, screen pain, diagnose, and categorize cases properly by treating each like a puzzle aiming to fit the pieces together. More time spent on the assessment will always save time on the treatment if we know what we are aiming at. As we know, pain is multifactorial with lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, stress, previous injuries, previous conceptions, movement, fitness and work demands, medications, previous failed or non-lasting treatment (especially with chronic pain), etc. all potentially playing a role. Dr. Panko strives to work as a teammate with patients and other providers to empower and restore locus of control of overall health and ability to live a healthy, pain free, active, and independent life. Dr. Panko sees himself as a traffic controller; guiding you to the best places to be treated or co-treated for your pain and overall health. “Improved” for Dr. Panko does not mean just out of pain, but walking out of his care a healthier, more educated, and better functioning human overall.