South Texas Arthritis Care Center

"Dr. Pineda has helped me improve my arthritis so much that I am almost pain-free now."

"How sad! Just learned from a staff named JoAnn, if you only speak Spanish, they cannot help you at this Center. According to Joann, none of their staff speak Spanish, you need to find another place."

"Changing my diet and taking the prescribed medications made a significant reduction in inflammation and joint pain. Watching the recommended documentaries helped me switch my diet. I think everyone should watch them"

"After dealing with trigger point/muscle inflammation flare ups for years, only to keep getting told I'm an oddity as every other doc can't seem to pin point why, and everyone blaming my neck fusion, ( without looking for another possible cause), even though I have had these flare ups long before an accident resulted in a fusion, I was referred to this office. (As this has been happening even before the new bulge). I attempted to tell my story which is actually over 20 years long, however, I focused on my most recent flare up, which I still have in my scapula area. I was hoping for a reason why my back muscles would just lock up, why knots keep forming in my shoulder blades, inflammation, as every er doc has called it. However, I was frustrated when I left this office. No tests done, no reasons possibly given. I was told heres a referral to pt ( which I just finished end of July and stated that information), go see a neurologist, and we can do a nerve injection to numb the nerves, maybe. All without any diagnostic testing from this office. I didnt do the shot because everyone just wants to numb nerves but not figure out why the muscles are so inflamed to cause the nerve to be pinched. I thought maybe just maybe, a doc with a passion for rheumatology, as stated on the website, might be able to get an answer to this weirdness. Other than not me, see someone else, I am no closer to an answer. A little listening and possibly looking for a reason would have gone a long way. But I am no closer to someone listening to me than I was before they charged my insurance company."