Dr. Brianna Cardenas is a kind and compassionate healthcare provider who is dedicated to helping patients achieve optimal health and well-being. With her diverse background in pain medicine, athletic training, and fascial counterstrain, Brianna brings a multidisciplinary skill set and is committed to providing exceptional care to her patients.

 

Brianna has her Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training and has been doing manual therapy since 2011. Brianna furthered her education by obtaining a Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies and became a Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) in 2013. She later earned a Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) degree, and completed her doctoral paper on ketamine for pain, PTSD, and depression.

 

Her clinical background spans the specialties of pain management, primary care, and academic medicine (working as a professor for physician assistant students). She has spent the majority of her career working with patients with complex, chronic illnesses.

As a person with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), Brianna has dedicated the last several years to her own personal healing and has used this knowledge to help her patients with EDS and related conditions.

She has extensive experience treating:

 

• hypermobility and EDS

• mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)

• dysautonomia

• long-COVID

• postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

• upper cervical instability

• arachnoiditis

• spinal fluid leaks.

 

She places an emphasis on whole-person healing, combining facets of allopathic, naturopathic, and functional medicine in order to create holistic care plans with her patients. Her compassionate, trauma-informed, and empathetic approach to patient care combined with her background in various specialties makes her a sought-after healthcare provider for patients seeking relief from complex, chronic conditions.