Muscle aches after a workout or a long week are common — but pain that keeps coming back usually has a reason: a joint that is not moving well, a tendon that never fully healed, or a body compensating around an old restriction. At Starsiak Aesthetics, muscle and joint pain is treated medically. Dr. William Starsiak, DO — the physician behind this practice — finds the cause and treats it, so the plan fits your anatomy instead of masking the symptom.
How Do Muscle Aches Develop?
Frequent muscle pain is usually caused by strenuous exercise, tension due to stress, or certain underlying medical conditions. Muscle aches and pains can make it difficult for us to go about our day without discomfort. In the case of ongoing issues, many people use home remedies such as hot baths to ease muscle tension. However, if your pain is ongoing, it deserves more than home care — a focused exam can usually find the driver.
At our Indianapolis clinic, the physician side of the practice — drstarsiak.com — offers hands-on osteopathic treatment, shockwave, laser therapy, PRP, and structured exercise prescription, matched to what your exam actually shows.
What Accompanies Muscle Aches?
Signs of strained muscles are tough to ignore. You may experience soreness, pain, and have difficulty moving without feeling achy all over. These signs tend to occur when your body is put under a tremendous amount of stress, enough to damage muscle tendons. While your body is in a state of soreness, it works to alleviate the damage your muscles have incurred and ease your discomfort. When soreness keeps returning to the same spot, that pattern deserves a physician’s eyes — recurring pain usually has a mechanical cause that can be found and treated.
Treatments for Muscle Pain
Care starts with Dr. Starsiak’s exam and his hands. Osteopathic manual medicine is the crown jewel of the practice — the gold standard for body pain, and the approach that so often works after everything else has failed. The rest builds around it, each provided through his medical practice, drstarsiak.com:
- Osteopathic manual medicine — hands-on diagnosis and treatment of the joints, muscles, and fascia that drive recurring pain.
- Shockwave therapy — focused acoustic waves for stubborn tendon and muscle problems, from plantar fasciitis to chronic tendinopathy.
- Photobiomodulation — laser light therapy that calms inflammation and supports tissue recovery.
- PRP (platelet-rich plasma) — your own concentrated platelets, precisely injected where a tendon or joint needs help healing.
- Exercise prescription — the strength work that keeps pain from returning, prescribed like medicine: specific movements, doses, and progressions.
Between visits, the at-home work matters just as much — Dr. Starsiak has written a complete guide to it: Decreasing Body Pain from Every Angle — the herbs, red light, decompression tools, and movement program he actually recommends.
Services for Muscle Aches in Indianapolis
If muscle pain keeps interrupting your life, start with an evaluation rather than another temporary fix. Dr. Starsiak treats these problems daily. Schedule your FREE consultation by calling (317) 410-9978 or filling out the form below, and you’ll leave with a plain explanation of what is driving the pain and the right way to treat it.