Heal Your Pain
Heal Your Pain
Experience non-surgical restorative medicine that works with your body's biology to resolve chronic pain at its source.
Dr. William McDougall, D.O. provides evidence-based therapies designed to facilitate cellular-level healing and restore normal function with minimal side effects.
Restoring Function,
Not Just Managing Symptoms
Healing and continued wellness are obtained by identifying the disturbance, its source, and the correct application to restore normal function. The best therapy is one that efficiently resolves the problem without unwanted side effects.
Though valuable by design, pharmaceutical approaches to many medical problems can be inadequate; they can have injurious side effects or may simply fail to address the underlying cause, leading to the recurrence or persistence of the condition.
In the continuous pursuit of effective, evidence-based therapies, Dr. McDougall has refined approaches to wellness that facilitate healing on a cellular level with minimal side effects.
Why is regenerative medicine a preferred way to pain relief and functional improvement?
While pharmaceutical medications either by prescription or over the counter, help with conditions of pain, they often do not resolve the pain as they do not address the condition.
Conventional Limitations
Steroids
Steroids are powerful at reducing inflammation and accompanying pain, they are typically short lived in the relief given. A consistent feature of steroids is to cause thinning or atrophy to tissues exposed. This feature is used to benefit in a condition such as carpal tunnel, in which a nerve is being compressed by too narrow a tunnel, by reducing the thickness in the structures that make up the tunnel. This feature is not desired and can be very problematic when used with tendons and joints that may cause further weakening and damage to tissue. Steroids always impair healing.
Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (NSAIDs)
Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory medications (NSAIDS) are helpful in suppressing inflammation causing pain. These can also impair healing and are hard on kidneys, stomach and hearing.
Opiates / Narcotics / Tramadol
Opiates/narcotics/tramadol - do very little for chronic pain and have the risk of dependency and bowel problems.
Note: While powerful at reducing inflammation, steroids can suppress the ability for injured tissue to heal, potentially leading to joint destabilization.
The M-Care Approach
- Platelet growth factors actively rebuild damaged tissue
- Focused acoustic waves trigger new blood vessel growth and stem cell recruitment
- Prolotherapy strengthens weakened connective tissue at the source
- Ozone therapy stimulates your body's natural immune and repair systems
M-Care promotes a biological approach to therapy—leveraging your body's own repair signals to restore function rather than just managing symptoms.[28] [30]
Safe & Complementary Modalities
Other management modalities such as acupuncture, chiropractic, and physical therapy are typically safe and highly complementary to biological healing. We believe in an integrated approach to patient care.
Do We Treat This?
Click on a condition to learn about our biological approach to treatment.
Joints & Musculoskeletal
Chronic joint and tendon pain often results from tissue degeneration or instability. Our therapies focus on stimulating your body's innate repair mechanisms to restore structural integrity.
Therapies Offered at M-Care
Harnessing your body's biological intelligence. Visualized below are the cellular repair mechanisms of our treatments. Click “MORE” to explore the science behind them.
Hypersonic Acoustic Impulse Therapy
(aka “shockwave therapy” or Low Intensity extracorporeal focused Shockwave Therapy) uses a unique wave form delivered through a water interface to relieve pain and inflammation and promote healing. This energy has restorative effects on many types of tissues in the body.
Platelet Growth Factors
Commonly known as platelet rich plasma, heals by reproducing the natural response to injury to sooth and heal tissue wherever it is applied.
Prolotherapy
Often combined by injection with locally applied Ozone, is designed to stimulate strengthening of tissue, reducing inflammation and promoting the metabolism needed for local healing.
Ozone Therapy
Activates metabolism, immunity and oxygen delivery on a mitochondrial (the power generators of each cell) level. This is an overall physiologic performance enhancer.
Your Body Already Knows How to Heal
We amplify the signal. Every therapy at M-Care works by activating your body's own biological repair mechanisms, not by masking symptoms.
Stimulate
Targeted biological signals or acoustic waves activate your body's repair pathways, triggering the release of healing factors and stem cell recruitment.
Regenerate
New blood vessels form, collagen production ramps up, and inflammation shifts from chronic to healing as damaged tissue begins rebuilding from within.
Restore
Pain decreases as tissue integrity returns. Unlike suppressive approaches, the underlying structure is strengthened, addressing the cause, not just the symptom.
The Science: Focused Acoustic Wave Technology
When focused acoustic waves reach the treatment area, they create nanosecond pressure pulses that transiently open pores in cell membranes. This allowing an influx of healing proteins and signaling molecules without permanent damage to the cell.[3]
Note: This is Focusedshockwave therapy, which is much different and more effective than common "Radial" pulse therapy. Focused waves deliver precise energy deeper into the tissue to trigger a true biological response.
This physical signal is converted into a biochemical response. Cells release ATP and trigger survival pathways that drive tissue growth. This leads to the production of new collagen and the recruitment of stem cells to the injury site.[2] [3]
Key Biological Effects
Technical terms like cytokines and MMPs are extensively detailed in our referenced clinical studies for medical professionals.[3]
Stronger Together:
Combination Therapy
Dysfunction and disease often occur, not as a single insult but as a combination of incidents and conditions that lead to a “perfect storm” for continued suffering. Healing must be designed to counter the elements and restore proper function. We offer access to various modalities of therapy, alone and in combination to help you heal.
Focused shockwave creates biological openings and recruits stem cells, then PRP delivers healing growth factors directly to the prepared tissue, amplifying repair.
Focused shockwave breaks up scar tissue and stimulates blood flow, while prolotherapy strengthens weakened connective tissue at its insertion point.
Focused shockwave opens tissue pathways; ozone therapy enhances oxygen delivery and immune activation, a two-pronged approach to chronic inflammation.
The full regenerative stack: healing factors, tissue strengthening, and immune activation working together for complex or long-standing conditions.
“Given the different and additive mechanisms for promoting healing, focused shockwave therapy is often used in combination with platelet growth factors, prolotherapy, and ozone therapy for even greater results.”
Call 541-813-1797Backed by 30+ Peer-Reviewed Studies
Every therapy we offer is grounded in published scientific literature. Here are key studies from our clinical evidence base.
Recent Advances in Shockwave Therapy for Musculoskeletal and Soft-Tissue Disorders
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Narrative Review
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy mechanisms in musculoskeletal regenerative medicine
Efficacy of Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction: Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Study
PRP vs Corticosteroid Injections for Trapeziometacarpal Arthritis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Comparing PRP and Corticosteroid Injections in the Management of Frozen Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing PRP with Corticosteroids in Patients with Chronic Zygapophyseal Joint Low Back Pain: A Triple-Blinded Randomized Multicentric Controlled Trial
These represent a selection of 35+ studies cited throughout this website. Click any superscript [n] on our therapy pages for full study links.
William McDougall, D.O.
William McDougall, D.O. is residency trained and a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has over 30 years of experience delivering and refining medical care.
Dr. McDougall earned his medical degree from Michigan State University-College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine in Spokane, Washington.
Board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Dr. McDougall dedicated his practice to therapies that work withthe body's biology after witnessing first-hand how conventional pain management—particularly long-term steroid use—often fails to address the root cause of chronic pain.
Practicing in Brookings, Oregon, Dr. McDougall brings together hypersonic acoustic impulse therapy (focused shockwave), platelet growth factors, prolotherapy, ozone therapy, and IV nutritional support under one roof. His approach is evidence-based, patient-centered, and focused on cellular-level healing with minimal side effects.
His philosophy is straightforward: “Your body already knows how to heal. My job is to amplify that signal.”
Ready to Heal?
Call to schedule a consultation. Dr. McDougall will evaluate your condition and recommend the best combination of therapies for your situation.
541-813-1797Location
503 Railroad Street
Brookings, OR 97415
Business Hours
Tue – Thu: 8:30 – 5 PM
Fri – Mon: Closed