About PSCR :: Meet Your Doctor
Meet Your Doctor
Brenda L. Woods, DO, owner of Progressive Spine Care & Rehabilitation, is dedicated to helping her patients live a pain-free life by offering non-operative care solutions. Dr. Woods, who is recognized nationally by her peers and serves as president of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, evaluates each patient’s pain by using the McKenzie Method, a comprehensive step-by-step process for pain evaluation. After a thorough evaluation, she designs a customized treatment program for each patient that may combine therapy, medication, and nutrition. Dr. Woods believes in the power of prevention and offers a wellness program at PSCR to help prevent injury or reoccurrence of injury.
Dr. Woods is one of only a few doctors in the country who have been board certified in her specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by both the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also certified by The McKenzie Institute of the United States of America in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy of the Spine. In 2004, Dr. Woods was honored as a Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
After graduating from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985, Dr. Woods completed a one-year rotating internship at the Kirksville Osteopathic Medical Center and a three-year residence in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Howard Rusk University of Missouri – Columbia. She served as chief resident during her senior year.
Dr. Woods began practicing medicine in Jefferson City in 1989. From August 1991 – October 1999 she was the Medical Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation Services at Capital Region Medical Center, where she still maintains privileges.
In addition to her work in national organizations, she also stays active on the state level in the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the Missouri State Medical Association.
Dr. Woods is an active member of Columbia Downtown Rotary.