Heather Davids, MD

I have lived with chronic pain for years. Dr. Davids approach to Pain Management has allowed me to live without pain meds! I never thought I would be able to do that. It wasn’t an overnight process, it actually took more than a year, but I know I’m better off.
I started seeing Dr. Davids shortly after a devastating event and I found her caring and attentive to my physical and emotional issues. Her demeanor was consistent through every visit and I never felt rushed or dismissed.
Her approach to Pain Management is multi level, involving bio feedback, breathing techniques, physical therapy if indicated, injections if needed, meds, nutrition, and even a monthly Pain Management group. What I liked the most was her willingness to work with me toward my goals of moving more and getting off the opiates.
I will recommend Dr. Davids to anyone who has chronic pain. After more than 12 years of not living my life because of pain I feel she’s helped me get my life back. For this I’ll always be grateful.
THANK YOU DR. DAVIDS!

I have chronic pain after two spine surgeries from scoliosis. I am so grateful that I was referred to Dr. Davids to help me with the behavioral part of managing my pain. In the short time I have seen her I have learned techniques to help distract me from my pain, and I have changed my entire way of eating based on all the time she spent with me. When we meet she makes me feel like she has all the time in the world, and when I make progress a genuine smile washes across her face. She cares a great deal about her patients and I no longer feel like I’m trying to manage all of this alone. She also has partnered with a great behaviorist (Karen) to hold a group therapy meeting each month. I don’t understand why anyone would give her less than five stars. A+

Does not care about patients period. Bad nurse with bad attitude. Dr. Davids did not care what her nurse was doing.

Dr. Davids is the best, that’s all I can say. She listens and does everything she can to help. I always feel that I have her absolute, undivided attention and concern. Because of that I feel a responsibility at the same time to always try my best with the suggestions she gives me regarding diet, exercise and anything else she can find that might help. But I also expect that she’ll have to drug test me occasionally and she’ll need to watch and make sure that I don’t become addicted to any of the meds that she does give me. She has her regulations and protocols that she has to follow. I rely on her to take care of me and she most definitely does. My pain has been more well controlled since I’ve been seeing her than it ever has. I am extremely grateful for Dr. Davids!

I have Dr. Heather Davids at Mercy Medical Hospital on Duck horn Dr in the Natoma Sacramento area. I have her for my pain management doctor, and my choice was the correct one. She is so caring, knowledgeable and informative.
Dr David’s recommended Bio Feedback as treatment. Which is working out quite well. Since I’m personally not too kean on surgery or needles and injections.
So in one of our appointments Dr. David’s said she runs pain management support group. That meets once a month for 2 hours and asked if I would like to go to the meeting that day. I did, I’m glad I did. The people in the class aew also patients of Dr. Davids. The topics even though are structured, she allows the group to take over and talk about what we care about. whether it be family issues, eating issues, medications, or your medical problems.
Dr. David’s facilitates and gives us different hand outs that are about nutrition and eating habbits.
All in all this class is VERY VERY INFORMATIVE and I’m so glad she recommended it to me. All of her patients should inquire about this class.
If you are looking for a Pain Management doctor I highly recommend Dr Heather Davids and her team at Mercy Medical Hospital on Duchorn Dr. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you,
Donna H.
Sacramento

I have been a part of Dr Davids practice for nearly 3 years and I am so thankful for both herself and her staff. She has never made me feel like I’m taking up too much of her time but rather has worked together to make my life a little less painful. Dr Davids is passionate about her patients, and I am grateful I’m one of them.

Dr. Davids has been my pain management specialist for almost 4 years. DR. DAVIDS IS AN EXCELLENT DOCTOR! Dr. Davids takes a comprehensive, holisitic, multi-​faceted approach to pain management, utilizing multiple therapies to help me live with my pain. Because realistically, that’s what I have to do. I have learned to manage my pain with the arsenal of tools that Dr. Davids and her staff have provided me. She understands that medication alone will not provide the relief I require in order for me to live a happy and productive life. In addition to standard treatment options, I have learned multiple behavior modification techniques that are invaluable to me. Karen, the Behaviorist, has taught me how to utilize guided meditation, biofeedback, progressive relaxation and breath work to help deal with the breakthrough pain, given me diet and exercise advice, even provided information regarding local support groups. These tools are so effective that I’ve even been able to quit smoking.
Dr. Davids is actively engaged in my healthcare and always asks how I’ve been, if anything has changed since our last visit, if anything new or exciting has happened and how my pain levels have been. She listens to my questions and she always gives me valuable feedback. I do see other medical specialists because, for example, chronic pain can cause depression and rheumatic specialty medications can aide in the management of my pain and prevent further damage to my joints. I am grateful that Dr. Davids has taken the time to help me get to the root of my health issues and provide me with the best available treatments. I don’t understand these awful reviews, unless they are looking for something other than help with their health issues. Dr. Davids is definitely not running a «pill-​mill», she is an amazing doctor!

Dr Davids is exceptional. She truly cares about her patients. Too many people are doctor shopping for pain meds. She is cautious. I have seen her for chronic pain for several years. Even I have to take a urine test every 6 months. I applaud her for have morals and rules. I would want that especially if I hey out of hand taking meds. Those that leave reviews with one or two history reviews should be removed.

I saw Dr. Heather Davids when I first moved to Sacramento. I agree with the person who said, «Zero stars if it were possible». I had chosen Mercy «Pain Management» because my spouse had brought home a brochure about it that sounded really impressive, like they really try to think outside the box and really try to tackle your pain problem. This was definitely NOT my experience with Dr. Davids. At my first visit I was told by an assistant that «Dr. Davids really believes in getting to know the patient as a person».I thought that sounded really nice. Unfortunately, that was NOT what occurred in my interactions with Dr. Davids. I had been living briefly in Southern California, where I was scheduled to have a block in my lumbar spine, but needed to move to Sacramento and did not get to do that. At my first appointment with Dr. Davids she was asking me why I moved to Sacramento, etc. (I guess that was her way of getting to know me?) and in the course of her questioning she asked me something and I answered vaguely because something extremely traumatic had occurred in my life. She responded, «WHAT. HAPPENED.?» in a very demanding, forceful way, implying that she was the doctor, I the patient, and she had asked a question that I was required to answer, pronto. As a trained counselor, I would never speak to someone that way. If I felt it important to know something, I would gently let the patient know that they did not have to discuss something if it were too painful, but that it would perhaps help for me to know in order to treat them more effectively. (It wouldn’t have.) I would not have been forceful and insensitive. Then she proceeded to contradict what at least five pain doctors had previously told me, that the pain was probably radiating from nerves in my spine. She was negative about the possibility of a nerve block helping me, but pessimistically did agree for me to have one. I did have one with her colleague, who had an excellent bedside manner, and he indicated that he was not sure why Dr. Davids was so negative about it, that he thought a nerve block might be just the thing to help with the pain.
Then there was the discussion of pain meds. I was taking them, had a prescription, and she said a number of times, «We need to know what we are treating before we prescribe opiate pain medication». She was and is entitled to her professional opinion and approach in prescribing opiate pain medication, but she did not assist me in any way in how to manage the pain while they found out «what they were treating». (She did not even try.) She told me that I needed to be seen by a rheumatologist, endocrinologist, and a number of other specialists. This was fine by me, but I sat there feeling overwhelmed, not knowing how to make these evaluations occur. She said, «We will help you get the evaluations you need». SHE NEVER DID THIS. She concluded her consultation by walking out of the room and an assistant came in with a release for me to sign so they could get records. I signed it, but they were only able to get records from a previous pain clinic that I had been to a number of years ago for a completely different problem.
The next time I saw Dr, Davids was literally within the week that my spouse had unexpectedly and tragically died. I was fragile and had tears in my eyes. At this time she told me that she did not think the pain was coming from my spine (by now it has been concluded that it is). I apologized for crying and told her that my spouse had just died. She said, «DIED???» in an unfeeling way, and when I responded affirmatively she said, «HOW???» I choked out the words «brain cancer» and she didn’t reply, just typed something into the computer. Not even one word of compassion or condolence. Then she basically told me to get with my primary care doctor for pain meds and did not indicate that she would be following through with her offer to assist with the evaluations, and made no offer for follow-​up care.
Without question Dr. Davids is the worst «pain management specialist» that I have ever encountered. She was rude and unfeeling, and made no attempt to help me at all. She basically kicked me out of her office, did not invite me back for a follow-​up, and did no diagnostics or referrals to specialists, as promised. I would not refer my worst enemy to Dr. Davids, not that I have enemies, and I believe that rather than responding to this critical review with some statement like, «I am dedicated to giving each patient the personal attention they deserve», she should take a good hard look at her acumen, or lack of, and consider work in a branch of medicine that does not require sensitivity, because she has none.
I left that second meeting feeling surreal because my spouse was no longer there to pick me up and not knowing what to do about the disabling pain that I was having. I cried outside and a stranger drove me home.

First, I have to say that it is extremely frustrating when you first see a Dr and you’re describing your symptoms the best you can, only to have the Dr look at you and treat you like you’re crazy or it’s all in your head. I’ve had that experience more times than I’d like to count.
Dr Davids has never made me feel like I’m crazy or making things up. I’ve been seeing her for several years. My rheumatologist had refused to continue prescribing pain meds for my rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, and referred me to Dr Davids. I wasn’t happy about it at first. Only because it’s a hassle to explain everything to a new Dr. But, I’m so glad I was referred to her.
She always treats me like a family member that she genuinely wants to help. She’s always compassionate, and takes all the time I need with her, even when she’s a few minutes behind schedule. I’ve never waited longer than 30 minutes to see her. At every appt, she asks me how my life is going and how my pain has been over the last month. When I was going through a rough patch in my personal life, which made my pain much worse, she was very concerned and didn’t give me a hard time about increasing my meds.
I am very grateful to have Dr Davids and her staff, in my life. I recommend her to anyone with chronic pain that is negatively effecting their life. She’s educated on health and wellness too. This helps because when you’re eating right, exercising, and getting sufficient rest, the pain is more manageable.
I don’t care for a few of Mercy’s drs, but Dr Davids is one big reason I stay with Mercy.

Dr. Davids is very nice and seems to really care and be very understanding. However she is so over booked that I was never able to get in to see her. On my first visit she sat with me and listend to all my issues, migraines, tension issues, back problems, multiple surgeries, etc… and we made a plan to get me into biofeedback and go from there on what we can do with my meds to better manage my pain. The problem is that I am supposed to see her monthly and she is so booked that I’m lucky to get in every 3 or 4 months in any of her offices, even on the cancelation list. It’s been a year and I still haven’t made it to biofeedback, I’ve learned breathing techniques, guided imagery, and a few other things that i’m way past in my world of chronic pain. I’m on my search for a new smaller private pain management clinic at this point.

0 out of 5 stars if it were possible. Biggest waste of my time. Took of work for my pain management appointment was in there for over 2 hours. She was on her phone most of my appointment. I was constantly repeating myself cause she wouldn’t listen the first time. I was so excited to finally get a rehabilitation plan for my back. I have been told by multiple doctors I need pain management (meds) and rehabilitation. She told me to go home and lay on tennis balls! I paid over 60 dollars for some doctor to tell me o go home and lay on tennis balls?! that was one of my exercises when I tried physical therapy and told her there is no improvement. She didn’t care. Was also told that the meds Med Care in Roseville gave been prescribing me for my pain where just a mind set that it works. I walked out with no help, no further instruction, no medication to help me function in my every day to day activates and the advice of laying on tennis balls. What a joke. I will NEVER be back and have let medcare and other doctors I have since gone to how much of a waste of time and money this was and have deterred anyone I know with pain to not go to her. Worst doctor I have ever experienced. Not professional at all!