Chronic neck and back pain are debilitating conditions that affect millions of people every year. However, when a course of rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine, and other lifestyle pain management treatments such as exercising, eating well, and getting the proper sleep doesn’t work, doctors and patients look to other therapies for help. Medial branch blocks are… Read more »
Everyone experiences pain – backache, headache, joint pain – at some point in their life. Most often there are simple reasons for the pain, such as a minor injury, stress or overuse of a muscle or joint. Generally, the pain resolves within a week or less using traditional pain treatments. But what if your pain… Read more »
Control. That may be one thing few of us feel during the current pandemic. Many aspects of our lives seem beyond our control, at the mercy of a strange virus and its accompanying restrictions. Some good news. If you are experiencing chronic pain, here’s an area where you can actually take some control by use… Read more »
Dear Patients, Last week, I wrote a blog about the new Medicare changes to pain management. Keep in mind that typically, private insurances follow Medicare’s lead, at least in part, when it comes to authorizations for treatment. After I wrote that blog, I did what we all should do whenever we write about subject that… Read more »