Notify your doctor if you experience any of the following symptoms:

Is it a multidisciplinary approach to pain management?
Yes. We use multiple treatment modalities. We facilitate and direct your care including interventional pain management, therapy, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, physiatry, chiropractic, podiatry, orthopedics, spine surgery, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery all when medically necessary.

What do I need to bring to my first consultation?
Your recent MRI or CT scan reports/results and actual films, a list of the medications that you are currently taking, a list of your PRIOR medications, a list of your prior procedures, and your current insurance information and insurance card. If you are taking any prescription medications, please bring the bottles so the doctor can see them.

How much time should I allocate for the first consultation?
Plan on spending 1.5 hours for your first consultation.

Do you take care of sports injuries?
We specialize in treating patients who have sports injuries. Daily injuries we treat include: rotator cuff injuries, shoulder impingements, shoulder strains or sprains, or bicep injuries. We also treat knee injuries including knee strains and sprains, cartilage or tendon injuries, meniscus or meniscal tears, strains, or other injuries. Planter fasciitis or other running injuries are commonly treated. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome/Runner’s Knee, Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB Syndrome), Piriformis Syndrome are also seen daily. Racquet sport (tennis, racquetball, ping-pong) players, golfers often suffer from lateral and medial epicondylitis.

Do you take care of work related injuries?
Yes. We specialize in treating the injured worker. Most often injuries occur form lifting items, boxes, or just about anything, while working. Sometimes workers are involved in falls, car accidents, machinery injuries, crush or have a traumatic injury to some portion of their body. Other times workers may develop wrist pain or carpel tunnel, neck pain or back pain while at work. A worker may have a repetitive motion injury that develops over months or years. Whatever injury you have while working we will be able to treat you completely and effectively. Under most circumstances, and immediately after your work-related injury, you can come directly to our office. If you require emergency care, you can come to us after leaving the hospital. If you are worried about compensation or your job while you are injured, we will be happy to direct this aspect of your life so that all you have to worry about is literally arriving at our office for your pain treatment sessions. We will easily facilitate and direct all of the other assistance necessary to help you with your work-related injury. We deal with Workman’s Compensation on a daily basis. We understand all of the workers compensation medical rights.

Do you take care of car accident injuries?
Yes. We specialize in taking care of persons injured in car accidents. We treat whiplash, neck injuries, back injuries, lumps and bumps, bruises, shoulder and knee injuries, headaches, head injuries, and other painful conditions that you may be suffering after a car accident. Our staff can easily direct you on how to make sure that your bills will be minimized if not completely subrogated to a second or third party. That means that our staff will help you keep your cost down so low that all you have to worry about is coming to our office for your pain treatment sessions. If necessary, our staff will facilitate legal representation.

Will you take patients without insurance?
Yes. We will take patients without insurance. Such patients without medical insurance must have liens, letters of protection, auto insurance claim numbers, Workman’s Compensation or Workers Compensation claim numbers. On some occasions other payments, such as cash or credit card, may be accepted.

What insurance do you accept?
Most medical PPO policies are accepted. We also accept Workman’s Compensation or Workers Compensation and auto insurance after auto accidents. Medicare is accepted.

Are injections just “Band Aids” that cover up or numb the pain?
The injections we perform in our office are not Band Aids that cover up or numb the pain. Our injections alleviate the inflammation that is generally causing your pain.

Is it true that I cannot eat or drink before a procedure? And for how long?
Yes. Do not eat, chew gum, or drink anything for eight hours prior to your procedure. If you take blood pressure medication or heart medication you may take them the morning of the procedure with a small sip of water.

What medicines do I need to stop before the procedure? When Can I resume them?
Stop all non-steroidal medications such as Motrin, Mobic, Celebrex, Aleve, Naproxen, or Voltaren, two days prior to your procedure. Fish oil, vitamin E or multivitamins please discontinue four days prior to procedure. Ask your doctor when to stop your Plavix, Coumadin, Lovenox, or other blood clot inhibitors. No Aspirin for seven days prior. After the procedure, only take the pain medications that your doctor prescribes.

Will the procedure hurt? (except discography)
Most procedures will not be painful! If you are concerned about the degree of pain or discomfort we can easily provide a small twilight anesthesia (sedation) during your pain management procedure. Provocative discography will be uncomfortable. We can give you medications to take orally after the procedure that will make you very comfortable.

What alternative treatments to pain management are provided?
Chiropractic, acupuncture, therapy, psychotherapy.

Do you provide therapy in your office?
Yes. Almost all of our services are provided in our office.

Do you have weekend appointments? Do you have same day appointments?
Yes. We provide walk-in appointments on Saturdays or any day of the week. You can also call for an appointment Monday through Saturday. You can call any day for a same day appointment.

How many procedures can I have?
The doctor will evaluate your particular pain condition to determine how many injections you can have. Many times the amount of steroid that you have or will receive will be the rate-determining factor.

How will I feel after the procedure and what should I expect?
There will be some discomfort after the procedure. The doctor will tell you to use ice over the areas of your injections. Sometimes the doctor may have you take different medications of he suspects that you will need them. You should expect a smooth and pain-free experience.

Can I drive home?
You must be driven home from the surgery center by an adult who is 18 years or older. If you do not receive sedation, you should be able to drive home yourself.

Following a procedure, can I work the next day, or same day?
Under most circumstances, the doctor will have you working the day after or the day of your procedure.

Following a procedure, when can I eat and drink normally?
Immediately after your procedure you may eat or drink anything you want. If you have an upset stomach, you may want to drink liquids until it passes.

Following a procedure, how long will it take for me to feel better?
The doctor expects you to feel better within 48 hours following a procedure. Some procedures, such as Radio Frequency Ablation (RFAs), require 7-14 days to improve.