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We understand the appropriate concern for overuse of narcotic pain medications in the US. Furthermore, the notion that use of those medications can lead to misuse and abuse. Although that number (amount of prescription narcotics being prescribed) has dropped significantly over the last few years we continue to work hard...

Similar to when patients with a bad heart may benefit from a pacemaker, patients with a bad back or many other painful chronic conditions may benefit from a small electronic implant called a spinal cord stimulator. What spinal cord stimulators do is modulate (or alter) pain signaling as it travels...

I often explain the specialized practice of pain management as being the same as if you were going to any other specialist for a specific condition. If you have heart problems, you see a cardiologist. If you have bad kidneys, you see a nephrologist. If you have chronic pain, you...