Pain Management in Carrollton, GA

 

Patients at our pain clinic in Carrollton, GA, come in with a wide range of neck, back and joint pain, including:

• Herniated Disc: disc material pushing outward and pressing on a spinal nerve.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: the gradual disc wear that comes with age and repeated strain.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): sharp, radiating pain that travels from the lower back into the leg.
• Spinal Stenosis: narrowing of the spinal canal limiting how far someone can walk comfortably.
• Facet Joint Pain: stiffness and pain from the joints that stabilize the spine.
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): pain that remains after a prior spine surgery.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): pain disproportionate to the injury that originally caused it.
• Fibromyalgia: widespread body pain often paired with fatigue and poor sleep.
• Back Pain: chronic back pain that hasn't responded to rest, therapy or over-the-counter medication.

 

The Carrollton office provides 19 non-surgical treatments, chosen based on the individual diagnosis:

• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: a steroid injection that targets swelling around a lower-back nerve.
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: a steroid injection used for neck-related nerve pain.
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: a more precise version aimed at a single nerve root.
• Facet Joint Injections: ease inflammation in the spine's connecting joints.
• Medial Branch Block: identifies which facet joint is the source of pain.
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: for pain at the joint where the spine meets the pelvis.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): heat applied to stop an overactive pain nerve from firing.
• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: a longer-acting RFA treatment for the lower back.
• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: the same longer-acting treatment used on neck joints.
• Rhizotomy: disables a joint's pain-signaling nerve fibers using heat.
• Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: targets nerves responsible for chronic knee pain.
• Celiac Plexus Block: treats pain linked to the abdomen or digestive organs.
• Stellate Ganglion Block: calms nerve pain affecting the face, neck or arms.
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block: a series of injections that ease CRPS-related leg pain.
• Discography: an imaging test used to confirm which disc is causing pain.
• MILD: a minimally invasive outpatient option for spinal stenosis.
• Vertiflex Superion: an implant that props open a narrowed spinal canal.
• Intrathecal Pump Implant: a pump that delivers small, steady doses of pain medication to the spine.
• Back Pain Treatment: combines the treatments above into a plan matched to the diagnosis.

 

Four providers see patients at the Carrollton office:

• Dr. Gerald Chai: double board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain medicine, with more than 15,000 interventional pain procedures performed over his career.
• Dr. Hubert Pare: board-certified in pain management, with a biochemistry degree from Oglethorpe University and a master's in healthcare administration.
• Dr. Sunay Patel: trained in neuroscience at the University of Illinois in Chicago before a master's in anatomical sciences and his medical training.
• Andrea Bossie, FNP: a board-certified family nurse practitioner with a specialty background in nephrology and transplant medicine.

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