Covington, GA

Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Covington office brings pain management to Newton County, along with nearby Monroe, Madison, Monticello and Eatonton, roughly midway between Atlanta and Athens.

Dr. Gaurav Rajput sees patients here. He is dual board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine, and completed his Interventional Spine and Pain Management fellowship at Georgia Pain Physicians in Marietta after serving as chief resident during his residency at Long Beach Medical Center in New York. He is also a member of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Patients here tend to be 40 and older, often referred after arthritis, degenerative disc changes or nerve pain hasn’t improved with rest, medication or a primary care visit alone. The office confirms insurance and workers’ compensation coverage before the appointment so there are no surprises at check-in.

Because one provider sees every patient at this office, follow-up visits stay with the same physician who made the original diagnosis, rather than being split across a rotating group of doctors between one appointment and the next.

Conditions

Patients at the Covington office come in with a range of neck, back and joint pain, including:

• Herniated Disc: disc tissue pressing outward against a spinal nerve, often with pain running down an arm or leg.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: the gradual loss of disc height and cushioning that comes with age.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): nerve pain tracking from the lower back down into the leg or foot.
• Spinal Stenosis: a tightening spinal canal that crowds the nerves running through it.
• Facet Joint Pain: wear in the small joints that let the spine flex and rotate.
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): pain that persists after a prior spine surgery.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): ongoing nerve pain that outlasts the injury that triggered it.
• Fibromyalgia: widespread pain and tenderness without a single clear source.
• Back Pain: pain that hasn’t let up despite rest, medication or physical therapy.

Treatments

The Covington office offers all 19 standard non-surgical treatments:

• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: reduces swelling around an irritated nerve in the lower spine.
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: an anti-inflammatory injection aimed at neck-level nerve irritation.
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid guided directly to one affected nerve root.
• Facet Joint Injections: calms swelling in the spine’s small connecting joints.
• Medial Branch Block: confirms which facet joint is causing the pain.
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain at the joint linking the spine and pelvis.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): heat used to quiet an overactive pain nerve.
• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: a heat-based nerve treatment for the lower back, built to outlast standard RFA.
• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: the same heat-based nerve treatment used on neck joints instead.
• Rhizotomy: heat applied to disable a painful joint’s nerve supply.
• Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: for knee pain that hasn’t responded to other treatments.
• Celiac Plexus Block: for pain originating in the abdomen or digestive organs.
• Stellate Ganglion Block: an injection near the neck that treats nerve pain radiating into the face or arms.
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block: an injection series for CRPS-related leg pain.
• Discography: an imaging study that identifies which disc is the actual pain source.
• MILD: an outpatient procedure for spinal stenosis that doesn’t involve an implant.
• Vertiflex Superion: a small spacer implanted to keep the spinal canal open.
• Intrathecal Pump Implant: an implanted pump that releases pain medication in small, steady doses at the spine.
• Back Pain Treatment: a plan built from the options above, based on the diagnosis.

Providers

One provider sees patients at the Covington office:

• Gaurav Rajput, DO: dual board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine, and fellowship-trained in interventional spine and pain management at Georgia Pain Physicians in Marietta, GA.

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