Rome, GA

Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Rome office brings pain management in Rome, GA to Floyd County and the surrounding Cartersville, Cedartown and Adairsville communities. Three providers see patients here, led by a physician who ran a major academic pain program before joining Summit Spine.

Dr. Trusharth Patel trained at Vanderbilt for both his undergraduate degree and medical school, completed his anesthesiology residency and pain fellowship at Washington University, and then spent nearly a decade at Emory University, where he served as Director of Interventional

Pain. He’s published research, taught residents and fellows, and helped set the standard of care other physicians in the field now follow.

Most patients here are 40 and older, dealing with pain that’s built up over time rather than a single injury: arthritis, degenerative disc changes, or nerve pain that hasn’t responded to a primary care visit. Insurance and workers’ compensation claims are verified ahead of the first visit, and most new patients are seen within 24 hours of calling.

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

• Herniated Disc: disc material pushing outward and pressing on a nearby nerve.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: the disc breakdown that comes naturally with age.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): nerve pain that shoots from the lower back into the leg.
• Spinal Stenosis: a narrowed spinal canal that crowds the nerves passing through it.
• Facet Joint Pain: arthritis-like wear in the small joints that connect each vertebra.
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): pain that hasn't resolved after an earlier spine surgery.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): nerve pain that continues well past the original injury.
• Fibromyalgia: widespread pain and sensitivity without one identifiable cause.
• Back Pain: back pain that rest, medication and physical therapy haven't fixed.

The Rome office delivers 19 non-surgical treatments, each matched to the diagnosis:

• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: reduces inflammation around a compressed lower-back nerve.
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: the same treatment used for neck-related nerve pain.
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid guided to one specific nerve root.
• Facet Joint Injections: target inflammation in the joints that keep the spine stable.
• Medial Branch Block: pinpoints which facet joint is actually causing the pain.
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain where the spine meets the pelvis.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): uses heat to quiet a nerve that's misfiring pain signals.
• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: an RFA treatment built to outlast a standard injection in the lower back.
• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: the same longer-lasting approach applied to the neck.
• Rhizotomy: heat treatment that turns off a joint's pain-signaling nerve fibers.
• Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: targets the nerves behind ongoing knee pain.
• Celiac Plexus Block: for pain coming from the abdomen or digestive organs.
• Stellate Ganglion Block: treats nerve pain in the face, neck or arms.
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block: a course of spinal injections aimed at CRPS-related pain in the leg.
• Discography: an imaging study that confirms which disc is causing the pain.
• MILD: an office-based procedure that creates space around a compressed nerve, without an implant.
• Vertiflex Superion: a spacer device for spinal stenosis, implanted through a small incision rather than open surgery.
• Intrathecal Pump Implant: delivers low, steady doses of pain medication directly to the spine.
• Back Pain Treatment: draws on the treatments above to build a plan specific to the diagnosis.

Three providers see patients at the Rome office:

• Dr. Trusharth Patel: trained at Vanderbilt and Washington University, and served as Emory University's Director of Interventional Pain.
• Chenoa Dickerson, NP: a board-certified family nurse practitioner with a cardiology and home health nursing background.
• Grace Holcomb, NP: a board-certified family nurse practitioner who trained at Shorter University, right here in Rome, with an oncology nursing background.

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We accept all major commercial insurance carriers and Medicare. If you don’t see your plan listed, please contact our office at (844) 972-7752. The managed care health insurance market changes rapidly, and specific coverage questions should be discussed directly with your insurance company or our knowledgeable staff.