Pain Management in Stonecrest-Lithonia, GA

Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Stonecrest-Lithonia office is on Covington Highway in Lithonia, serving DeKalb County along with nearby parts of Newton and Walton counties. Patients come in from the Redan, Fairington, Klondike and Browns Mill communities, and from Stonecrest itself, for specialist back, neck and joint pain care on the east side of metro Atlanta.

A lot of the people we see here have already tried the first round of fixes: a primary care visit, a muscle relaxer, a few weeks of rest. When pain keeps coming back after that, the next step is finding exactly where it starts. That might be a single irritated nerve root, a worn facet joint or a disc that has shifted, and each of those calls for a different treatment.

To make the first appointment count, bring a list of your current medications and any MRI, CT or X-ray reports you have. The visit covers your history, a focused physical exam and a plain-language explanation of what we think is causing the pain. If a procedure is recommended, our staff verifies insurance coverage before anything is scheduled.

Conditions

The Stonecrest-Lithonia office treats the following conditions, among other sources of spine and joint pain:

• Back Pain: lower or upper back pain that hasn’t eased with rest, medication or physical therapy.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): burning nerve pain that persists long after the injury that triggered it has healed.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: age-related wear on the spinal discs that can cause stiffness and nerve irritation.
• Facet Joint Pain: inflammation in the small joints that let the spine bend and twist.
• Fibromyalgia: widespread pain and tenderness that often comes with fatigue and poor sleep.
• Herniated Disc: a disc that has bulged or ruptured and is pressing on a nearby nerve.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): a pinched nerve in the lower back that sends pain, numbness or tingling down one leg.
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): back or leg pain that continues or returns after spine surgery.
• Spinal Stenosis: narrowing of the spinal canal that squeezes the nerves inside it, often worse when standing or walking.

Treatments

Every treatment offered here is non-surgical or minimally invasive. The Stonecrest-Lithonia office provides all 19 of the following:

• Back Pain Treatment: a care plan built from the options on this list, matched to what is causing the pain.
• Celiac Plexus Block: a nerve block for chronic pain in the upper abdomen, including pancreatic pain.
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: an anti-inflammatory injection for neck pain and pain that travels into the arms.
• Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: uses heat to quiet the nerves serving painful joints in the neck.
• Discography: a diagnostic test that helps identify which disc is causing pain.
• Facet Joint Injections: medication placed directly into the small joints of the spine to reduce inflammation.
• Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: targets the nerves that carry chronic knee pain signals.
• Intrathecal Pump Implant: a small implanted pump that delivers pain medication directly into the spinal fluid.
• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: an anti-inflammatory injection for lower back pain and sciatica.
• Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: heat applied to the small nerves of the lower-back joints, with relief that can last several months.
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block: an injection that can ease CRPS and other nerve pain in the legs.
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid guided to the exact nerve root that is irritated.
• Medial Branch Block: a diagnostic injection that shows which facet joints are behind the pain.
• MILD: a minimally invasive outpatient procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis that leaves no implant behind.
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): uses heat to interrupt a nerve’s pain signals.
• Rhizotomy: uses controlled heat to disable the nerve supply to a painful joint.
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain where the spine meets the pelvis.
• Stellate Ganglion Block: an injection for nerve pain in the head, neck, chest or arms.
• Vertiflex Superion: a small spacer implant that relieves stenosis pain when standing or walking.

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.