Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Conyers office, on Milstead Road, brings pain management in Conyers, GA, to Rockdale County and the surrounding Covington, Klondike, Rutledge, Walnut Grove and Mansfield communities. The office is led by Dr. Gaurav Rajput, a dual-board-certified physiatrist and pain physician.
Dr. Rajput completed his residency at Long Beach Medical Center with additional training at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Mount Sinai’s brain and spinal cord injury program, then went on to serve as chief resident before completing an interventional spine and pain fellowship through Georgia Pain Physicians in Marietta. That’s the kind of training background worth checking before choosing a pain clinic in Conyers.
This location also includes an in-house Surgery Center, so patients who need an advanced procedure aren’t referred to a hospital for it, same building, same team.
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.
Conditions
Patients at the Conyers office come in with a range of neck, back and joint pain, including:
- Herniated Disc: disc material pushing outward and irritating a nearby nerve root.
- Degenerative Disc Disease: the disc-space narrowing that happens naturally with age.
- Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): sharp or shooting pain radiating from the lower back into the leg.
- Spinal Stenosis: a narrowed spinal canal that puts pressure on nearby nerves.
- Facet Joint Pain: pain from the joints that stabilize the spine during movement.
- Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): pain that hasn’t gone away after a previous spine surgery.
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a nerve condition causing ongoing pain after an injury has otherwise healed.
- Fibromyalgia: a condition marked by widespread pain and heightened pain sensitivity.
- Back Pain: pain that hasn’t improved despite rest, medication or physical therapy.
Treatments
The Conyers office offers all 19 standard non-surgical treatments, plus two procedures available on-site through the Surgery Center:
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid delivered near the spinal nerves to reduce swelling.
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: the same injection targeted at the neck.
- Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: a precision version aimed at one specific nerve root.
- Facet Joint Injections: reduce pain and inflammation in the spine’s stabilizing joints.
- Medial Branch Block: narrows down which joint is actually causing the pain.
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain from the joint connecting spine and pelvis.
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): heat applied to a nerve to stop it from sending pain signals.
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: RFA performed on lower-back nerves for longer relief.
- Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: RFA performed on neck nerves.
- Rhizotomy: the nerve-deadening procedure used for facet-related pain.
- Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: targets the nerves around a painful knee.
- Celiac Plexus Block: treats pain coming from the abdomen or digestive organs.
- Stellate Ganglion Block: treats nerve-related pain in the head, neck or arms.
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block: a repeated injection series for CRPS affecting the leg.
- Discography: an imaging test that identifies the exact disc causing pain.
- MILD: a same-day procedure that clears pressure on a pinched nerve.
- Vertiflex Superion: a small device implanted to keep the spinal canal open.
- Intrathecal Pump Implant: delivers pain medicine at low doses directly to the spine.
- Back Pain Treatment: combines the right options above based on what’s wrong.
- Kyphoplasty (in-house Surgery Center): rebuilds the height of a vertebra weakened by a compression fracture.
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (in-house Surgery Center): an implanted device that interrupts chronic pain signals before they’re felt.
The last two procedures are performed on-site, without a referral to an outside surgical facility.
Providers
One provider currently sees patients at the Conyers office:
- Dr. Gaurav Rajput: dual board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain medicine, fellowship-trained in interventional spine and pain management through Georgia Pain Physicians after serving as chief resident at Long Beach Medical Center.
Full bio is below.
