PAIN MANAGEMENT
NeuroCare Network's pain management specialists provide patient care for new
musculoskeletal injuries as well as longer-term pain management. They stay on
the leading edge of treatment developments in order to provide the best care
for their patients.
Jonathan
Blau, MD
(Board Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Tyler, Texas
Aaron
Calodney, MD
(Board Certified Anesthesiology / Pain Management)
David
Fletcher, MD
(Complete Spinal Diagnostics and Pain Management)
Bill
Mathias, MD
(Board Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Nacogdoches, Texas
James
Michaels, MD
(Board Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Tyler, Texas
Claire
Tibiletti, MD
(Complete Spinal Diagnostics and Pain Management)
Appropriate treatment follows an accurate diagnosis. Our pain management specialists
provide careful and thorough diagnostic work-up, and may order laboratory testing,
MRI or CT scans, EMG and nerve conduction studies as part of their pain assessment.
An internal medicine type work-up for pain is a standard part of pain management.
Their goal is to reduce pain while increasing function.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists (Physiatrists) treat
the whole person from physical, emotional, psychosocial, and vocational perspectives.
They treat a wide range of problems, including:
- Low back pain
- Neck Pain
- Acute muscle and ligament injuries
- Acute and chronic pain
- Work injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Fibromyalgia
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Amputee Care
- Spondylolysis
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- Stroke
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Neuro-muscular dystrophy
- Impairment Ratings
- Independent Medical Exams
- Myofascial pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Spastic Torticollis & other nerve entrapment syndromes
- Head injury
- Arthritis pain
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Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Work Hardening, and Health Psychology
may be components of an aggressive rehabilitative approach.
Complete Diagnostic and Pain Management Specialists perform IDET, Rhizotomy,
Discogram, and they perform a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic injections
for ligaments, muscles, joints and specialized spinal injections such as epidural
injections and facet joint injections. Some of the conditions they treat include:
- Low Back pain
- Neck pain
- Acute muscle and ligament injuries
- Work injuries
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Anesthesia / Pain Management Specialist performs IDET, Rhizotomy, Discogram,
Intrathecal Pain Pumps, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Intrathecal Baclofen
Pump for spasticity, Pulsed Radiofrequency Neurotomy, and a full range of spinal
injections. Some of the conditions they treat include:
- Low Back pain
- Neck pain
- Acute muscle and ligament injuries
- Work injuries
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cervicogenic Headaches
- Shingles and post herpetic neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Epidural Catheters and nerve blocks for cancer pain management
- Assessment and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
