Ideally, when a patient is suffering from pain the root cause can be identified and fixed. Sometimes that’s the case and sometimes it’s not, but a reduction in pain is always possible at Integrated Pain Consultants. Pain is typically the body’s way of telling you that something is wrong, but this system doesn’t always work perfectly. Sometimes pain signals continue...
Almost everyone will have some degree of degenerative disc disease (DDD) in their lifetime. It’s one of the most common complaints at Integrated Pain Consultants, but luckily there are treatments available beyond medication management. DDD is also known as spinal disc degeneration, and it makes sense why this is so common. Our spinal discs are the cushions between our vertebrae...
Have you ever wondered what a pain specialist does exactly? How are they different than your family physician? Integrated Pain Consultants specializes specifically in pain management, using a variety of traditional and alternative treatments and procedures that you won’t find at your average general physician’s clinic. What a pain specialist does is treat all types of pain, chronic and acute,...
Contrary to its name, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can help with a variety of pain issues beyond the back. It’s one of the most popular treatments at Integrated Pain Consultants and can be used to relieve back and neck pain as well as nerve pain, joint pain, knee pain, and more. Many patients find pain relief with spinal cord stimulation...
UC San Diego Health has released a statement on the popularity of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and how it can potentially help alleviate both physical and psychological pain. This treatment is available at Integrated Pain Consultants, where many of our pain management professionals are double board-certified in pain management and anesthesiology. UC San Diego Health points out that we often...
Work injuries are common no matter what type of work you do or from where. Integrated Pain Consultants routinely sees patients struggling with all kinds of work-related injuries, from broken bones caused by a slip and fall to carpal tunnel syndrome. Those who had worked from home pre-COVID might already be familiar with the health-related risks of telecommuting, like back...
If you have CRPS, also known as complex regional pain syndrome, there’s a good chance you’d never even heard about it before you were diagnosed (or began your own online sleuthing to figure out why you were in so much pain). It’s an elusive disorder that is often misdiagnosed, but the pain is treatable at Integrated Pain Consultants. Our practice...
Sometimes pain “goes away on its own,” but that’s not always the case—and even when that happens, it’s not necessarily a sign that you’re healed. It’s possible for the pain to get worse, cause permanent damage that you might not realize, or come back even years later fiercer than ever. Integrated Pain Consultants is committed to providing a wide range...
At Integrated Pain Consultants, we're committed to providing you with the absolute best in pain management doctors and look forward to introducing you to Dr. Minesh Zaveri. He joined the clinic, alongside "Top Doc" in pain management Dr. Nikesh Seth, just in time to start the new year with us. Dr. Zaveri is double board-certified in Pain Management and Anesthesia....
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reflects Dr. Nikesh Seth’s understanding of spinal cord stimulation as a highly effective means of pain management. The study specifically looked at spinal cord stimulation to treat chronic reflex sympathetic dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome. The researchers noted that the painful condition has no mainstream cure, and wanted...