The doctors at Lansing Orthopedics treat two kinds of pain, acute and chronic. Acute pain is the easiest to treat. This type of pain typically has an easily identifiable cause, and usually requires transient medication to correct the problem.

In contrast chronic pain is harder to diagnose and treat.  This type of pain is typically caused by conditions which take a long time to reverse.  Examples of these types of diseases include cancer, neuropathy, and referred pain.

The doctors at Lansing Orthopedics also recognize that pain is composed of a complex set of factors.  To accurately and adequately treat pain, many different disciplines from a variety of health professions need to be involved.  The pain specialists att Lansing Orthopedics use a multi-disciplinary approach to pain management.

They -

• focus on helping patients believe they can get better
• work together with the patient and other relevant practitioners to select the treatment regimens

Their goal is always to return the patient to a pain free life and to avoid the side effects of living with chronic pain, such as depression, anxiety, isolation and loss of self esteem.

Conditions Treated 

• Back and neck pain
  • Failed back syndrome
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Annular tears
  • Herniated disc
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Radiculopathy
  • Osteoarthritis
• Neuropathic pain
• Sciatica
• Spondlyolisthesis

Treatments for Spine Pain

• Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and peripheral spinal cord stimulator trials
• Lumbar percutaneous discectomy
• Lumbar rhizotomy
• Epidural steroid injections, cervical, thoracic and lumbar
• Transforaminal epidural steroid injections
• Epidural lysis of adhesions
• Cervical and lumbar facet blocks
• Medial branch blocks
• Sympathetic nerve blocks
• Botox for migraines
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Occipital nerve blocks
• Lumbar discogram

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