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Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a common treatment option for many forms of lower back pain and leg pain. An ESI is safe, fast and effective. The medicine is injected into the epidural space or the area that covers the spinal cord where the inflamed nerves are located. If you...

Chronic knee pain is a very limiting condition as it can interfere with day to day function and ambulation. Knee pain does not always respond to steroid or gel based injections. Even worse, it can somtimes persist despite having knee surgery. Genicular nerves are the sensory nerve endings which are...

Ketamine has gained popularity as we seek effective options for the treatment of chronic pain. Chronic pain and depression are both leading causes of disability worldwide as they are sometimes refractory to conventional treatments. Systematic and evidence based reviews suggest ketamine is effective for acute pain, chronic pain, depression and PTSD. We will...

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome of generalized body pain in the setting of sleep disturbance, fatigue and sleep disturbance along with mood changes. Certain rheumatological and neurological disease can present this way and once a thorough diagnostic work up has been complete and these conditions ruled out, a diagnosis of fibromyalgia...

The U.S has had over 50 million cases and more than 800 thousand deaths at the time of writing this blog with the omicron variant just emerging now.  SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause longer term symptoms: According to the CDC Post-COVID conditions are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health...