Back Pain
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Advanced Solutions: Back Pain.
A whopping four out of five American adults experience back pain sometime during their lives. It is one of the most common (and most costly) ailments in our society. The cost of treating back problems, time lost from work, insurance costs, therapy and surgery runs into the billions of dollars annually. Back pain can be a nuisance or it can be quite disabling.
Conditions and Treatments.
At Advanced PainCare in Harrisburg, PA, we treat the following back and spine conditions:
| • Pinched nerves |
• Disc problems |
| • Lumbar sprain |
• Muscle spasms |
| • Sciatica |
• Postural pain |
| • Radiating pain |
• Post-laminectomy syndrome |
| • Low back pain |
• Whiplash injuries |
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While there is no single treatment that can eliminate all back problems for every individual, back problems are treatable and manageable. Jean Santo, MD, at Advanced PainCare, can help tremendously. As a dual-board-certified pain specialist, she is dedicated to relieving your patient’s pain and returning them to their life. Among the many treatments Dr. Santo uses are:
| • Interventional pain management |
• Facet blocks |
| • Physical therapy |
• Intravenous regional blockade |
| • Epidural steroid injections |
• Selective nerve root injections |
| • Trigger point injections |
• Sacroiliac joint injections |
| • Peripheral nerve blocks |
• Neurolytic nerve blocks |
| • Spinal stimulators |
• Intercostal nerve blocks |
| • Radiofrequency ablation |
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Dr. Santo helps patients overcome their back trouble and avoid future back problems. She can even help many patients avoid invasive surgery and/or large doses of medication. At Advanced PainCare, you’ll find the most advanced nonsurgical and minimally invasive treatments and vast expertise for all kinds of spinal injuries. Advanced techniques often result in less time lost from work.
At Advanced PainCare, we always put patients first. If your patient has not responded well to other treatments and therapies, they may experience significant pain relief from our comprehensive therapies and attentive, personalized compassionate care. Dr. Santo is dedicated to staying at the forefront of pain management. She is board-certified by both the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. She also received advanced fellowship training at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Santo is dedicated to helping patients find pain relief. In fact, one of the things that really sets Advanced PainCare apart from other pain centers is Dr. Santo’s intense dedication to achieving the best results for each patient.
Ask us about the most advanced, most complete and compassionate back pain care in the Harrisburg area.
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