Pain management, pain medicine, pain control or algiatry, is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain.
Procedures
Physicians
Peripheral Nerve Block
A type of regional anesthesia. The anesthetic is injected near a specific nerve or bundle of nerves to block sensations of pain from a specific area of the body. Nerve blocks usually last longer than local anesthesia.
Trigger Point Injection
Trigger point injection (TPI) may be an option for treating pain in some patients. TPI is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax. Many times, such knots can be felt under the skin. Trigger points may irritate the nerves around them and cause referred pain, or pain that is felt in another part of the body.
Transforaminal Injection
A transforaminal injection is an injection of long acting steroid into the opening at the side of the spine where a nerve roots exits. This opening is known as a foramen. There is a small sleeve of the epidural space that extends out over the nerve root for a short distance.
Spinal Cord Neurostimulator
A spinal cord stimulator is a device used to exert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal cord to control chronic pain.
Discography
An injection technique used to evaluate patients with back pain who have not responded to extensive conservative care.
Percutaneous Discectomy
A percutaneous discectomy is a surgical procedure in which the central portion of an intervertebral disc is accessed and removed through a cannula.
IDET
A minimally invasive outpatient surgical procedure developed over the last few years to treat patients with chronic low back pain that is caused by tears or small herniations of their lumbar discs.
Dr. Nabil Yazgi, MD
Dr. Yazgi graduated from the University of Damascus – Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria in 1979. Primarily located in Wayne, NJ. He has 37 years of experience. His specialties include Neurology. Dr. Yazgi is affiliated with St Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Terry Ramnanan, MD
Dr. Michael Umanoff
Address: 703 Main ST, Paterson, NJ 07050
Tel: (973) 754-2499
Dr. Umanoff earned his medical degree from University of Xochicalco – Medical School and has been practicing Pain Medicine for 33 years. He specializes in painful disorders of the spine, complex regional pain syndrome and sports-related injuries. He has initiated the use of cutting-edge interventional techniques for the successful treatment of these and other conditions.
Dr. Allan Weissman, MD, FACOG
Address: 250 Old Hook Rd, Westwood, NJ 07675
Tel: (201) 358-3500
Dr. Allan Weissman, MD graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York and completed his residency in anesthesiology and pain management at Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. He further completed a fellowship in Pain Management at the SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, he has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at the SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Weissman has served as the Director of the Center for Pain Management at Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, New Jersey. Dr. Weissman is Board Certified with the American Board of Anesthesiology as well as holding a Certificate of Added Qualification in Pain Management at the SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dr. Jon-Paul Dadaian, MD
Address: 554 Boulevard, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
Tel: (201) 794-2370
Your pain and suffering are well understood with Dr. Jon Paul Dadaian. His extensive training and experience enables him to seek out the root cause of your pain, and restore you back to health. Dr. Dadaian and his staff are quite compassionate in caring for you, and helping you fully understand the treatments. Our main focus is to improve your quality of life with as little disturbance as possible.
We provide individualized treatment that could return you to your normal self and provide you with a better quality of life. Take the first step and call a qualified pain management physician, Dr. Jon Paul Dadaian, to discuss your condition and treatment options today.