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Recommendation for a diagnostician in the US?
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| iSpine Discuss Recommendation for a diagnostician in the US? in the Main forums forums; Maybe a physiatrist would be a good option for you? That is who I see for my pain management and ... |
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03-28-2009, 07:23 PM
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Maybe a physiatrist would be a good option for you? That is who I see for my pain management and who suggested ADR. He was good at explaining my situation and explained my options. Also, I am at Texas Back Institute, which is like a Super Wal-Mart, one stop shopping. They have pain dr's, accupuncture, physical therapy, injections, surgeons and any other kind of back dr/procedure you can imagine. I really liked it because your dr's are all communicating with each other, and I felt they were more open to various treatments. Because, like you said, a surgeon generally wants to do surgery!
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34 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, accupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc Had Baby #3 after ADR! 
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03-30-2009, 04:56 PM
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Kathy, the way you describe Texas Back Institute, sounds very much like how the practice I go to operates...Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, in Raleigh and Durham, NC. Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.
I do like how they operate, and my PM doctor has been awesome. She definitely went through all my options, making sure I tried everything I could, before I was ready to consider surgery. And she is very open-minded too, I think that is a very good thing in a pain management doctor. Diane, what kinds of problems are you having now, that you want to see someone? I think that might help in determining what type of doctor you might want to see. I've never heard of Dr. Baumbach, but that's not saying much, as I'm certainly no expert in medicine.
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Cathy 46 years old. 12-15 years of intermittent pain, 2 years with constant pain. DDD, L4-5 and L5-S1, pain confirmed by discogram. PT, ESI's, Facet injection and block, Acupuncture - all no help. 2-level (Prodisc-L) ADR surgery with Dr. Bertagnoli, May 26, 2009. Currently taking Opana-ER (tapering off) and oxycodone
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