Providing specialized neurological and pain management care with a patient-centered approach. Dr. Sader combines clinical expertise with compassionate care in assisting patients achieve their individual optimal health outcomes.
Our approach to back pain is unique, given Dr. Sader’s dual training in neurology and interventional pain management. He will use a combination of very specific questions on history, physical exam maneuvers, diagnostic testing (nerve conduction studies, MRI), to get to the right pain generator. A common issue we see with back pain patients is that they tend to be misdiagnosed and receive medications or even invasive procedures for the wrong pain generator unfortunately. That is why Dr. Sader likes to take a step back and examine the facts before individualizing his treatment approach.
The general approach to back pain treatment is a spectrum, starting with more conservative measures (physical therapy for example), progressing to non-opioid medications (usually nerve medications and muscle relaxants), and if that fails, injection therapy (epidural steroid injections, facet injections, SI joint injections). The last resort is a referral to spine surgery for micro-discetomy, laminectomy, fusion or other surgery.
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Providing specialized neurological and pain management care with a patient-centered approach. Dr. Sader combines clinical expertise with compassionate care to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes.
