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What causes spinal stenosis? How do we defeat it?

Numbness, weakness, cramping or general pain in the arms and legs are symptoms all too often related to spinal stenosis. This is the narrowing of one or more areas of the spine, frequently in the neck and/or lower back. The pain can range from mild to severe. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce the pain non-surgically. …

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Fact Based Health Journal: Interventional Pain Management Physicians Help Arthritis Sufferers Find Relief

People who live with chronic arthritis pain are often skeptical when they are told that their pain can be reduced or even eliminated. “I’ve tried everything!” they claim – and many have. It is now 2014, and with the help of medical technology, interventional pain physicians have developed various procedures that have cured, or significantly reduced, …

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PainPathways: Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Chronic Postsurgical Pain is not uncommon. Incisions, pressure, distension can all add up to lingering pain – after an operation that likely took place to alleviate pain! Sometimes referred to as post-laminectomy syndrome, where the surgery takes place on the back to relieve nerve compression, the results can be favorable – but the pain can …

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The Wall Street Journal: Why Women Are Living in the Discomfort Zone

More than 100 million American adults live with chronic pain. Why is it that women experience it more than men? Click here to read an article from The Wall Street Journal that discusses some of the major factors. The physicians at Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants have dedicated themselves to diagnosing the reason for these pains, …

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PainPathways: Practical Advice for Parenting with Pain

When a parent has pain, the children know it. But parents should be upfront, and approach their children with information. PainPathways provided interesting and relevant insight into ways that others have done this. We’re happy to share it with you! Tips for talking with your child about pain: – Expect to have this talk more …

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APCC Welcomes Two New Physicians

Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants is proud to welcome two new physicians. Dr. Eliezer Soto has joined the practice after serving as the attending physician in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Dr. Hicham Merheb has come aboard after serving as an anesthesiologist at Baptist Endoscopic Center …

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WPLG-TV Channel 10: Dr. Fox Discusses How to Combat Pain That Remains After Shingles

Ira Fox, M.D., DABM, FIPP, ABIPP was interviewed on the evening news, on South Florida’s ABC affiliate, WPLG-TV Channel 10. Health reporter Kristi Krueger explored Dr. Fox’s successful use of nerve blocks on patient Susan Iannuccillo, who suffered from debilitating pain as a result of a bout with shingles, until visits with Dr. Fox helped …

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