FREE EXAMS AND TREATMENTS Saturday, November 9, 2019 • 11am – 4pm Location: Neuropathy and Pain Centers of Las Vegas 8084 W. Sahara Avenue Ste B, Las Vegas, NV 89117 Hosted by: Robert Odell, MD, PhD David J. Smith, MD Barbara Ruscingno, FNP-DC Robert Brown, CEO & Staff Contact: Stacy Lambert Batten 702-257-7246 ext. 1012 stacy@nvneuropathy.com ..read more

We specialize in difficult to treat pain states Neuropathy: Diabetic, Idiopathic, Toxic, Chemotherapy, Phantom Limb Pain, Shingles, Motor Nerve Dysfunction including Muscle Weakness, Drop Foot Low Back Pain: With or without Sciatic/Radicular Pain, Sacroiliac Joint Pain, Post Laminectomy and Post Fusion Low Back Pain Headaches: Migraine, Cluster, Tension, Post-Concussion Thoracic (mid-back) Pain: (very underdiagnosed and untreated) Joint Pain: Knee, Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Elbow, etc., Osteoarthritis, Oral/Facial Pain including TMJ Pain, Myofascial Pain Syndromes including Fibromyal-gia, Ca ..read more

1 31 Million Americans Experience Lower Back Pain. 2 Back Pain is the Leading Cause of Disability in Under 45-Year-Olds. 3 Back Pain is the Most Common Reason for Visiting at Doctor’s Office. 4 80% of Adults Will Experience Back Pain in Their Lifetime. 5 Americans Spend $50 Billion on Back Pain Every Year ..read more

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In 1910 the Flexnor report paved the way for the structure of medical education in the United States.  The study, sponsored by big Pharma and the AMA, also severely debunked the use of electricity for healing and the importance of nutrition.  This report set alternative medicine approaches back for decades and promoted the allopathic principle of have a symptom, take a pill.  Allopathic medicine was viewed as the only proper approach for dealing with disease.  All forms of CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) were thrown under the proverbial bus. As a medical studen ..read more

Sports medicine has evolved over the years into a highly respected specialty of orthopedics that treats both elite athletes and weekend warriors.  Although the specific nature of the injury may vary from group to group, the main goal of this specialty is to return the athlete to his or her prior high functioning state.  Many injuries are acute, and the goal of the sports medicine physician is to make sure they do not become chronic. The causes of athletic injury vary from microtrauma from overuse to major impact trauma to a joint or limb. (Sports injuries usually more involve limbs ..read more

3 tines deployed from the cannula’s tip Chronic pain doesn’t have to be treated with medication or surgery. Diros OWL® Trident™ Radiofrequency treatment is a minimally invasive outpatient RF procedure that can safely treat many painful conditions, such as lower back (lumbar), sacroiliac joint (pelvis), thoracic spine (middle back), cervical (neck), knee and hip joint pain. This advanced procedure uses radio frequency energy to safely target the sensory nerve causing pain. The RF procedure allows the physician to limit the approach to a nerve in a single step very much the same as an anesthet ..read more

Some jobs place demands on the body that a person isn’t even aware of until it screams in pain. Activities that cause a person to sit or stand with their head and neck in one position for hours is one source of neck discomfort. People on an assembly line and those with a desk job share the same risk. Here is why this happens, how it can be prevented and what can be done to treat it when it impacts a person’s daily activities. The Neck is a Hub of Nerve Activity Nerves come out of the spine in the upper back and neck and travel down the arms and up into the head. The muscles around the spine in ..read more

It doesn’t take much to disrupt the summer activities. A person can step off of a curb wrong and twist their knee. They can trip on a crack in the sidewalk and fall on a knee. Even a minor injury to the ligaments that support the knee can prevent a person from having an active summer schedule. Leg and knee pain can keep a person inactive for weeks, if not treated properly. Here is how these minor knee injuries can be addressed to get rid of the leg pain and return to a summer full of physical activities. Diagnosing the Cause of the Pain A visit with a doctor who specializes in the treatment of ..read more

When a person who does detailed work with their hands experiences numbness, tingling or weakness in them, they may be dealing with a case of carpal tunnel syndrome. This condition begins as an annoyance, but can become so severe that the person can no longer grasp and hold onto anything. Here is why this condition happens and what help is available to prevent it from getting in the way of one’s daily activities. Stress on a Nerve is the Cause The median nerve runs down the forearm, through the wrist and into the palm of the hand. It passes through a narrow channel in the wrist, called the carp ..read more