Congratulations to Our Very Own Top Docs

Every April the Phoenix Magazine releases its Top Doc picks for the year, and every year we are extremely proud to say that we have at least one featured doctor. This year we have three! Congratulations to Jeffrey, T. Bucholz, DO, Matthew W. Doust, MD, and Steven M. Siwek, MD who was recently featured on the hit tv show The Doctors. We have a lot to be proud of here at The Pain Center of Arizona.

Tell Us How You Celebrate World Health

Did you know that today, Tuesday April 7, is World Health Day? Actually, this entire week through the 11th is World Health week, focusing on getting not only our nation, but the entire world healthy. Your health and wellness is a huge contributing factor to chronic pain and pain management treatments, so on World Health Day we invite you to educate yourself on how to stay healthy.

Even Knitters Can Suffer From Wrist Pain

Wrist pain is something that many servers, bartenders and computer techs deal with day in and day out. It’s a chronic pain that gets ignored over time and put on the back burner. It flares up every now and again, making it difficult to carry serving trays or type up an article, but then it passes and they get back to work. It doesn’t have to be that way, however.

How Do We Feel Pain?

Pain management after surgery is extremely important to many Surprise patients, as well as our Surprise pain consultants. Pain relief is a big topic in the U.S. today, simply because there are so many people who live with chronic pain every second of every day. And the reality is that they ‘live’ with this pain, and don’t tend to realize that a lot of their symptoms are completely manageable with the proper treatments.

Anxiety Can Lead To Increase Chronic Pain

Men and Women Truly Deal With Pain Differently

Men and women deal with chronic pain differently, and in many cases consider treatment differently. Whether you’re in Surprise, Arizona soaking up the sun, or at The Biltmore getting some work done, chronic pain affects each and every one of us at some point in our lives. The most common are chronic back pain, especially for those Surprise golfers, and migraines. When it comes to understanding and self-diagnosing the pain, women tend to do a better job at it than men.

Spinal Cord Stimulation Q&A

Ever since our very own Dr. Siwek was on The Doctors explaining how spinal cord stimulation works, the interest in this amazing piece of technology has been spreading like wildfire. What is spinal cord stimulation? How does it work? Who is able to use it? These are all of the questions that seem to be at the heart of spinal cord discussions. So, let’s try to answer some of them for you.

Surprise, Arizona Charity Event

No pain, no gain in Surprise, Arizona, as local firefighters and police officers are gearing up for their annual Fire vs Police Softball Game, Chili Cook-Off, and Fitness Challenge. In just a few short weeks, Surprise local heroes will stand up against each other for charity in a Fit to Fight Run, a Combat Challenge, and the softball game and chili cook-off.

Healthcare Answers

A lot of people have a lot of questions about healthcare reform and how it will affect us. In a bill that thicker than most books we ever read, it’s no wonder we’re all confused about how healthcare reform will benefit us now and in 2014. Many of the changes won’t even happen until 2014, but there will be some things going into effect immediately.

A Pain Consultant Does More Than Treat The Pain

You’re in pain, and your family physician can’t diagnose a treatment that will help relieve the pain, so she recommends you see an Arizona pain management consultant. But what for, you’re thinking. Why can’t my doctor just prescribe me some medication and that’ll be the end of it? How is an Arizona pain consultant going to help cure this ailment?