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Doctors at The Pain Management Center at OSMC treat patients with acute and chronic pain arising from surgery, trauma, disease, cancer, neurological problems as well as orthopedic-related conditions.

Pain management specialists

The board certifications, years of experience and cutting-edge techniques of OSMC's pain management doctors make them unique in the Michiana area. Specialists in anesthesiology and pain management, they are certified in pain management by the American Board of Anesthesia and the American Board of Pain Management.

Types of treatment

The pain management specialists treat chronic pain arising from a variety of conditions. They treat back pain, joint pain, certain kinds of headaches related to the cervical spine, arthritis pain and cancer pain. They also treat certain head injuries and other acute pain associated with some types of trauma and also pain resulting from surgery and pain hindering people from engaging in physical therapy.

Treatment methods

Treatment methods include physical or occupational therapy as well as medications and physical interventions. These interventions include oral medications, subcutaneous medicine, intravenous medicine, epidural medicine, spinal cord stimulators and pain blockers targeted to specific parts of the body.

OSMC and other area facilities

OSMC's pain management specialists work closely with primary care physicians. They see patients at OSMC as well as many area facilities including the Elkhart Center for Pain Management, Bremen Hospital and Edison Lakes Medical Center in Mishawaka. They may also be called to any one of several other area hospitals