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Think about the role your back plays in your life — as the foundational structure for your entire body, it’s responsible for much of your support, mobility, and range of motion. Given these duties, it’s hardly surprising that back pain develops as often as it does — in fact, it’s…

Having back surgery to repair a herniated disc or treat a compression fracture may be effective at relieving chronic pain for many people, but some may still experience persistent post-surgical pain. The physicians and providers at Louisiana Pain Specialists are highly skilled in addressing back pain after surgery. We customize…

More than a million Great Britains may already suffer long-term problems, with 45 million virus cases recorded up to April 2022. A study in the British Medical Journal estimates 5.6% of patients may never get their sense of smell back, while 4.4% lose their taste. It is common to lose…

During the primetime broadcast on July 6, 2022, Louisiana Pain Specialists was featured on WDSU-NBC to highlight our groundbreaking efforts in the treatment of long COVID symptoms. Anchored by Travers Mackel of WDSU, “Tasting Again” highlights the struggle of patients experiencing distorted taste and smell following COVID-19 infection, and how…

Louisiana Pain Specialists is proud to announce that we are among the first facilities in the United States and the first facility in Louisiana to perform stellate ganglion blocks to help provide relief from long COVID symptoms.  Roughly 40% of those that have recovered from COVID-19 are still facing viral-like…

Our physicians love to educate patients both inside and outside the clinical setting. Dr. Davis recently sat down with The Truth About Neuropathy, a health education company that aims to bring public awareness about neuropathy and its treatments.  Check out the interview at the link below to learn more about…

What is Diabetic Neuropathy? Diabetic neuropathy, is a type of nerve damage that can occur if you have diabetes. High blood sugar (glucose) can injure nerves throughout the body. Diabetic neuropathy most often damages nerves in the legs and feet. Depending on the affected nerves, diabetic neuropathy symptoms include pain…

Congratulations to Dr. Erik Davis for recently being named to MedEd’s Physician Educator Advisory Board!     What Is MedED?   MedEd Combine is bringing medical education into the 21st century through virtual reality and in-depth training experiences showing new procedures and techniques in the field of medicine. MedEd is…

We are making media waves both near and far! Louisiana Pain Specialists and Crescent View Surgery recently became the first facility in the greater New Orleans area to utilitze the Aurora Zip Lumbar Fusion device. Because this is such an exciting new technology in the field of pain management, this…