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What is PAD? A Comprehensive Overview of Peripheral Artery Disease
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common yet underdiagnosed circulatory condition affecting millions of people worldwide. It occurs when fatty deposits build up in the arteries, causing them to narrow and restrict blood flow to…
Dialysis Pseudoaneurysm Treatment And Followup
Dialysis patients routinely undergo two fistula punctures every other day for dialysis. I will have a fistula created, typically in the arm for dialysis. Dialysis patients routinely undergo two fistula punctures every other day for…
Aortic Stent Graft And Bilateral Iliac Stent Graft Placement
Southern Pain and Regenerative Medicine performed their first aortic stent graft and bilateral iliac stent graft placement last week. The procedure was to treat severe leg claudication (cramping), especially within both hips. She also had…
What Is Prostate Artery Embolization?
Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a minimally invasive treatment that helps improve lower urinary tract symptoms created by benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). BPH is a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland and is the most…
Minuteman For Spinal Stenosis Treatment
Southern Pain & Regenerative Medicine took the next step in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis last Thursday! We performed the first three Minuteman procedures in the state of Tennessee! Southern Pain & Regenerative Medicine…
Regenerative Medicine For Knee Pain
If you have tried traditional pain medicine, steroid injections, and hyaluronic acid injections for chronic knee pain, and still have pain, it may be time to consider amniotic fluid and stem cells, aka “regenerative medicine”.…
Spinal Stenosis!
Having pain or weakness in your legs while standing or walking for any significant distance? Does the pain get worse while standing or walking? Does relief occur when using a walker or a shopping cart?…
Vertebral Fractures
Southern Pain and Regenerative Medicine just completed our 13th spine jack, #spinejack, this week. What an evolutionary treatment! This series shows the dramatic restoration in height achieved utilizing this system! Traditional vertebroplasty, #vertebroplasty, stabilized the…
Stem Cells And Exosome Therapy
Stem cell therapy has been around for several years with almost unlimited variations, including bone marrow, fat and placental sources. Until the last few years results were mostly anecdotal with no true research. Stem cell…
SpineJack at Southern VIP
We performed our fourth spine jack procedure at Southern Pain on Friday, May 18th! SpineJack is the next generation of spine compression fracture repair. In 2019, Southern VIP was the first in the mid-south to…
Innovative Treatment For Pelvic Fractures
We had the opportunity to help one of our patients this week with an innovative treatment technique. We had the opportunity to help one of our patients this week with an innovative treatment technique. This…
Microwave Tumor Ablation
This article discusses using microwave tumor ablation as an alternative to radiation therapy. Southern Pain recently performed their first soft tissue microwave ablation. This is compassionate treatment for a lady with advanced cancer causing destruction…
Genicular Artery Embolization for Chronic Postoperative Knee Pain
When you are still experiencing knee pain following a replacement, Southern Pain has innovative treatment options to get this pain under control. Southern Pain & Regenerative Medicine performed a new procedure for a patient that…
Minuteman for Spondylolisthesis
Using the Minuteman permanent implant device to treat Spondylolisthesis Southern Pain performed placement of a Minuteman device for spondylolisthesis (a “slipped” vertebrae) last week. This procedure resulted in significant almost immediate relief. The patient related…
Another Treatment Success at Southern Pain!
Treating leg pain in office with techniques a traditional pain clinic does not offer! A 62 year old patient presented to us with severe “leg pain”. Initially, she was sent to us to evaluate her…
More Success using the Minuteman Device!
Using the Minuteman device to treat degenerative disc disease 4 more incredible results with the Minuteman device implanted last week by Southern Pain and Dr. Tom Hodgkiss. All 4 with near complete resolution in symptoms,…
