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Pain Management Specialists of New York

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Are you in pain?

Is pain controlling your life? Are you unable to do many of the things you love because of persistent pain? Is your pain affecting your sleep or making it difficult or impossible to work? Pain Management Specialists of New York can help minimize and control your pain.

Who We Are

Expertise in Advanced Pain Intervention

At Pain Management Specialists of New York, with four convenient offices across the Greater New York City metropolitan area, we bring decades of experience to individuals suffering from either acute or chronic pain. Dr. Lerner is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both pain management and anesthesiology. Because of the strong teamwork between our staff and Dr. Lerner, we have an excellent record for seeing patients in a timely manner. We offer a physical therapy and chiropractic care on site and also partner with a number of other medical specialists, so that we can take a multi-faceted approach to the treatment of your pain. Dr. Lerner is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital.

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Dr. Ari Lerner

Ari B. Lerner, MD, is the founder of Pain Management Specialists of New York, with four locations throughout New York City including Astoria, Queens, Midtown East, Manhattan, and Mott Haven and Pelham Bay in the Bronx. Licensed to practice medicine in New York and New Jersey, Dr. Lerner focuses his medical services on pain medicine and specializes in interventional procedures. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology.

Dr. Lerner received his medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where he also completed his anesthesia residency and advanced anesthesia tracks in obstetrics and cardiothoracic surgery. Further training included a pain medicine fellowship at the prestigious and highly competitive Pain Medicine Fellowship Program at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center through the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.

In 2007, Dr. Lerner established Precision Anesthesia P.C. and Precision Pain Management, P.C., medical practices that provided anesthesia and pain management services for ambulatory surgery centers and medical offices throughout the New York City area. His experience includes working as a medical consultant for Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens in Astoria, where he conducted pain management consultations and performed procedures for patients of varying age and disability. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, launched an out-patient pain management office, and monitored and cared for patients in a recovery room setting.

Dr. Lerner maintains hospital privileges at New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital. He is affiliated with several professional organizations, including the Medical Society of State of New York, American Medical Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, and the International Spine Intervention Society.

Types of Interventional Pain Management Treatment We Offer

We offer a broad range of care options for your pain, including:

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Platelet rich plasma injections

These are injections where we use platelets from your own blood to promote tissue regeneration and healing.

What are platelet rich plasma injections?

Platelet rich plasma therapy can help injured joints and other problems. It uses parts of your own blood to reduce pain and speed up healing.

Trigger Point injections

What are trigger point injections?

This outpatient procedure is designed to reduce or relieve the pain of trigger points. These small, tender knots can form in muscles or in the fascia (the soft, stretchy connective tissue that surrounds muscles and organs). The trigger point injection procedure takes only a few minutes to complete.

Nerve Block (Medial Branch Block)

Injecting numbing medicine to relieve pain in the nerves

What is a medial branch block?

This is an injection of numbing medicine. It bathes the medial branch nerves, which attach to the facet joints of your spine. These nerves hurt when facet joints are injured or diseased. The injection helps find the source of your pain. And it may relieve your pain for a brief time.

Selective nerve root blocks

Nerve Block (Cervical Medial Branch Block)

Using numbing medicine to relieve nerve pain in the neck area

What is a cervical medial branch block?

This is an injection of numbing medicine that bathes the medial branch nerves. These nerves are attached to the facet joints of the spine. Disease or injury of these joints can cause pain in the medial branch nerves. This pain may travel through the neck, shoulders, upper back and head. A medial branch block can help your physician find the source of your pain. It may also provide temporary pain relief..

Nerve Block in Knee

What is a genicular nerve block?

This outpatient procedure is an injection of anesthetic to the genicular nerves. These are the sensory nerves that transmit pain signals from the knee to the brain. Anesthetizing these nerves can disrupt the pain signals caused by degeneration of the knee. A genicular nerve block can provide temporary pain relief. It may help determine if a patient is a candidate for nerve ablation, which can provide long-term pain relief.

Sacroiliac Steroid Injections

What are sacroiliac steroid injections?

This injection procedure is performed to relieve pain caused by arthritis in the sacroiliac joint where the spine and hip bone meet. The steroid medication can reduce swelling and inflammation in the joint.

Joint injections, including shoulder, knee, hip, ankle, elbow and wrist

Shoulder Injections

What are ultrasound guided shoulder injections?

This non-operative, outpatient procedure is designed to provide relief for patients with pain in the shoulder from conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and adhesive capsulitis. The technique allows the physician to inject an inflammation-reducing steroid with maximum accuracy.

Knee Injections

What are ultrasound guided knee injections?

This non-operative, outpatient procedure is designed to provide relief for patients with arthritis of the knee. The technique allows the physician to inject an inflammation-reducing steroid with maximum accuracy.
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Minimally Invasive Spinal Procedures We Can Perform

If an injection has not sufficiently reduced your pain, we can offer a number of minimally invasive procedures to help manage your pain:

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Radiofrequency Ablations

Radiofrequency

Using heat from radio waves to treat pain.

What is cervical facet radio frequency neurotomy?

This procedure uses heat from radio waves to treat painful facet joints in your neck. It eases pain that isn’t helped by medications or physical therapy.

Radiofrequency

What is radiofrequency neurotomy of the lumbar facets?

This procedure uses heat from radio waves to treat painful facet joints in your lower back. It eases pain that isn’t helped by medications or physical therapy.

Spinal cord stimulation (trial procedure)

What is spinal cord stimulation (trial procedure)?

Spinal cord stimulation (also called SCS) uses electrical impulses to relieve chronic pain of the back, arms and legs. It is believed that electrical pulses prevent pain signals from being received by the brain. SCS candidates include people who suffer from neuropathic pain and for whom conservative treatments have failed.

Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant)

What is a spinal cord stimulator implant?

Spinal cord stimulation (also called SCS) uses electrical impulses to relieve chronic pain of the back, arms and legs. It is believed that electrical pulses prevent pain signals from being received by the brain. SCS candidates include people who suffer from neuropathic pain and for whom conservative treatments have failed.

Herniated Disc Treatment

What is a percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty?

This minimally-invasive procedure uses a small needle and advanced radiofrequency technology to reduce a herniated disc. The procedure may be performed on an outpatient basis.

Herniated Disc Treatment in lower spine

What is a microdiscectomy with annuloplasty (lumbar spine, percutaneous approach)?

This surgery, done through a tiny opening in your skin, treats a bulging or herniated disc in your lower back. It relieves pressure on nearby nerves. This can help with pain and other symptoms you may be experiencing in your back, buttock, leg and foot.

Cervical and lumbar disc decompression

What is percutaneous disc decompression?

This is a procedure to treat a herniated disc. That’s a bulging disc in your spine. Getting rid of the bulge can relieve pressure on your nerves. It can relieve pain in your lower back and your legs.
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Why Choose Us?

Convenient Locations

in the New York metropolitan area

Board Certification

in pain management and anesthesiology

State-of-the-art Facilities

offering advanced diagnostics,
onsite procedures, and comprehensive physical therapy

Timely Appointments

often the same day

Minimally Invasive

wide range of innovative,
treatment options

Knowledgeable

friendly and helpful staff

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Pain Management Specialists of New York

Call: (718) 932-1740
Text: (866) 931-4286
25-15 Crescent Street
Astoria NY 11102
2932 Wilkinson Ave.
Bronx, NY 10461
10 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
2825 3rd Ave.
Bronx, NY 10455
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