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Are you in pain?

Have you injured you knee in an accident? Has normal wear and tear led to chronic pain in your knees, making it difficult or impossible to do many of the things you love? You don’t have to let pain in your knees immobilize you.

We can help

At Pain Management Specialists of New York, we have helped countless people throughout the New York City metro area get effective relief from chronic or acute pain over the last two decades, including men and women suffering all different types of knee discomfort. We see patients at four locations conveniently located in Astoria, the Bronx and Manhattan. Our principal treating physician, Dr. Ari Lerner, has long been certified in both pain management and anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology, and is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital.

Call our offices at (718) 932-1740 or go to our online contact form to schedule a visit with a proven New York City knee pain management specialist.

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What Are the Common Causes of Knee Pain?

Your knee is one of the hardest working joints in your body, in use when you are walking, running and even sitting. Most knee pain stems from injury, repetitive stress or motion, and wear and tear as you age. The common types of injury that cause knee pain include:

Traumatic Injury

Usually in a sports-related accident, slip and fall, or motor vehicle collision

Aging

Which can lead to normal wear and tear of protective cartilage or other degenerative conditions

Repetitive Stress Injury

which can cause inflammation to muscles, ligaments, tendons or bursae

Arthritis

Most often in the form of osteoarthritis, a degenerative condition involving the gradual deterioration of the cartilage or meniscus

What Types of Knee Pain Can We Help You Manage?

We provide pain management for knee pain that may stem from a number of causes, including::

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Traumatic injury involving connective tissue

Torn, strained or sprained tendons, ligaments and muscles

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Torn cartilage, also referred to as torn meniscus

Damage to the protective pads that serve as shock absorbers in your knee. The tear may be completely through the meniscus but is often simply a flap of the cartilage.

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Arthritis

Including rheumatoid or osteoarthritis

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Tendonitis or bursitis

Inflammation of tendons or bursa from overuse, traumatic injury or wear and tear
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Pinched Nerves

The peroneal nerve, which traverses the outside of the knee, can get impinged in a variety of ways, causing significant discomfort

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What Treatment Options Are Available at Pain Management Specialists of New York for Knee Pain?

When you come to us for treatment of knee pain, we initially conduct a thorough examination, so that we can pinpoint the source of your discomfort. We can prescribe short-term medication that reduces swelling and inflammation or alleviates pain while your knee heals.If your pain persists, we offer a wide range of interventional treatment options, including:

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Trigger Point injections

Where we target pain medication to those areas in your muscles that typically lead to referred pain

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.

Steroid injections

The injection of anti-inflammatory medication around damaged tissue or nerves

What are lumbar epidural steroid injections?

This injection procedure is performed to relieve low back and radiating leg pain. Steroid medication can reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by spinal conditions.

Platelet Rich Plasma Injections

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.
If you don’t get the relief you seek with an injection, we can employ spinal cord stimulation, which uses electrical impulses to block pain signals to your brain. We also offer radiofrequency ablations, a minimally invasive procedure that uses radio waves to destroy or shrink damaged tissue and reduce pain.

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Uses electrical impulses to block pain signals to your brain

What is spinal cord stimulation?

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.

Nerve Block

What is 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.

Radiofrequency Ablation

What is genicular nerve ablation?

During this outpatient procedure, the physician uses a radiofrequency device to heat up and disrupt the genicular nerves. These are the sensory nerves that transmit pain signals from the knee to the brain. Disrupting these pathways can provide long term relief from knee pain.

If you are still experiencing pain, we can help you explore surgical alternatives.

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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