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Are you in pain?

Is your lower back pain killing you? Is it difficult or impossible to sit, stand, walk or even lie down without excruciating or nagging pain? Do you get a jolt every time you move? Does the pain radiate down your legs?

Chronic pain, particularly in your lower spine, can be exhausting.

We can help.

At Pain Management Specialists of New York, we have helped people across the greater New York area for decades, providing effective relief from most types of acute or chronic pain, including lower back discomfort. Our primary care provider, Dr. Ari Lerner, is board-certified in both anesthesiology and pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital. We offer four convenient locations, treating patients in offices in Astoria, Manhattan and the Bronx.

Don’t let pain rule your life for one more day. Contact us by email or call our offices at (718) 932-1740 to set up an appointment.

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What Are the Common Causes of Lower Back Pain?

Your lower back plays an important role in supporting your upper body. Some discomfort in your lower back is a natural consequence of the aging process—the more you tend to be on your feet, the more wear and tear you’ll typically put on your lower back. Other common causes include:

Overexertion

Lifting or carrying heavy objects can lead to lower back pain, as can repetitive motions with lighter weights.

Traumatic Injury

Motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, slips and falls, and sports-related incidents commonly lead to sprains, strains, muscle pulls and even bulging and herniated discs.

Poor Posture

Failing to stand up straight can put additional pressure on the muscles in your lower back.

Degenerative Conditions

Or normal wear and tear such as the breakdown of discs and narrowing of the spine.

Obesity

Carrying too much weight can cause increased strain on the muscles and other connective tissue in your lower back.

What Types of Lower Back Pain Do We Treat?

We can help you manage many different types of pain in your lower spine, including:

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Herniated, ruptured or bulging discs

A bulging or herniated disc occurs when the soft inner material of a spinal disc pushes through its outer layer, often causing pain, numbness, or weakness by pressing on nearby nerves.

Sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica is caused by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, leading to sharp, shooting pain that travels from the lower back down the leg. 

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Muscle strains, sprains or spasms

Muscle sprains, strains, and spasms involve damage or overstretching of muscles, tendons or ligaments, often resulting in pain, stiffness, and limited mobility.
Pinched-nerves

Pinched Nerves

Or radiculopathy, which is a compressed nerve root in the lower spine.

Arthritis

Arthritis

Spinal arthritis, or spondylopathy, involves inflammation and degeneration of the spine’s joints, often causing stiffness, pain, and reduced mobility. 

Spinal-stenosis

Spinal stenosis

Often caused by aging, poor posture or genetics, causing a narrowing of your spinal canal

Herniated Disc

What is a herniated disc?

Between the vertebrae of your spine are soft discs. They let your spine twist and bend. They absorb shocks. But if damaged, the disc’s soft center can push through the disc wall. That’s a herniated disc. This bulge presses against nerves in your spine.

Facet Joint Syndrome

What is facet joint syndrome?

This is a problem with the facet joints of the spine. These are the joints where one vertebra connects to another. They support your spine, while allowing it to bend and twist. With this syndrome, these joints become stiff and painful.

Lumbar Radiculopathy

What is lumbar radiculopathy?

This condition is an irritation or compression of one or more nerve roots in the lumbar spine. Because these nerves travel to the hips, buttocks, legs and feet, an injury in the lumbar spine can cause symptoms in these areas. Sciatica may result from a variety of problems with the bones and tissues of the lumbar spinal column.

Treatments We Offer For Lower Back Pain

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Trigger Point injections

Direct pain medications to specific areas, typically where muscles can produce 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

Target the area around damaged nerves or tissue with anti-inflammatories.

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.

Nerve block

A nerve block is used to control pain.

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.

Radiofrequency Ablation

A minimally invasive procedure that shrinks or destroys damaged tissue with radio waves

What is radiofrequency ablation 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.

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.

Herniated Disc Surgery

What is microdiscectormy with annuloplasty?

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.

Spinal Cord Stimulation (Trial)

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 Stimulation

Using electrical impulses to prevent pain signals from reaching 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.

If none of the above remedies brings you sufficient relief, we will explore surgical options with you.

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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