north mount pleasant www.Nor thMountPl easant . com | www. Par kWes tNe i ghborhoods . com | www. Br i ckyardHomes . com 125 Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, and it can seriously hinder one’s quality of life, even preventing people from enjoying the simple pleasures. Oftentimes, individuals experiencing chronic pain or the onset of pain are prescribed opiates to manage it or are advised to schedule surgery, but not every person wants to pursue these avenues if there are other options available. Together with his team, Dr. Daniel Nemeth, interventional spine specialist, board-certified physiatrist and owner of Signe Spine & Rehab LLC in Mount Pleasant, offers his patients an array of non-surgical treatments and pain management alternatives to reduce the use of prescription medicines and the need for expensive surgeries. A physiatrist is a doctor who specializes in rehab medicine and diagnoses and treats acute and chronic pain issues, injuries and conditions affecting the spine and brain. Dr. Nemeth stated that physiatrists perform a conservative approach to orthopedic care, focusing heavily on physical therapy and spinal stabilization to treat neck and back pain. As a physical medicine specialist, his conservative approach is tied into maintenance and preventive care to not only assist with injury recovery but to help prevent injuries as well. “We’re very highly focused on hands-on therapy to stabilize things,” said Dr. Nemeth, who completed his Interventional Spine Fellowship at The Orthopedic Clinic Association. His philosophy of spinal care treatment is diagnostic, which entails identifying the root cause of problems and stabilizing the spine. Some of the conditions Dr. Nemeth treats include sciatica, disc disease, spinal stenosis and joint pain. His services encompass a range of treatments and interventional procedures. When patients experiencing back pain visit Signe Spine, his office can perform evaluations and imaging, including X-rays and reading MRI scans to find the problem and create a personalized treatment plan, beginning with diagnostic injections. If the diagnostic injections are positive, the team knows the source of the pain and can deliver targeted therapeutic injections, such as an epidural steroid injection, facet injection or SI joint injection. Other interventional procedures Dr. Nemeth’s office provides include radiofrequency ablations, where they burn the nerves away from joints, and spinal cord stimulation. Signe Spine aims to avoid prescribing opiates for chronic pain management as much as possible. Their main goals are to restore function and reduce pain, and, as Dr. Nemeth explained, opiates are not always effective in addressing chronic pain and can lead to dependency. “We don’t just want to mask pain with an opiate. There’s a chance they can do more harm than good.” And while Dr. Nemeth is an expert in spinal care and trained to recognize when an individual needs surgery, another primary objective of Signe Spine is to avoid recurring surgeries and provide patients pain relief utilizing noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques and procedures. He emphasized that Signe Spine offers “transparent, competitive pricing in the office setting,” meaning that people can find significant savings being treated for spinal care procedures in their office compared to a hospital or ambulatory surgical center, due to lower overhead costs. They also have an insurance specialist on their team who works with patients to explain their insurance, their benefits and their coverage. BY COL I N MCCANDLESS For more information, visit signespine.com, or call 843-730-4124. Additional Source: Spine-Health. Finding the Root of the Problem Signe Spine & Rehab
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