#Southwest spine and pain professional
#Southwest spine and pain free

*We accept Visa and MasterCard, Please call 20 and choose the option for our billing department to make a credit card payment over the phone. The pain can also be attributed to a number of common spine conditions including herniated discs, degenerative disc disease. Often the pain is a result of injury, strain or overuse of the muscles, ligaments, joints or discs.

Please allow 10 business days to process records once request/payment is received Pain in your lumbar spine is the most common type of back pain, and is experienced by nearly 80 of the population.

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“As I was involved in their medical care and decision-making process, I developed a fascination with both nonsurgical musculoskeletal medicine and the continuity of care aspect of physical medicine and rehabilitation.Please note the following changes effective immediately: “I grew up in an extended family, and several of my family members had multiple spine or musculoskeletal ailments,” he says. His interest in physical medicine and rehabilitation was piqued early on when he witnessed family members being helped by specialists in the field. Patel is fellowship-trained in providing a variety of nonsurgical treatment options, including nerve blocks, epidural steroid injections, joint injections, radiofrequency ablations, spinal cord stimulator trials, and kyphoplasty. Treatment options that I may incorporate include physical therapy, optimizing medical management, and interventional pain management techniques.”ĭr. “I believe in individualizing the treatment plan to fit the specific needs and goals of my patients. He specializes in identifying the cause of the pain and developing a plan to treat it, with an emphasis on improving his patients’ function and quality of life.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation SpecialistĪs an expert in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Ankit Patel, M.D., helps patients with spine and musculoskeletal pain. Patel has been included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list and was named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly. In 2015, he received the Faculty Teacher of the Year Award from the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

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Patel is a member of the Spine Intervention Society, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and American Medical Association among other professional organizations.ĭr. “These specialties enable me to provide a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan for my patients.”ĭr. “I feel that I’m in a unique position because my background combines physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine,” he says. Patel is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and has a subspecialty certification in pain medicine. He then performed a transitional year internship at the Christiana Care Health System and a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine.ĭr. He completed a fellowship in pain medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

He received his medical training at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Ankit Patel, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a clinical educator at the Spine Center.