The Spine & Pain Center
The Spine & Pain Center provides specialized care to reduce patients' pain and to improve their quality of life. The physicians offer the latest medical and surgical treatments. The office is staffed by board-certified physicians, specially trained physician assistants and nurses who are educated to treat a wide variety of conditions that interfere with an individual's quality of life.
Patients are seen by The Spine & Pain Center only with a physician referral.
Common Treatments
The physicians at The Spine & Pain Center treat pain caused by work injuries, spinal cord problems, cancer and other chronic diseases.
The most common problems for which patients are referred to The Spine & Pain Center include:
- Low back pain
- Sciatica
- Herniated disks
- Neck, shoulder and arm pain
- Nerve pain
- Compression fractures
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
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- Work-related injuries
- Neuropathy
- Chronic muscle pain
- Cancer-related pain
- Shingles pain
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
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Evaluation and Physical Examination
The first step of care is a thorough medical evaluation. A Spine & Pain Center physician and physician assistant will spend time talking to the patient about symptoms and limitations and then will perform a physical examination. Additional testing may be required to help diagnose the problem. A plan of action is then made and discussed with the patient.
Your treatment plan is individualized to meet your specific needs. Some of the treatments listed below may be offered depending on the nature of your pain.
- Medication management
- Epidural steroid injection
- Surgically implanted pain pumps
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Selective nerve root injection
- X-ray-guided joint injection
- Behavioral counseling
- Rehabilitation programs
- Non-surgical removal of herniated disk
- Trigger point injections
- Electrodiagnostics (EMG/nerve conduction studies)
About our Doctors
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Scott Loev, DO
- Earned undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia, PA
- Awarded medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA
- Awarded the 2005 Pfizer Scholar in Pain Management
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Jeffrey S. Berger, DO
- Earned undergraduate degree in psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Awarded medical degree at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
- Completed Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Completed Interventional Pain Management fellowship at Temple University Hospital - Mid-Atlantic Spine, Newark, DE
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